THE FIRST AMERICANS DBQ

1. THE FIRST AMERICANSDBQ

2. SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS: DOCUMENT 1: This excerpt is from a story that deals with the life of early humans as they made their way into North America.

3. SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS: DOCUMENT 1: • The hunter lived more than 25,000 years ago. 2. The hunter’s original home was in Asia. More specifically, he came from the land we call the Gobi Desert in modern day China. 3. The hunter and his tribe left their homeland because the land was drying up and food was hard to find. Also, other tribes became their enemies.

4. DOCUMENT 2: 1. Discuss two ways in which early humans got the food that they needed to survive. 2. During the Ice Age, what happened to the supply of food available to humans in Asia?

5. SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS: DOCUMENT 2: 1. Early humans got the food they need to survive by hunting and gathering. Generally, the men hunted animals such as mammoths, bear, and bison. Also, the women gathered foods such as nuts and berries. 2. During the Ice Age, the food supply in Asia went down because of the glaciers. The glaciers caused the water to dry up in Asia. This caused plants to die and animals to migrate out of Asia in order to find food.

6. ANSWER BOX: INTRODUCTION: ESSAY TOPIC SENTENCE: Take the Historical Context and rewrite it to make the ESSAY TOPIC SENTENCE for the introduction. Historical Context: Between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago, early humans began migrating from Asia into North America. Over time, the Americas would be populated by people now known as the First Americans. ______________________________________________________________________________ Early humans began migrating into the America’s from Asia more than 20,000 years ago.

7. TASK TOPIC SENTENCE(S): Take the Task(s) and use them to write the Task Topic Sentences for the introduction. These sentences explain what you are going to write about in the essay. Task(s): Using information from the documents and your knowledge of social studies, answer the questions that follow the documents in Part A. Your answers to the questions will help you write an essay in Part B, in which you will need to do the following: 1. Discuss why early humans left their homeland in Asia and migrated into North America. ______________________________________________________________________________ Early humans left their homeland in Asia and came to North America for several reasons.

8. CONCEPT: The concept is “CHANGE.” The concept of change can be seen throughout history.

9. ANSWER BOX:BODY: -During Ice Age, humans left Asia and came to North America across land bridge called Beringia. Ice Age: time when glaciers covered much of Northern Hemisphere. Glaciers: huge sheets of ice. Land was exposed due to glaciers. Glaciers caused oceans to go down. Land exposed connecting Asia to NA. Humans walked across land bridge into NA. -Lived in Mongolia, which is in Asia. -Glaciers caused water to dry up. -Plants died and animals migrated. -Humans did not know how to farm. They survived by hunting and gathering. Lived as nomads. Nomads move to find food. Men hunted animals. (mammoths, bear, bison, seals, fish) Women gathered food such as fruits and nuts. -Humans left Asia when food supply ran low/out. Left to find food, better life, survive. -Some followed animals and made it to NA. -Came from Asia more than 25,000 years ago. -Gobi Desert, China -Land dried up, food scarce, tribes became enemies. -left Asia to find better life. Early humans migrated from Asia into North America for several reasons. -Picture showing animals Mammoths, deer. -Picture showing apples.

10. Doc. # 1: Change has also affected other events in American history. One other event in American history that shows change was the American Revolution. As a result of the American Revolution, the English Colonies became independent and the United States was created. the hunter and his tribe have left their homeland in Asia and are migrating into NA. The concept of change can be seen throughout history. Change is when something becomes different over time.

11. ANSWER BOX: CONCLUSION: TOPIC SENTENCE: Use the same topic sentence as the topic sentence for the introduction. SUMMARAIZE PARAGRAPHS OF BODY: Take the topic sentence for each paragraph in the body of the essay and rewrite them in the conclusion. Early humans began migrating into the America’s from Asia more than 20,000 years ago. Early humans left their homeland in Asia and came to North America for several reasons. The concept of change effected early humans.