Complete the vocabulary matching.
Read each paragraph and break it down to its basic (main) points.
Rewrite your main points into one sentence.
Wen you are done, you should have 7 sentences.
Here is the example we did in class (the first paragrapgh):
The First Americans
Thousands of years before Europeans came to America, Native Americans, or American Indians lived here. There were many different tribes, or groups, of American Indians. Some Indians lived in the forests, some lived on the plains and some lived in the desert.
Main Points (2)
- Been here many years
- Live in many different areas
Combined Sentence
Native Americans have been here for many years and have lived in many different places.
Do that for the remaining six (6) paragraphs
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When Europeans came, they helped and hurt the Indians.
ReplyDeleteHorses helped Indians travel and metal tools helped them build, cook, and hunt with guns.
Europeans took land from Indians by buying it or fighting and killing them.
Settlers wanted Indian land for farms but did not want to share.
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Native Americans to leave their lands and move west.
The Trail of Tears was when one-fourth of the Cherokee died when the government forced them to move.