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