The First

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Chapter 2

• The First
• Americans

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Where are we in American history for chapter 2?
1776 Revolutionary War
27,000 years ago
7,000 B.C.
1,000 B.C.
1776
1,100
Ancient Americans began coming to North America
Ancient Americans began to use agriculture to
feed themselves
Mound Building began in Ohio River Valley
Pueblo Indians began building pueblo buildings
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Chapter 2

• This chapter will focus on
• Origins of Ancient Americans
• Northwest Indians
• Southwest Indians
• Plains Indians
• Eastern Indians

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LESSON 1 Ancient Americans
LESSON 2 Northwest Indians
LESSON 4 The Plains Indians
LESSON 3 Southwest Indians
LESSON 5 Eastern Indians
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LESSON 1 Ancient Americans
LESSON 2 Northwest Indians
LESSON 4 The Plains Indians
LESSON 3 Southwest Indians
LESSON 5 Eastern Indians
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Lesson 1 vocabulary

• glacier
• migration
• agriculture
• civilization
• pueblo

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Lesson 1 vocabulary

• glacier
• a huge thick sheet of slowly moving ice

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Lesson 1 vocabulary

• migration
• movement of people from one region to another

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Lesson 1 vocabulary

• agriculture
• farming or growing plants

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Lesson 1 vocabulary

• civilization
• people who have government, religion, and
  culture.

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Lesson 1 vocabulary

• pueblo
• Spanish word for town

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Learning Targets

• I can explain the pattern of human settlement in
  ancient American.

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Native American Origins

• Some scientists believe ancient American Indians
  came into North America
• about 27,000 years ago.

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Native American Origins

• They think they came across a land bridge between
  Asia and North America called the Beringia

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Native American Origins

• They followed the large animals that they hunted
  across the land bridge into North America.

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Ancient Native Americans

• The first Native Americans mainly hunted animals.

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Ancient Native Americans

• However, Native Americans began to use
  agriculture to feed themselves.

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civilization

• As these ancient Native American population grew
  and
• they formed governments
• religion
• and culture

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civilization

• They were a part of the first signs of
• civilization in North America

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Mound Builders

• Eventually, 1000s of years later,
• Native Americans began building mounds here in
  the Ohio River Valley.

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Pueblos

• The Pueblo Indians began building cities in the
  Southwest region of America.
• They built houses out of mud called pueblos

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Aztecs

• The Aztecs were another ancient Native American.
• They had a city with 250,000 people.
• Wow! Thats the size of Lexington, KY.
• They lived in Mexico.

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Now watch a couple of videos about ancient Native
Americans
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Learning Targets

• Explain the pattern of human settlement in
  ancient American.