THE FIRST AMERICANS DBQ

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THE FIRST AMERICANSDBQ
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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.
In the Beginning Easily, quickly, the hunter makes a kill. Growling in a low hum, he eats the meat raw to stay his hunger. Then, bagging the meat for his family, he starts back. He probably smiled as he returned to tell his people about the sweet land he had found. Not 25 years ago. Not 250 years ago. Not 2,500 years ago. But over 25,000 years ago this hunter from Asia set foot on North America. He and his tribe were the first humans to do so. Their homeland back in Asia had begun to dry up. They could not find food. Other tribes, also hungry, had become enemies. And so the hunters people had left the land we now call the Gobi Desert, in present-day China. And they had set off to look for a better life.
1. How long ago did this hunter live? 2. Where was the hunters original home? 3. Why did the hunter and his tribe leave their homeland?
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SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
DOCUMENT 1

1. The hunter lived more than 25,000 years ago.

2. The hunters 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.
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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?
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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.
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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 Americas
from Asia more than 20,000 years ago.
ESSAY TOPIC SENTENCE TASK TOPIC SENTENCE(S) CONCEPT
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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. _________________________________________
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ESSAY TOPIC SENTENCE Early humans began migrating into the Americas from Asia more than 20,000 years ago. TASK TOPIC SENTENCE(S) CONCEPT
Early humans left their homeland in Asia and came
to North America for several reasons.
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CONCEPT The concept is CHANGE.
ESSAY TOPIC SENTENCE TASK TOPIC SENTENCE(S) CONCEPT
The concept of change can be seen throughout
history.
ESSAY TOPIC SENTENCE Early humans began migrating into the Americas from Asia more than 20,000 years ago. TASK TOPIC SENTENCE(S) Early humans left their homeland in Asia and came to North America for several reasons. CONCEPT The concept of change can be seen throughout history.
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ANSWER BOXBODY
TASKS INSIDE INFORMATION OUTSIDE INFORMATION
Discuss why early humans left their homeland in Asia and migrated to North America. TOPIC SENTENCE Doc 1 Doc. 2
-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.
-Picture showing animals Mammoths, deer. -Picture
showing apples.
Early humans migrated from Asia into North
America for several reasons.
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TASKS INSIDE INFORMATION OUTSIDE INFORMATION
Concept Change TOPIC SENTENCE Definition Doc. __
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.
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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 Americas
from Asia more than 20,000 years ago.
TOPIC SENTENCE SUMMARIZE PARAGRAPHS OF BODY
Early humans left their homeland in Asia and came
to North America for several reasons.
The concept of change effected early humans.