1. Reaching the Americas

2. Yo, You Just Got Iced!
Glaciers: thick sheets of ice
Stretched across Canada and reached as far south as present-day Kentucky
Last Ice Age: between 100,000 and 10,000 years ago

4. Modern-day glaciers
in the U.S.A.!

5. Bridge to ‘murica Land Bridge: Siberia joined to Alaska Bering Strait
12,000 years ago: LAST ICE AGE
Temperatures Rose, Glaciers Melted
5,000 years ago: Central America
learned to grow:
corn, squash, beans
Farmers- permanent villages

6. Extra, Extra, Eat All About It!
surplus: extra (aka, farming)
Cities had different social classes, well-organized government, complex religion, record keeping
Olmec Civilization: earliest know civilization in the Americas
3500 years ago, Gulf of Mexico
Few written records, Studied stars, developed a calendar (seasons/time)
Get Ready for the MAYANS!