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 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

came in small bands over thousands of years Between 30,000 and 12,000 B.C. came in small bands over thousands of years

ate small game animals, nuts, berries 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

Migration video

Migration video

early humans crossed land bridge from Asia to Alaska 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

Atlatl helped throw spears with more force. Archaic Era Atlatl helped throw spears with more force.

travel in bands (small groups) Archaic Era travel in bands (small groups)

Archaic Era used tools

Late Prehistoric Era

still hunted & gathered Late Prehistoric Era some lived in villages still hunted & gathered

buffalo hunting culture lived on the plains Late Prehistoric Era buffalo hunting culture lived on the plains