Pre-Colonial America - The First North Americans

This is a 22 slide, highly animated, power point presentation on the first or native Americans in the United States. The presentation has 22 slides, all of which are "editable" so you can adjust the presentation if you so choose.

Native Americans have lived in what is now the United States for more than 10,000 years. White settlers have only been living in the United States for a little more than 500 years. These Americans had no written form of communication so it is difficult to know much about them. What remains is a few animal and human bones, some basic tools, and bits of pottery.

Historians have surmised that the first Americans probably migrated on foot from Siberia, across the bearing straits into what is now present-day Alaska. The most recent Ice Age occurred 30,000 years and water levels dropped by 200 feet making it possible for animals to migrate Asia to North America.

The presentation covers the following:

Introduction

Migration Routes

Migration Routes Map

Using Natural Resources

Their Environment

Developing Cultures

The Eight “Cultural Regions”

“Cultural Regions” Map

Native Americans of the Northwest Coast

Native Americans of California

Native Americans of the Great Basin

Native Americans of the Plateau

Native Americans of the Southwest

Native Americans of the Great Plains

Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands

Native Americans of the Southeast

Summary

This is one of several power point presentations that I offer under the heading ....Colonial America.