American Roots
Birth of the US
Expansion/Reaction
Civil War/
Reconstruction
Transformation
Teacher's Guide - In Search of American Roots
8/15 - Launch of US Trek Website for Students
The section of the website that the students will use where the US Trekkers will go live on August 15 with biographies and brief video clips of the US Trekkers, selected from over 500 applicants.
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9/13 - First Team Update - The Diverse Histories of the US Trek Team
The US Trekkers will place their first updates on the website, with introductions to their own families diverse histories.
9/16 - The Geography of the United States
A. Pangaea - The Original Supercontinent
- Team Report - no site visits
- Earthquake Trail Pt. Reyes National Seashore, California
- Mt. St. Helens, Oregon
- PLUS! Special student report from Hawaii
- Mt. Whitney and Death Valley, California
- Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone, Wyoming
- The Continental Divide at Glacier National Park Glacier,
Montana
- Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Kartchner Caverns, Arizona
- Saguaro National Park, Arizona
- Boundary Waters, Minnesota
- Tornado Study Centers
- Springer Mountain Dawsonville, Georgia
- Mt. Katahdin Baxter State Park, Maine
- The Blue Ridge Parkway North Carolina
- 'The Bridge of God' Natural Bridge Cedar Creek,
Virginia
- Crystal River, Florida
- Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia
9/20 - Human Origins in the Americas
A. Dinosaurs in North America
- Dinosaur Excavations Sites - Colorado and Montana
- La Brea Tarpits, California
- Team Report - no site visits
- Student report from Alaska
- The Mammoth Pit Hot Springs, South Dakota
- Blackwater Draw Portales, New Mexico
9/23 - Native Americans - Major Cultural Groups (pre-Contact)
A. Southwest
- Anasazi
- Chetro Ketl Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Hopi - Hopi Villages First Mesa, Arizona
- Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum Seattle, Washington
- The Mississippeans / Temple Mound Culture
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Collinsville, Illinois
Natchez - Grand Village of the Natchez Indians Natchez, Mississippi
- Osage County Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Plains Indian Museum Cody, Wyoming
- Seminole Indian Museum Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
- Cherokee, North Carolina
- TBA
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9/27 - Native Americans - Major Developments and Diverse Cultural Characteristics (pre-Contact)
A. Religious and Medical Practices - Cleansing Mind, Body, and Spirit
- Shrine of the Stone Lions-Bandelier National Monument Los Alamos,
NM
- All Pueblo Cultural Center Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Taos Pueblo Taos, New Mexico
- Puye Cliff Dwellings Santa Clara, New Mexico
- Native American Art Museum Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Santa Fe American Indian Art Institute Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Folk Art Museum/Institute of Anthropology Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Navajo Nation Museum Window Rock, Arizona
- Tribal Cultural Center at the Macah Reservation Neah Bay, Washington
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument Chinle, Arizona
- Petroglyph State Park West Mesa, New Mexico
- Zuni Pueblo Harvest Dance-Pueblo Cultural Center Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Gathering of Nations Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Team Report - no site visits
9/30 & 10/4 - The Early Explorers and the Colonists
A. World Explorers
- Team Report on World Explorers
- Drake's Bay - Pt Reyes National Seashore, California
- PLUS! Student report from L'anse aux Meadows, New Foundland
- St. Augustine, Florida
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Jamestown, Virginia
- Roanoke, Virginia
- Plymouth Plantation Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Savannah, Georgia
- Half Moon Ship Tour Albany, New York
- Ft. Casimer New Castle, Delaware
- Old Swedes Church Wilmington, Delaware
- Mission Saint Marie de Gannentaha Syracuse, NY
- Vieux Carre New Orleans, Louisiana
- Huguenots Street New Paltz, New York
10/7 -
Lifestyles of the Not So Rich or Famous - Indentured Servants, the Lower Class, and Women
A. Economic Inequalities in
the Rural Areas
- Hillsborough, North Carolina
- St. Mary's City, Maryland
- Bacon's Castle - Jamestown, Virginia
- Poughkeepsie, New York
- Newport, Rhode Island
- Elfreths's Alley - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Salem Witch Trials - Salem, Massachusetts
- Hampton Plantation - Georgetown County, South Carolina
- Sturbridge Village - Sturbridge, Massachusetts
10/11 - Slavery in the Colonies and Early African American Culture
A. World Trek Flashback - Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Senegal
B. Slave Capture and Transportation
- African Burial Ground - New York, New York
- Black Holocaust Museum - Baltimore, Maryland
- Henrieta Marie at New Ground Reef - Florida Keys, Florida
- PLUS! Student report from Ivory Coast / Ghana
- African Burial Ground New York, New York
- Mulberry Grove - Monticello, Virginia
- Edonton, North Carolina
- Natchez Rebellion - Natchez, Mississippi
- Stono Rebellion - Charleston, South Carolina
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Pueblo de Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose - St. Augustine, Florida
- Penn Community Center - St. Helena Island, South Carolina
- Old South Meeting House - Boston, Massachusetts
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10/14 - Native American Responses Up To the American Revolution
A. Initial Responses to Colonization
- Santa Barbara Mission - Santa Barbara, California
- San Javier de Bac - Tucson, Arizona
- Pequot Village, Connecticut
- Team Report - no site visits
- Onondaga Longhouse - Syracuse, New York
- Fort Pitt - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Detroit, Michigan
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