Sunday, February 5, 2012

Monday, February 6th, 2012

The Bering Land Bridge Theory and New Ideas on the Migration of People to the Americas...

Directions for your homework:
  • Watch the videos in the order below. Take a sheet of paper and give it the title, “The Bering Land Bridge Theory and New Ideas on Migration
  • Video #1 is about the Bering Land Bridge Theory - make sure you understand the ideas behind this theory. Remember this is just a theory. Using bullet points can you describe the theory? Do this on your paper. Write the question as "Summary for Video #1". The Bering Land Bridge Theory sounds nice but is this what really happened? Let's hear some other ideas.
  • Video #2 is about a possible migration route from Europe. Here are some questions to answer for video #2.
    • Who are the Clovis People? How are they involved with the Bering Land Bridge Theory?
    • What is important about the spear point?
    • Where are most Clovis sites located? Why is this a curiosity?
    • What was learned when comparing Clovis technology to Siberian spear point technology?
    • What did scientests learn about the Solutrean spear point?
  • Video #3 is about prehistoric people surviving a migration from Europe to the Americas.
    • Write this as "Summary for Video #3" - okay summarize the main ideas of this video. What are some scientists saying was possible? 
    • This is all very controversial. Many scientists say, "Well, if this was possible, then is there any genetic proof?" Okay, on to video #4. 
  •  Video #4 - Please watch video #4 and answer this question - What is lineage X?

Video #1 -Watch this video first - this is a summary of the Bering Land Bridge Theory (with some animation)


Video #2


Video #3



Lineage X video (Video #4)  It may take a minute to load - just give it some time! :)

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