Era 1: Themes from the Larger Picture: The World and America

A. the formation of the land masses of the world

B. the spread of people around the world

C. the increased rate of change with increased economic and cultural interactions, continent-to-conlinent. beginning in the fifteenth century

D. similarities and differences between societies from the Americas, western Europe, and West Africa that interacted more and more, beginning in the fifteenth century

E. geographic, economic, technological, and cultural reasons for the interaction of the Americas. western Europe, and West Africa

F. new European thought that challenged older religious and philosophical systems

G.characteristics of European exploration and colonization of the non-European world

H. differentiation among cultures in Central and South America as well as North America

I. characteristics of the cultural and ecological exchanges accompanying early European exploration and colonization in the Americas

Era 1: New Hampshire Themes
A. formation and character of the landscape we call New Hampshire [ Focus Questions I, II ]

B. the arrival, characteristics of, and changes in pre-contact societies and cultures in the area we now call New Hampshire [ Focus Questions II, III, IV, V, VII, VIII ]

C. characteristics of the European and Native American cultures at the time that they met in the area we now call New Hampshire 
[ Focus Questions II, III, IV, V, VII, VIII ]

D. geographic, technological, economic, and cultural reasons for the meeting of different cultures in New Hampshire [ Focus Questions II, III, IV, V, VII, VIII ]

E. character of European exploration of New Hampshire [ Focus Questions I, II, III, IV, V, VII, VIII]

F. characteristics of the early cultural and ecological exchanges accompanying European exploration of New Hampshire [ Focus Questions III, V, VII ]

G. the role of individuals and nongovernmental groups in exploration and exchange in New Hampshire [ Focus Questions VI & VII ]