History 8-1, Assignment One, The Peopling of the Americas

Asignment One

The Peopling of the Americas

Deadline, Dec. 2, 80 points

 

What do current theories say about the migration of humans to North America?

What supports these claims? What challenges them?

What were Native societies like before the Europeans arrived?

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Description

Anthropologists teach us that humans migrated to the Americas from Asia through a land bridge that crossed what is now the Bering Sea. After arriving in North America, modern humans traveled south and eventually reached the southern parts of South America. Along the way, they left artifacts. Just how much survived the glacial ice sheets is not known, but what is known is that by the time the Europeans arrived in the Americas, complex and differing communities and nations covered the continents.

In this assignment, we will take a very brief look at just what those people left and how they are viewed today.

Objectives

Students will identify and describe the key vocabulary words and essential questions relating to the peopling of the Americas.

 

Instructions

See the printed assignment. The link to it is located in the upper right portion of this page.

Essential questions

  1. How do archaeologists and anthropologists view evidence about the ancient peopling of the Americas? What factors support their theories?
  2. How did Native societies live and work prior to the arrival of the Europeans?
  3. Explain the variety and lifestyles of the Natives in the Americas prior to the arrival of the Europeans.
  4. How did Native societies respond to the arrival of European colonists?

 

Links you will use with this assignment

A copy of the assignment

Click here to view a printed copy of this assignment.

Other online files

Click here to access Chapter One of the textbook.

To open the PowerPoint file we used in class about the Peopling of the Americas, click here.

To view the entire online textbook > Click here.

 

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