1. What animal would be most useful to the first people in Kansas Thursday September 5th

2. Timeline highlights Earliest evidence of humans about 7000 BCE Climate change between 6500-3550 BCE 1300-1500 permanent housing 1541 Europeans appear

3. The Earliest People The Kansa believed the Great Spirit created humans. This is part of the Kansa Oral Tradition Oral Tradition- Stories passed from generation to generation.

4. The Kansa Creation myth The "Master of Life" first created man. His solitary life, however, caused him to cry out in anguish, so the "Master" sent down a woman to alleviate his loneliness. A small island created before the main part of the earth caused frustrated the fathers to drown unwanted children, thus prompting more compassionate mothers to ask the Great Spirit to provide more living space. Their prayers were answered when beavers, muskrats and turtles were sent down to enlarge the island from the floor of the great waters, and in time the earth assumed its present

5. How do we know? Without an oral tradition how do we know what groups lived in Kansas? Through the use artifacts Artifacts, are something made or used by people in the past With artifacts we can track the migration, and adaptation of native

6. Migration The first people in Kansas were big Game Hunters Followed the large Ice Age animals as they migrated south. Migration is the movement of things from one place to another

7. Big Game Hunters The is very little know about the big game hunters Called Big Game Hunters because they hunted large mammals like mammoths Tools have been found near mammoth remains conforming this No known language, or what they called themselves It is known that they domesticated dogs

8. Adaptation About 10,000 years ago the climate changes Over a long period of years it becomes hotter and drier This means big game hunters have to adapt Adaptation, is how people and animals change to suit their environments.

9. Adaptation Some plants animals become extinct others change to survive This change results in humans having to adapt as well

10. Think about it In separate paragraphs answer two of the following questions What would happen to you if you lost a major food source? A Clothing Source Or if the temperature got hotter