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THE EARLIEST AMERICANS

CHAPTER 1—Introduction

Big Question: What was Beringia?

Vikings briefly settled in North America in the 1000s CE.


CHAPTER 1: Beringia: The Land Bridge


15,000 BCE: During the Ice Age, much of the world’s water was frozen into ice, and the weather was very cold.


CHAPTER 1: Beringia: The Land Bridge


15,000 BCE: People lived as hunter-gatherers in North America.


CHAPTER 2: America’s First Settlers

Big Question: How did the ability to grow food change the way people lived?

9000 BCE: Over a period of thousands of years, as the ice sheets melted, people spread out over the land and settled on it.


CHAPTER 2: America’s First Settlers5000 BCE: People who settled in Mexico planted corn.

Big Question: How did the ability to grow food change the way people lived?


CHAPTER 3: People of the Far North

Big Question: What were the big differences between life in the summer and life in the winter for the Inuit?

2500 BCE: When the Inuit first came to North America, they got almost everything they needed by hunting and fishing.


CHAPTER 3: People of the Far North1500 CE or 500 years ago: The daily life of the Inuit changed from season to season.

Big Question: What were the big differences between life in the summer and life in the winter for the Inuit?


CHAPTER 4: Ancestral Pueblo and Mound Builders2,000 years ago or 100 BCE: Ancestral Pueblo moved from Canada to the American Southwest and lived in cliff dwellings that were like small towns.

Big Question: How would you compare the settlements built by the Ancestral Pueblo to those built by the Mound Builders?


CHAPTER 4: Ancestral Pueblo and Mound Builders2,800 years ago or 700s BCE: The Mound Builders’ villages stretched along the Mississippi River Valley. Their villages spanned from the present-day states of Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota to Louisiana and the southeastern United States.

Big Question: How would you compare the settlements built by the Ancestral Pueblo to those built by the Mound Builders?


CHAPTER 5: After the Ancestral Pueblo1500s CE: The Hopi built homes on mesas with different levels connected by ladders. The Zuni, Navajo, and Apache had different types of homes.

Big Question: What are some of the reasons why some Native American groups moved from place to place?


CHAPTER 5: After the Ancestral PuebloSpaniards arrived in the American Southwest in the 1500s and 1600s. They introduced sheep to the Navajo.

Big Question: What are some of the reasons why some Native American groups moved from place to place?


CHAPTER 6: After the Mound BuildersLate 1500s CE: Creek villages were similar to the communities built by the Mound Builders.

Big Question: What were the key characteristics of the Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee Nations?


CHAPTER 6: After the Mound Builders1800s CE: Sequoyah created a system for writing the Cherokee language.

Big Question: What were the key characteristics of the Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee Nations?


CHAPTER 7: The Eastern Woodlands1500s CE: Haudenosaunee Confederacy leaders discussed common problems in council meetings.

Big Question: What was the purpose of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy?

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