Who were the first non-indigenous to land in the Americas? If not the Spanish, why don't we discuss them more? If the first group was different from the Spanish, why didn't they stay? How do we find information about historical events when there are no written primary sources? Today in class we will be discussing the Vikings arrival in the Americas, centuries before other European arrival! Welcome to Our Podclass!Make sure to follow us on Instagram for resources to go along with each episode @ourpodclass References:https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/early-exploration-of-the-Americas/543490#:~:text=The%20Vikings%20of%20Norway%20are,first%20to%20colonize%20the%20island.https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2023/01/vikings-in-north-america-heres-what-we-really-knowhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-vikings-a-memorable-visit-to-america-98090935/https://www.science.smith.edu/climatelit/vikings-and-the-establishment-of-norse-settlements/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03972-8#:~:text=The%20Vikings%20(or%20Norse)%20were,1%20and%202https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58996186https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/leif-erikssonhttps://www.worldhistory.org/Leif_Erikson/ttps://www.historyextra.com/period/viking/freydis-eiriksdottir-life-legend-sagas-real/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzHSw5Y9ICYhttps://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/vinland/whereisvinland/leif/indexen.htmlFollow us @ourpodclass on instagram! Please make sure to leave a review and follow our podclass on all podcast platforms!

How does geography or where you live impact your life? How did geography impact the ancient indigenous groups? What inferences can you make? Today in our class we will be discussing the various groups that lived in the area we now consider the United States and make inferences about their lives. Welcome to class!!Resources:https://www.britannica.com/topic/Plains-Indian/Material-culture-and-tradehttp://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.na.117https://www.britannica.com/topic/Plateau-Indianhttps://kids.britannica.com/students/article/California-Indians/480465#:~:text=Because%20of%20the%20mild%20climate,and%20women%20used%20skin%20robes.https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Great-Basin-Indians/480464#:~:text=Great%20Basin%20tribes%20traditionally%20built,shelters%20with%20Plains%2Dstyle%20tepees.https://www.naaer.hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/northeast-woodlands/clothing-regaliaNewsela articles (Cultural Areas Text Set) I can not find them anymore: https://newsela.com/text-sets/222320?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=webFollow us @ourpodclass on instagram! Please make sure to leave a review and follow our podclass on all podcast platforms!

What draws people to where they live? How do people end up in certain places? How did the first peoples end up in the Americas? Today in our class we will be discussing the various theories and evaluating evidence. Welcome to class!!Resources:https://www.archaeology.org/issues/145-1409/features/2370-peopling-the-americas-paisely-caves#:~:text=But%20humans%20also%20leave%20behind,nine%20years%20of%20digging%20therehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/kennewick-man-finally-freed-share-his-secrets-180952462/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379120305679https://www.nps.gov/subjects/oceans/coastal-migration.htmhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-evidence-shows-first-americans-could-have-migrated-along-coast-180969217/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/kennewick-man-finally-freed-share-his-secrets-180952462/https://www.nps.gov/bela/learn/historyculture/the-bering-land-bridge-theory.htmhttps://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-americas/early-cultures/clovis-culture/a/clovis-culturehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-clovis-point-and-the-discovery-of-americas-first-culture-3825828/https://www.newmexico.org/blog/post/the-story-of-the-clovis-people/https://www.pbs.org/show/first-peoples/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GPS3kRj2-AFollow us @ourpodclass on instagram! Please make sure to leave a review and follow our podclass on all podcast platforms!

This is the first day of our podclass! Listen to Ms. Knox explain our class and her background!Follow us @ourpodclass on instagram! Please make sure to leave a review and follow our podclass on all podcast platforms!