First AmericansLesson 1: Cactus Hill

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1. What do archaeologists do and why is it so important?

2. Where in Virginia have artifacts been found?

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1. What do archaeologists do and why is it so important?

• Someone who studies people and what they did in the past from the things they left behind. It is important to know about our history.

2. Where in Virginia have artifacts been found?

RAP1. What do archaeologists do and why is it so

important?• Someone who studies people and what they did in the

past from the things they left behind. It is important to know about our history.

2. Where in Virginia have artifacts been found? What have these artifacts told us about the past?

• They have been found in Cactus Hill is located on the Nottoway River in southeastern Virginia.

• They tell us that humans lived there as early as 18,000 years ago- making it one of the oldest sites in North America.

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WOW Part 2:

• Foldable: Cactus Hill Draw and label the

river and Cactus Hill.

• Answer the questions on the foldable. What has been found

at Cactus Hill?

What do these findings tell us?

WOW Part 2:

• Foldable: Cactus Hill Draw and label the

river and Cactus Hill.

• Answer the questions on the foldable. What has been found

at Cactus Hill? First American

artifacts What do these findings

tell us?

WOW Part 2:

• Foldable: Cactus Hill Draw and label the river and

Cactus Hill.

• Answer the questions on the foldable. What has been found at

Cactus Hill? First American artifacts

What do these findings tell us? That people lived there as

early as 18,000 years ago. That makes Cactus Hill one of the oldest sites in North America.

WIO Complete the handout.

• Read the article• Answer the questions at the bottom.