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Be ready to share your idea on how the first people
came to the Americas. Think for 30 seconds.
Share for 20 seconds.
No one knows exactly when the first people
arrived in North America. No one is
sure exactly how the first people arrived in the Americas either. There are a couple of
theories though. Let’s watch a video
on one theory.
Bering Straits
Between 30,000 and 12,000 B.C.
came in small bands over thousands of years
Between 30,000 and 12,000 B.C.
hunter-gathers:
ate small game animals, nuts, berries
Read pgs 29 and 30 section “Learning
About the Prehistoric Past” to yourself.
•Prehistory is the time BEFORE recorded history. What does that mean?
•Europeans provided the first RECORDED history in North America.
•Native Americans did leave EVIDENCE of their existence though, through artifacts. What are some examples of artifacts?
•What is a pictograph?•What is a petroglyph?•Who is an archeologist?
Ch. 2.1: Prehistoric Cultures
pg. 28
Migrationvideo
Migrationvideo
Between 30,000 and 12,000 B.C.
early humans crossed land bridge from Asia to Alaska
Paleolithic Era
Paleolithic Era
followed mammoths
Paleolithic Era
lived in small groups
travel on foot
Paleolithic Era
ice age ended
climate changed
Paleolithic Era
Mammoths died out
At the bottom add:
pemmican
Paleolithic and Archaic
Archaic Era
Archaic Era
Atlatl helped throw spears with more
force.
Archaic Era
travel in bands (small
groups)
Archaic Era
used tools
Late Prehistoric Era
Late Prehistoric Era
some lived in villages
still hunted & gathered
Late Prehistoric Era
buffalo hunting culture lived on the plains