Unit 1 First Americans Student

America In The Beginning

Who were the first Americans?

How and why did they come here?

30,000 years ago During a period of low temperatures called an _ice

age_________

The world was covered in ___glaciers______

or sheets of ice.

This caused ocean levels to ___decrease____

_ and expose

___land_______.In the Bering straight a _____land bridge__________ appeared connecting _________Siberia &The Americas_________________

___

This land bridge is known as

_Beringia_________.

Animals like mammoths crossed the bridge or ___migrated________ to the America's.

Hunter's in Asia who moved from place to place to

find food or __nomads___________ followed the mammoths and spread out or

____migrated_______ to the America's

The ice age ended

___warming_________ up glaciers

causing water levels to

__rise________ covering up the _____land

bridge____ ________.

Some animals died off like _____mammoths_______.

Living in many different parts of the Americas the Natives needed

to adjust or ___survive______

to every thing in the new

surrounds that made up each of

their own ______environmen

ts_______in order to ___survive_______.

What happened when they came to America?

How did they meet their new needs?

America In The Beginning

America In The Beginning

Living in many different parts of the Americas the Natives used the different natural ___resources________ in their own different environments for food, clothing, and shelter.

Different groups in different

environments developed their own beliefs and ways of life or

____culture___________. Groups in the

same environments

adapted similar life styles, and

language creating ___cultural____ __region_______.

Many Native American have these things in common.1. Nature has a _spirit_______.2. No one can own __land________.4. Only use what is _needed_________.5. _Trade_________ was important to most societies

How did Native Americans adjust to the new environments?

What did they have in common?

8 Cultural Regions

North West Coast

California

Plaau

Great Basin

South West

Great Plains

Eastern Woodlands

South East

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8 Cultural Regions

North West Coast Weather:long cold winterscool summersheavy rainfall

Natural Resources:ocean/beachesthick forests of fir, spruce, and cedarrugged mountainsseafood/salmondeer, moose, bear, elk, beaver, mountain goats

Tools: Canoes, Seal Harpoon

Clothing: Cedar- bark cape made from trees

Shelter: Long houses with a roof on top

Food: Salmon, deer

California Weather: rainy wintershot dry summers

Natural Resources:ocean/coastfoothillsvalley'sdesertsmountainsacorns, oak treesgrass, and plantsredwood trees

salmon/seafood/shellfishdeer, rabbits, ducks, roots berries, pine nuts

Tools: basket for rinsing acorns, arrows and bows

Clothes: Skirt made from tree bark

Shelter: Cone shaped house made from grass

Food: Salmon, small animals and acorns

Great Basin Weather:little rainhot during the day cold at nightNatural Resources:

mostly dessertlow areas surrounded by mountains at the edgeswith valleys that had seasonal lakes and streams

plants that need little water likegrasses, sagebrush, pinon trees, at the outer edges pine trees, and willow

small animals rabbits, lizards, grasshoppers, snakes sometimes ducks , duck eggs during certain seasons seeds,berries pine nuts, roots, cattail

Tools: Seed beater to knock seeds into baskets, sharp sticks

Clothes: Rabbit- skin robe

Shelter: Circular house with a stick holding it up

Food: Small animals

Plateau Weather:long cold winterscomfortable summers

Natural Resources:mountains with dense forests in areasflatter in the center with drier grass landsrivers

driftwood, mud, dirt,grass and sage brushfish, antelope, deer, seedsonions, carrots, camas roots, salmon

Tools: Nets for catching salmon, woven baskets

Clothes: Deerskin dress and grass basket hat

Shelter: Made from mud and not very tall

Food: Vegetables, fish and other animals

Great Plains Weather:cold winters hot summers

Natural Resources:mountains surrounding edgestreeless grasslands in the centereast more water and softer soilwest drier dense grass

Buffalo and smaller animals

Tools: Speers and other sharp tools, shields and fire

Clothes: Buffalo- skin robe

Shelter: Looks like a tepee

Food: Buffalo and other food

South West

Weather:high temperatureslittle rain dry/arid

Natural Resources:mountains, canyonsdesserts, flat top mesasrivers, little water

clay, brightly colored plants, cottoncorn, beans, squash, peppers, rabbits

Tools: Table for grinding corn, ditches to hold summer rain

Clothes: Cotton dress from cotton plants

Shelter: Big houses and is long and lots of room in it

Food: Vegetables and animals

Eastern Woodlands

Weather:snowy winters , rain

Natural Resources:rivers, ocean/coastlots of lakes and streams

Forests, plants, maple trees, elm,

deer, bears, beavers, birds, fishcorn, sunflowers, tobacco, vegetables,nuts, berries

Tools: Tool for scraping corn kernels, wooden canoes

Clothes: Deerskin cape and skirt

Shelter: Long houses

Food: Vegetables, birds and fish

South East

Weather:long warm humid summersmild winters

Natural Resources:rivers, ocean/coastFertile coastal plainsmountains, swamps

Trees, clay, shells, corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, sunflowers, sweet potatoessquirrels, rabbits, turkeys, deer, alligators, turtles,wild rice, persimmons

Tools: Hoe for garden work, animal shoulder blades

Clothes: Skirt made from deer

Shelter: Small house made from grass

Food: Animals from the water and on land