Day One- Fast Facts

Fast Facts- write these in your notes
Pre-Clovis people hunted the animals attracted to the salt marshes in Saltville Valley 
Spanish explore Southwest Virginia looking for the Three Gs: Gold, God, Glory 
Dr. Thomas Walker surveys Southwest Virginia to map out the border between Virginia and North Carolina. He also surveys tracts of land to be sold to settlers east of present day Roanoke. 
Settlers move into the frontier of Southwest Virginia in search of cheap land. With them comes the spread of Methodism to the new lands.
   

Primary Source: Saltville Style Gorget

     

Above are examples of the Saltville style gorget.  Prehistoric natives began cutting and engraving pieces of conch and whelk shell as early as around AD 1000 in the current states of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Illinois and Tennessee.  As these peoples advanced chronologically, it also moved geographically and eventually reached the Carolinas and Virginia around AD 1300-1400. The Saltville gorgets have been found all over the eastern United States.  Study these items and answer the questions below

Questions
1) There is a clue in the description, but why do you think these do not have writing on them?
2)What purpose do you think these items served?
3) Why do you think there have been examples of the Saltville gorget found all over the eastern United States?

Check out this sites for more information on the Saltville gorget 
http://www.jimmausartifacts.com/saltville-style-gorgets/
http://www.holstonia.net/files/SpeakGorgets.pdf

Day One: Fast Facts- Where and What

BRACE YOURSELVES!!  YOU'RE ABOUT TO LEARN!!

Here Are Some Fast Facts You Need To Know Before We Get Started 

Where Am I?
Planet Earth 
(3rd Planet from the Sun)



North America
(Above South America)



The United States
(Declared Independent from British colonial rule on July 4,1776 Bordered by Mexico to the South, Canada to the North)


The Commonwealth of Virginia
( Founded as a state June 25,1788, Bordered by Maryland to the North, The District of Columbia to the North, North Carolina to the South, Tennessee to the Southwest, Kentucky to the South,Southwest and West Virginia to the Northwest)


Southwest Virginia
(A mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth)


Washington County
(Founded in 1776 from Fincastle County, Border by Smyth County, Virginia  to the northeast,Grayson County, Virginia to the east-southeast,Johnson County, Tennessee to the south-southeast, Sullivan County, Tennessee to the southwest,Scott County, Virginia to the west,Russell County, Virginia to the northwest


Emory, Virginia
(A census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Virginia, United States)


Emory & Henry College
(A small liberal arts college located in Emory, VA and founded in 1836 by the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church)


__________________ Hall

What is history?
The recording, and analyzing of the past through primary and secondary sources
Primary Source- written at the time of the event
Secondary Source- written as a summary of primary sources


What is pre-history?
Information that pre-dates the written word gleaned from archaeological study

Structure- What people are doing. How do they make a living
Infrastructure- Who has power in the community.
Superstructure- What people believe