Early Americans - Overview

    About 12,000 years ago, people from Asia crossed a land bridge from Siberia to what is today, Alaska. These people spread across the Americas.  But recent research, maybe changing this whole theory and time frame.  Check out the article below Who Were The First Americans.
      These early people were nomadic.  What we have learned about these early people, comes from the hard work of archaeologist digging at various ancient sites in the Americas. Much is learned from the bones of animals and humans along with the tools that they used. 
      Below are some interesting website that tell us more about these people.  You can either browse through these websites OR go to the Learning Log on Early Americans. 
 
Vocabulary words:  migration, glacier, band, nomad, theory, culture, archaeologist, artifact, evidence, and origin story.

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