Bell Ringer: Snapshot Autobiography! Get out your Snapshot Autobiography and BR’s/ET’s… Pick one of the events and answer the following questions: –1. Why did you pick this event and not others? –2. What made some events more important/memorable? –3. Was it difficult to select events? Why/why not? –4. What types of evidence would be necessary to corroborate that your selected event actually happened? –5. What happened when you asked someone about the event? Did they agree with your version? Did they remember things differently?
Lunchroom Fight
Write everything that comes to mind when you think of “Indians” and/or “Native Americans”
Who was here first? Paleo-Indian – Paleo = Old
How did they get here? 3 Main Migration Theories- 1.Land Bridge- 15,000 years ago 2.Small boats from Asia- 40,000 years ago 3.Early European Settlers- 17,000 years ago
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Where did they go? Climate Change: – Things HEAT UP! – Large mammals die/killed – Land bridge disappears – The environment becomes diverse – The Paleo-Indians adapt depending on climate – Population grows
Diverse Cultures Emerge Beginning of Agriculture Cultures begin to emerge and separate Separation leads to increased misunderstandings and conflict
Lack of Unity Differences between tribes prevent unification Easier for Europeans to take over and colonize
Bell Ringer What are the three routes historians believe the first people came to the Americas?
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The Arctic The Inuits The Aleuts
The Subarctic
The Northwest Coast
California
The Plateau
The Great Basin
The Southwest
The Plains
The Northeast Woodlands
The Southeast
Exit ticket Why is it important to learn about the populations of people who were here before the explorers?
Bell Ringer What are the three ways the first people came to America?