Update August, 2006
Update August, 2006
Video New World Encounters
Professor Miller introduces A Biography of America and its team of historians. The program looks at the beginnings of American history from west to east, following the first Ice Age migrations through the corn civilizations of Middle America, and the explorations of Columbus, DeSoto, and the Spanish.
Program 1:New World Encounters (Transcript) (Broadband Video on Demand)
English Settlement
As the American character begins to take shape in the early 17th century, English settlements develop in New England and Virginia. Their personalities are dramatically different. Professor Miller explores the origins of values, cultures, and economies that have collided in the North and South throughout the American Story.
Program 2:English Settlement (Transcript) (Broadband Video on Demand)
Text CHAPTER 1: EARLY AMERICA (OUTLINE)The First Americans Mound Builders and Pueblos Native American Cultures · The First Europeans Early Settlements Jamestown Massachusetts New Netherland and Maryland Colonial-Indian Relations Second Generation of British Colonies Settlrs, Slaves and Servants
Sidebar:The Enduring Mystery of the AnasaziChapter One (OAL), read through THE LITERATURE OF EXPLORATION Early American and Colonial Period to 1776
Lectures From American History Study Guide on Pink Monkey
(Click on Enter -- Click on Study Guides)
Chapter 1 Pre-colonial America
History101: Week 1 Lecture 2: Europe in the Age of Exploration and Colonization Lecture #3: America Before Columbus (Messer-Kruse)
History 101: Week 2 . Lecture 5: The Diversity of American Colonization Lecture 6: Middle Colonies and Carolinas (Messer-Kruse)
History 101: Week 3 Lecture #7 : Virginia Origins of Racial Slavery Lecture #8: The Political Economy of the Atlantic World(Messer-Kruse)
The World Before Columbus (Rankin)
English Colonization (Rankin)
Quiz The American People - Brief Edition (Nash)
or Sixth Edition (Nash)
Click on student resources and select a chapter. You can choose from several exams in the left hand column
Library Bibliography from Biography of America (click on webography for additional links)
Resources American Indians and the Natural World
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