Map: Early American Peoples by Chloe J O'Malley https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq This map describes the first groups of people to settle the American continents. en-us 2020-08-24 19:06:58 UTC 2025-11-15 18:46:49 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. The Bering Land Bridge theory (40,000 years ago) chloejomalley https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/700414983 We aren't completely sure when the first Native Americans arrived, but we know that they travelled thousands of years ago from Siberia (northeast Russia) when, during the Ice Age, the Bering land bridge connected the two continents.
 
]]> 2020-08-26 16:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/700414983 2. End of the Ice Age (12,000 years ago) chloejomalley https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/700430899 At the end of the Ice Age, the glaciers melted, covering the Bering land bridge with water. The first Americans began spreading across the continent and developing new ways to survive: they had to adapt to their new environment, especially since the megafauna (large mammals) that they hunted during the Ice Age became extinct.]]> 2020-08-26 16:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/700430899 The Great Basin chloejomalley https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/700501768 The Native Americans who lived in this desert region were nomadic (they moved from place to place) because they followed herds of bison to hunt them for food. These people survived as hunter-gatherers. ]]> 2020-08-26 16:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/700501768 The Great Plains chloejomalley https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/700525568 Many of the Native American tribes who lived in this large region were a combination of nomadic and agricultural, living in transportable tipis. These tribes include: the Apache, Cheyenne, Crow, Iowa, Lakota, Omaha, Pawnee, and more. After the Spanish arrived with horses from Europe, many Native Americans began hunting on horseback, but the buffalo still remained an important part of their culture.]]> 2020-08-26 16:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/700525568 Eastern Woodland Indians chloejomalley https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/700584081 Between the Mississippi River and the Atlantic Ocean, the Eastern tribes relied on an abundance of trees to build longhouses, wigwams and other structures. To develop agriculture, some tribes cleared some of the woodlands to grow food. They also relied on resources from the ocean and rivers (fishing) and wildlife (furs, meat). By the early 1500s, the Indians of the Northeast had been in contact with explorers from England, Spain, France, and Portugal. These tribes include the Iroquois, Mohican, Powhatan, Seneca, Wampanoag, and Lenape.]]> 2020-08-26 17:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/700584081 Aztec Empire (1200-1521 AD) chloejomalley https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/701208923 The Aztec Empire was a large civilization that developed an advanced agricultural system. Its capital city (pictured above), Tenochtitlan, was located in what is today Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. (Tenochtitlan was conquered by Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes in 1521.)]]> 2020-08-26 20:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/701208923 Olmec civilization (1200-400 BCE) chloejomalley https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/701215388 The Olmec civilization was located around the Gulf of Mexico. This mysterious culture endured for almost a thousand years before disappearing. (The Olmec may also have been the first people to grow and consume chocolate, a hot commodity from the New World.)]]> 2020-08-26 20:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/701215388 Maya Empire (250-900 AD) chloejomalley https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/701228498 The Mayans were not conquered by European explorers; instead, they "mysteriously disappeared" (possibly from overpopulation, warfare and overuse of land). Their achievements in architecture, math (for example, the concept of 'zero'), astronomy, and language were extremely impressive. One of their most intriguing achievements is their advanced calendar, which was based in astronomy.

Short story: "El Eclipse" / "The Eclipse"]]> 2020-08-26 20:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/701228498 Inca Empire chloejomalley https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/701237632 The Inca engineered an enormous empire that stretched along the west of South America. Pictured is Machu Picchu, the famous "lost city" of the Incas.]]> 2020-08-26 21:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/701237632 The Vikings: Erik the Red discovers Greenland (985 AD) chloejomalley https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/701393166 Erik the Red was exiled from his homeland in Northern Europe and sailed west. He is famous for naming Greenland, which in reality isn't green at all, but cold and grey.]]> 2020-08-26 23:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/701393166 The Vikings: Leif Erikson settles Newfoundland (1001 AD) chloejomalley https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/701401260 Leif Erikson, son of Erik the Red, travels further west and reaches an island by Canada, which he calls 'Newfoundland'. (His sister, Freydis Eriksdottir, also travels there and allegedly scared away a group of aggressive Native Americans by waving a sword and screaming while eight months pregnant.)]]> 2020-08-26 23:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/701401260 1492: Christopher Columbus "discovers" the New World chloejomalley https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/701404774 Christopher Columbus sails from Spain to find India and instead finds Haiti (the island 'Hispaniola') and the Taino people, who he calls 'Indians'.]]> 2020-08-26 23:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/701404774 The "Mound Builders" COMalley_WAMS https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/753348065 East of the Mississippi River, the "Mound Builders" (the Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian civilizations) developed complex agricultural societies. The mounds that they built were used for defense and for ceremonies (such as funerals). The heart of these peoples' civilization is the "lost city" of Cahokia (in southern IL).]]> 2020-09-16 21:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/chloejomalley/y6io6hpff8kseltq/wish/753348065