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Ohio History: Virtual First Ohioans

For Students 9th - 10th
This award-winning resource from the Ohio Historical Society presents Ohio's first cultures: PaleoIndian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, and Late Prehistoric Period cultures. Click on each period for additional information and great...
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North Georgia History: Georgia's Moundbuilders

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of Archaic, Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian cultures. Site offers links and pictures of Etowah Indian Mounds, Kolomoki Mounds, and Earth Lodge at Ocmulgee.
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Ohio Historical Society: The Adena Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Early Woodland, or The Adena Culture of Ohio, people made a definite shift into civilization by living in permanent villages, making pottery, and emphasizing ceremony and art. Click on the thumbnails for further information on their...
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Native Peoples of America: Adena

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative look at the Adena culture and their burial mounds, food resources, and artifacts found in the burial mounds.Find links to additional information on the web about this early Native American culture.
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Noaca: Pre Recorded History of the Watershed

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents short overviews of cultures and artifacts found in Northeast Ohio: Archaic Indians, Adena culture, Hopewell culture, and Late Prehistoric Whittlesey culture.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Adena Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this brief, but informative description of the Adena culture and the change resulting in the people's turning to agriculture as a way of life.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Prehistory

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a chronological listing of the different prehistoric cultures living primarily in Ohio from the Paleoindian period to the late prehistoric period. Hyperlinks lead to individual sites about the particular cultures.
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Ohio History Connection: Miamisburg Mound

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about the mound built in Miamisburg, Ohio by natives of the Adena culture.
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Class Flow: Ohio's Early Inhabitants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses Ohio's earliest inhabitants including Mound Builders and Glacial Kame People.
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Kenyon College

Kenyon College: Family Farm Project: Native American Farming

For Students 3rd - 5th
Kenyon College provides information about the Adena and Hopewell Indians and how Native Americans farmed, followed by comprehension questions.