Ch 1.1 "The Earliest Americans"

  This section briefly describes how the first people (called Paleo- Indians) arrived in the Americas.

In this section the students will read and take notes on a graphic organizer on:

Family life, Food, Clothing, Shelter, Health, etc. on the first "Americans". 

The Lesson Essential Questions that students should be able to answer after completing this lesson is:

   1.  How did the first people arrive in the Americas?

   2.  What was their affect on early MESOAMERICAN culture?

Important key terms to know:

1.  archaeology- the study of the unwritten past.

2.  artifacts- remains of objects made by humans.

3.  culture- a set of common values and traditions

4.  domestication- the process of breeding plants or animals to meet human needs.

5.  environments- climates and landscapes that surround living things.

6.  glyphs- symbols that represent ideas

7.  hunter-gatherers- people who lived by hunting animals and gathering wild plants.

8.  migration- a movement of people from one region to another.

9.  socities- a group that shares a common culture.

For homework practice or just to review what we did in class you can go to:

www.hrw.com and type in the code: sc5 hp1