The Literature of The Americas

Video title: The Americas

Watch this video entitled The Americas and learn about the Literature of The Americas and first Americans through their Literature, writing and literary works.

 

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The Literature of The Americas. Learning Objectives for this video:

  • Literature of The Americas. Learn about The Americas through Literature. Learn some of the important events that happened in world history at the time of the first civilizations, between about 4000 and 600 B.C. Identify major literary forms used in ancient times, including epics, stories, songs, lyric poems, legends, and dramas.
  • Identify elements of civilization including agriculture, domestication of animals, division of labor, formation of classes in society, religious or philosophical tradition, cities, and writing and describe how they gradually evolved.
  • Identify cities and writing as two of the most important elements of ancient civilizations.
  • Discover how manuscripts were produced in the America's and the type of people who wrote and read them.
  • Learn about some of the religious beliefs and sacred texts of ancient peoples and identify the regions where different forms of faith prevailed.
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  • Having the student read the subtitles on a second or third viewing without sound, enables the improvement of Reading and Literacy skills AND helps retention of the information being learned.

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