SOCIAL STUDIES

FIRST MEN IN
AMERICA
JORGE ANDRES DURAN
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1º BEGINNING:

2º CONCEPTUALIZATION:

3º DEVELOPMENT

4º CLOSING:
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QUESTION
Ice Ages
How did early Describe the way Glaciers
people get to of life of early nomads
American Hunters Stone Age
the Americas? Climate
and gatherers Civilizations
CULTURE
CONCEPTUALIZATION
 CROSSING THE BERING STRAIT
Native American tribes are believed to have originated
when they crossed over the “land bridge” that once
extended between Asia and Alaska over 12,000 years
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ago.Weather and natural resources were the basis of

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their lifestyle, and a majority were hunter-gatherers

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with fishing as an essential food staple.Different tribes

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had different types of homes. In some cases, they

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would build a wig-wam, which is a kind of shelter made

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of sticks and logs that are covered with grass.

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 NATIVE AMERICANS
AMERICAN INDIANS
Sometimes these peoples are referred to as
Indians or American Indians. This is because when
Columbus had first landed in America, he thought
he had sailed all the way to the country of India.
He called the locals Indians and the name stuck
for some time.
NATIVE AMERICANS TODAY
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
The first people to live in a land are called indigenous
peoples. This means they were the original settlers.
The Native Americans are the indigenous peoples and
cultures of the United States.
WHERE DID THEY LIVE?
Native Americans lived throughout North and
South America. In the United States there
were Native Americans in Alaska, Hawaii, and
the mainland of the United States. Different
tribes and cultures lived in different areas.
Today, some of the descendants of the original
American Indians live on reservations. These
are areas of land set aside specifically for
Native Americans. This helps to protect their
heritage and culture. However, only around
30% live on reservations.
COGNITION/ DEMOSTRATION
1. Explore the Map
·Discuss what the map shows. Draw
attention to the central western
coast of Alaska and explain that this
was the location of the land bridge,
ask to your partners in what general
directions early humans moved
through the Americas from the land
bridge.
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1º Conclution 2º Conclution
Students discuss how their that other theories about
perceptions about the the population of the
settlement of the Americas American continent have
changed. been put forward, we
explore other possibilities.