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We, the First People

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Students explore new support regarding the earliest peopling of America by examining multiple theories on the migration of the first people to America, investigating related archaeological finds, and creating research-based scientific reports on their assigned archeological finds to present at an "archeology convention."

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archaeology, migration

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Grade
7th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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1 hr
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Project-Based Learning
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