Welcome To United States History Before 1450

This part of our American History is covered in Standards/Indicators 4-1.2, 4-2.1 and 4-2.2. Much of this information was passed down by word of mouth or in the case of the Land Bridge Theory by Scientific Investigation and speculation.

TimeLine

c 40,000 - 11,000 BC= Land Bridge Theory) Here the first Native Americans followed large mamouths onto the continent of North America.
c 8,000 large mamouths began to disappear and Native Americans began to search for eatable plants.
C 8,000 - 1,000 Native Americans began to grind food with stones and hunt smaller animals such as the bison or buffalo.
c 427 AD the astrolabe which could help a sailor navigate out of the sight of land was thought to have been invented.
1000 AD = Leif Eriksson(c 1,000 AD)

Learning About the TimeLine.

Looking at the above TimeLine, what does BC and AD mean?
On some of the dates there is a "c" before the date, What does this "c" mean?

Native Americans

From the above TimeLine you can see that Native Americans played an important part in the history of North America. They spread throughout the continent and adapted their way of life to their environment.
Below you can find the needed information for the Native American Groups that will be taught in fourth grade.
Native American Groups

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