Chapter 1 Lesson 1Early Peoples

Tennessee StandardsChapter 1 Lesson 1

The student will be able to:• 8.3.spi.1. recognize the causes and

examples of migration and immigration in early America (i.e., land, religion, money, pioneer spirit, indentured servitude, displacement, and slavery).

• 8.5.spi.1. contrast the characteristics of major native civilizations of the Americas;

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Arrowhead, hand-chipped stone

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The size increased over time.

Migration to America

•Paleo-Indians (ancient)•Came during the Ice age

•Crossed Berengia from Asia 25,000 years ago

Clovis People•11,500 - 11,000 years ago•hunter-gatherers•hunted mammoths•used spears and hunted in groups

•people change with the disappearance of mammoths

Hunter-Gatherers

•Spear-throwers (atlatl)•Bison, deer, small mammals

•domestication of plants like corn - Mexico 3,000 B.C.

Behold the Power of Corn

Farming leads to Civilization

•Stable food supply•development of advanced civilizations

•job specialization•complex government•trade between people

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Checking for Understanding

__ 1. a period of extremely cold temperatures when part of the planet’s surface was covered with massive ice sheets

__ 2. a way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs

__ 3. the study of ancient peoples

__ 4. a movement of a large number of people into a new homeland

__ 5. an item left behind by early people that represents their culture

A. archaeology

B. artifact

C. Ice Age

D. migration

E. culture

Define Match the terms on the right with their definitions on the left.

C

E

A

D

B