1. 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?

2. Lunchroom Fight

3. Write everything that comes to mind when you think of “Indians” and/or “Native Americans”

4. Who was here first? Paleo-Indian – Paleo = Old

5. 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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7. 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

8. Diverse Cultures Emerge Beginning of Agriculture Cultures begin to emerge and separate Separation leads to increased misunderstandings and conflict

9. Lack of Unity Differences between tribes prevent unification Easier for Europeans to take over and colonize

11. Bell Ringer What are the three routes historians believe the first people came to the Americas?

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15. The Arctic The Inuits The Aleuts

16. The Subarctic

17. The Northwest Coast

18. California

19. The Plateau

20. The Great Basin

21. The Southwest

22. The Plains

23. The Northeast Woodlands

24. The Southeast

25. Exit ticket Why is it important to learn about the populations of people who were here before the explorers?

26. Bell Ringer What are the three ways the first people came to America?