United States History Student Edition

Looking Ahead You will learn about the native peoples of North America and what their lives and cultures were like before the arrival of Europeans in the late 1400s. You will examine a Compelling Question and develop your own questions about life for Native Americans in the Inquiry Activity Lesson. You can preview some of the important events and Native American peoples that you will learn about by reviewing the time line. What Will You Learn? In these lessons on the first Americans, you will learn about: • the ways in which the first peoples might have reached the Americas. • the development of agriculture among some peoples in the Americas. • the beliefs and origin stories of Native Americans. • the rise of Native American civilizations in Mesoamerica and North America. • the cultures and lifestyles of the many Native American peoples living in North America when the Europeans arrived. ? COMPELLING QUESTION IN INQUIRY ACTIVITY LESSON How did Native American ways of life differ based on their surroundings?

KEY EVENTS OF THE FIRST AMERICANS

15,000 B.C.E.

11,500 B.C.E People from Asia reach the Americas.

7000 B.C.E Maize, or corn, is first thought to be grown as a crop in the area that is today Mexico.

7500 B.C.E.

1 C.E.

400 C.E. The Hopewell build effigy mounds in what is today the midwestern United States.

900 C.E. The Maya flourish in Central America.

1000 C.E. The Ancient Puebloans live in complex cliff dwellings in what is today the southwest United States.

1000 C.E

1400 C.E. The Aztec rule much of Central America.

1500 S C.E. The Iroquois League is established.

FLORIDA BENCHMARKS

2000 C.E

• SS.8.G.3.1 • SS.8.G.4.1 • SS.8.G.4.2 • SS.8.G.4.4 • SS.8.G.5.1 • SS.8.G.5.2

• SS.8.A.1.2 • SS.8.A.1.4 • SS.8.A.1.6 • SS.8.A.1.7 • SS.8.G.1.1 • SS.8.G.1.2 • SS.8.G.2.1

Sequencing Time Which people flourished first, the Aztec or the Hopewell?

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