At daybreak on the morning of Friday, August 3, 1492, an Italian adventurer named Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain to find a new way from Europe to Asia ...
The First Americans - PowerPoint-Präsentation
The "potlatch" was a popular ceremony amongst the wealthy Pacific coast tribes of North America ...
Potlatches - PowerPoint-Präsentation
The first Americans - The geography of America
The first Americans arrived between 25,000 and 35,000 years ago ...
Map of America - PowerPoint-Präsentation
Vegetation map of America - PowerPoint-Präsentation
The physiography of the United States
Three major features dominate the physiography of the United States ...
Many, many years ago, this country in which we live was one vast expanse of woodland and fields, mountains and swamps ...
The first people to live in North America came from Asia between 10,000 and 30,000 years ago ...
The first people on the American continent came from Asia ...
American history: 15,000 BC - 1,000 AD
The first people to inhabit what is now the United States arrived about 15,000 years ago ...
How would you like to be known as "raw meat eaters"? ...
Finding out about the Inuit is especially difficult ...
Stage I: The weather improved in the 11th century, with fewer icepacks which has made hunting difficult ...
In this storm there fell so much snow, with such bitter cold air, that we could scarce see one another for the snow ...
Two parties of hunters set off from the village ...
Inuit hunters - PowerPoint-Präsentation
Hunting and farming in Ancient America: the Inuit
Beautifully made out of snow ...
Charming Inuit Igloo - PowerPoint-Präsentation
In the Middle Ages there had been attempts to settle colonies on Greenland and Newfoundland ...
Frobisher´s voyages were followed by others which failed too ...
Woodland people: North-East Indians
New York was not built and developed using native American methods ...
Woodland people: North-East Indians: The Iroquois and Algonquian tribes
There were two main groupings in the North-East - the Iroquois, and the Algonquians ...
Strength through unity: The Iroquois League
Each tribe looked after its own affairs - this is different from a modern government which is often in charge of a huge area ...
Before the beginning of the Christian period, the Indian was living a simple life in a village ...
Hunting and farming in Ancient America: the Woodlands and Plains Indians
Magnificient Iroquois Longhouse
This desirable residence is located in a town protected by a strong wooden wall ...
Magnificient Iroquois Longhouse - PowerPoint-Präsentation
The Aztecs believed that human blood – especially hearts – pleased their gods ...
Native peoples of the Americas: Communication I: Travel and trade
Some people think the wheel is the greatest invention ever ...
Native peoples of the Americas: Communication II: Information
Writing is something we take for granted ...
Native peoples of the Americas: Gods, myths and superstitions
We have to forget our idea of religion with its churches and beliefs ...
If you ask "Who discovered America?", the answer that you will usually receive is "Christopher Columbus" ...
Explorers from Europe - PowerPoint-Präsentation
The continent of North America appears to have been first sighted by Europeans in about A.D. 1,000, when Leif Ericson's boat went off course on a voyage from Norway to Greenland ...