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Khan Academy: Peopling the Americas

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Many believed the first people in America came after the voyage of Christopher Columbus. We now know this to be false. There were thriving civilizations already settled on this land before 1492. This video answers the following three questions: Who were they? When did they arrive? How did they get here? [9:16]

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bering strait, cahokia, clovis points, earliest people in america, khan academy: peopling the americas, paleo-indians, paleo-indian (? to 8000 bc)
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional
  • This video is hosted on YouTube