Curated OER
Athabaskan Migration & Bering Strait
Students study Athabaskan migration patterns and the Bering Strait Land Bridge theory. They investigate the importance of the expansion of trade and compare the differences between American Indian oral tradition accounts of origin and...
Curated OER
Athabaskan Migration & Bering Strait
Pupils examine the various migration patterns of the Athabaskan. In groups, they discuss the Bering Strait Land Bridge theory of migration and take notes on a lecture from their teacher. To end the lesson, they brainstorm the...
Curated OER
America's Stone Age Explorers
Students watch a Nova program examining the earliest in habitants of the Americas. In groups. they take notes on various topics covered in the program. Among the topics covered are: the Clovis people, Solutrean culture, migration...
Curated OER
American Civilization - The Ice Age
First graders discuss the Ice Age land bridge over the Bering Straits and how it affected the population of the Americas. They construct a clay model of the land bridge and research common animals of the time.
Curated OER
The Old North Trail
Students engage in a lesson to find information about the old trails of North America that were used by Native Americans. Specifically, they conduct research to find the history of The Old North Trail. The teacher shares several theories...
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Amblin' to Alaska
A look at the new methods of dating the Bering Strait land bridge and the subsequent implications to the peopling of Americas' theories.
Other
Phmc: Paleoindian Period: 16,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
A good description of the theories behind the various migration routes into the Americas, the evidence for pre-Clovis culture in the eastern part of America, and a discussion of the paleoindian sites particularly in Pennsylviania.
Curated OER
National Park Service: What Is Beringia?
This resource provides a brief explanation of Beringia, the geographical region surrounding the Bering Strait.
University of California
Beringia Chronology: Prehistoric Beringia
Extensive coverage of the prehistoric era where groups settled into the region called Beringia from the Bering Land Bridge that once connected North America and Asia. Provides information about various groups, where they settled, and...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
Looks at migration theories proposed in regard to the early peopling of the Americas, European colonization, early agriculture and culture. Also looks at contemporary indigenous groups, then groups within each country in the Americas.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Unit 1 Early Life in the Western Hemisphere
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a great unit for teaching how the early people migrated to the Americas through the Land Bridge Theory and some of the different characteristics of the Native America's culture.
BBC
Bbc: North America's First People
Easy-to-understand explanations for the theories revolving around first Americans. Each theory: Clovis First and Pacific Coast Route, is explained as well as the basis for the debate.