Indians of North America
Early American History
Massachusetts Standards
Strand 1: History - Student Outcomes
Identify and place in temporal order the migrations of early peoples to
North America, the development of Native American societies, and
European explorations.

Strand 2: Geography - Student Outcomes
Use maps, climate data, narrative, pictures, and archaeological data to
explain how geography shaped continental movement of Native
American groups for the time period Ice age - 1400 C.E.

Recognize settlement patterns of early immigrants, Native Americans
and Europeans for the time period 1400 Ð 1800 C.E.

Describe how the geography influenced location of communities,
forms of shelter, economic life of both Native American and English
settlers in 17th Century.
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