Migration

Migration

By Caitlin Irwin

Migration means

The act of moving to a new region

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To​ migrate is to move to a different region.

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What does it mean to migrate?

• To travel from one place to another

• To stay in the same place

• To fly

• To build a new house

ICE AGE

Long period of time of extreme cold that affected the earth.

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The temperatures where a threat to human survival.

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The climate became cold and dry.​

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What was the ice age?

• A movie

• A time where there was no ice

• A time when the world was covered in ice

• A time before writing

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During the Ice Age the climate became

• cold and dry

• warm and moist

Ice Age Migration

The ice sheets created strips of dry land that connected the continents and led to constant travel among clans.

During the Ice Age:

​People were forced to move.

1. They would move to more food and water.

2. They would move to look for a warmer climate.​

Water levels lowered

1. Land that was underwater was now above water. These are called land bridges.

2. ​Frozen water allowed humans to walk on it.

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What did the landbridge pictured here allow the hunter-gatherers to do?

• establish permanent settlements

• set up farms

• migrate across continents

• have protections from enemies

How do we know this really happened?

Different historians study evidence from the past

What are anthropologists?

Anthropologists are people who study human behavior, human biology, and human societies.

What do archaeologists study?

Archaeologists study material remains.

Archaeology KEYS

-historical science that studies the past

-uses artifacts, ruins, and fossils to unlock clues about the past

-Carbon-14 dating is used to give the age

Primary Sources

A primary source is something created by a person who participated in or saw an event in the past. Artifacts are primary sources. They are objects made in the past by people who used them. 

Do you have a primary source at your home?

Ask yourself....

​Was this artifact MADE in the past? If the answer is yes, it is a primary source

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Secondary Sources

We can also use secondary sources to learn about life in the past. Secondary sources are materials prepared by people who did not participate in or see events for themselves. These people can study a primary source to help them find out information to create their secondary source. 

What is secondary source that you know of? 

Ask yourself...​

Was this artifact MADE now? If the answer is yes, it is a secondary source.​

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How do they compare?

Historians use primary sources like artifacts to build a picture of life in the past. When they create other documents or objects, like the teepee, totem, or painting in the museum, these become secondary sources. Primary and secondary sources shape our understanding of the past.

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What kind of source was created by people who participated in or saw an event in the past?

• Primary source

• Secondary source

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A secondary source is created by people who did NOT see or participate in a event in the past. True or False?

• False

• True

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a bowl from ancient Egypt

• primary

• secondary

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A picture of the soldiers during the Revolutionary War

• primary

• secondary

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a textbook chapter on the Middle Ages

• primary

• secondary

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A documentary about the Paleolithic Age

• Primary

• Secondary

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A movie showing the life of George Washington.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

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Your parents describing how your great grandfather came to America.

• Primary Sources

• Secondary Sources

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A play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm.

• Primary

• Secondary

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Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2.

• Primary

• Secondary

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A cartoon showing how Pocahontas met John Smith.

• Primary

• Secondary

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A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.

• Primary

• Secondary

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Fossil remains discovered in Callao cave.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

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A text book describing the civil rights movement.

• Primary
• Secondary

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A famous artist's painting of what cowboy life was probably like.

• Primary
• Secondary

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A journal by a cowboy about the cattle drives from Texas to Kansas

• Primary
• Secondary

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Is The Declaration of Independence a primary or secondary source?

• Primary
• Secondary

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Your parents tell you all about the pilgrims coming to America.  Are your parents primary or secondary sources?

• Primary Sources
• Secondary Sources

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A map drawn by Christopher Columbus is a

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

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The earliest humans started on what continent?

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• Antarctica

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What is a nomad?

• An archaeologist

• A scientist

• A person who stays in one place

• A person who travels in search of food