United States History Student Edition

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TOPIC 1 The First Americans PREHISTORY–1492 INTRODUCTION LESSON 01 Introducing The First Americans

Florida Grade 8 United States History Benchmarks

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Scavenger Hunt

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Historian’s Toolkit INTRODUCTION LESSON 01 Introducing the Historian’s Toolkit

LEARN THE EVENTS LESSONS 02 Migration to the Americas

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03 Early Peoples of the Americas

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04 Native Americans in 1492

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LEARN THE SKILLS LESSONS 02 What Is History?

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INQUIRY ACTIVITY LESSON 05 Analyzing Sources:

03 How Does a Historian Work? 04 How Does a Historian Interpret History? 05 History and Related Fields

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The Lives of Early Native Americans—Artifacts and Stories

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TAKE INFORMED ACTION

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REVIEW AND APPLY LESSON 06 Reviewing The First Americans

06 Geographer’s Handbook

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REVIEW AND APPLY LESSON 07 Reviewing the Historian’s Toolkit

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(left) MBI/Alamy Stock Photo; (right) Image courtesy National Gallery of Art

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