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Teaching The First Americans

The First Americans

Europeans called the Americas “the New World.” But for the millions of Native Americans they encountered, it was anything but. Humans have lived in the Americas for over ten thousand years. They spoke hundreds of languages and created thousands of distinct cultures. Native Americans built settled communities and followed seasonal migration patterns, maintained peace through alliances and warred with their neighbors, and developed self-sufficient economies and maintained vast trade networks. They cultivated distinct art forms and spiritual values. Kinship ties knit their communities together.

The American Yawp
Stanford University Press

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

What was life like in the Americas prior to European exploration?
STANDARDS:
US.01 - Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings -1620)

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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