The First Americans: The Story of Where They Came from and Who They Became

By Anthony F. Aveni

Book Overview

The absorbing story of the first people to set foot in North America and the many cultures of their descendants.For thousands of years nomadic people from east Asia followed caribou walking east. Sometime around 20,000 BCE, they crossed the land bridge into North America. These waves of people are the ancestors to every culture on the continent. Tony Aveni, whose expertise is the scientific, mathematical, and cultural accomplishments of the first Americans, celebrates the disparate cultures by highlighting one or two from each region of the country: the Taino, the Iroquois, the Adena, the Anasazi, the Kwakiutl, and the Timucua.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439551447
• ISBN13: 9780439551441
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.1" x 11.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

The First Americans reads at times like fiction in its effort to re-create the drama and activity of

Anthony Aveni's The First Americans: The Story Of Where They Came From And Who They Became will reach grades 3-5 with its survey of the very first settlers in this country, long before Columbus. More than just another history, The First Americans reads at times like fiction in its effort to re-create the drama and activity of daily life - a hunt, games, initiation ceremonies and more. Bright color drawings throughout pack pages which recreate lives and achievements, and which brings detail to the cultural and social insights.