The+Great+Migrations

=The Great Migrations=

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Today's scientists believe that from their beginnings in Africa, the modern humans went first to Asia between 80,000 and 60,000 years ago. By 45,000 years ago, or possibly earlier, they had settled Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. The moderns entered Europe around 40,000 years ago, probably via two routes: from Turkey along the Danube corridor into eastern Europe, and along the Mediterranean coast. By 35,000 years ago, they were firmly established in most of the Old World. The Neanderthals, forced into mountain strongholds in Croatia, the Iberian Peninsula, the Crimea and elsewhere, would become extinct 25,000 years ago. Finally, around 15,000 years ago, humans crossed from Asia to North America and from there to South America. ===== ** The information below has been put onto separate pages. ** Read more: [|http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/human-migration.html#ixzz1s4fXR5JO]

From Taiwan to the Pacific Islands
[|This article]suggests people travelled from Taiwan and populated most of the Pacific Islands. (RL 477) Then there is [|this article] that suggests that although Taiwan was the starting point, the people of Taiwan were joined by people from the Melanesian Islands they passed. (RL 516) Here is a map of the migrations.

A Time of Conquest
[|This is a timeline]of the colonization of South America. This is an [|interesting article] about how the Europeans defeated the Mayans. In this [|article], Cortes defeats the Aztecs and Montezuma. And a video about the subject. media type="custom" key="15533818" media type="youtube" key="1dVhgLVbbH4" height="315" width="560" [] This is a 10 minutes introduction of history - Jeff 4I This is a great [|interactive site] about the Spanish conquistadores and the New World. This is a wiki with some great resources. Check out the sources page.

The Slave Trade
This is a [|list of stories] told by slaves in America. [|This site] has many interesting and important images about slavery. [|This site] is a data base that has many interesting items. There are many resources [|here.]Including these stories, [|Celia Black], [|George Johnson], and [|Harriet Smith]. You can listen and read the interview. These are stories to read, [|Poems by Slaves], and other [|original documents]. Here are some [|powerpoints] about colonial Africa.

Colonization
[|This site] has tooooo many resources. And [|this one] has even more resources, for 5th grade, but I'm sure you can handle it. Wow, and [|another one].

Searching for Gold in America and Australia
[|Some information] about migrants to Australia from Ireland. This is a cool [|interactive site] from PBS Kids. Lots of great information about the Gold Rush [|here]. [|This site] has a lot of information, and some of it is [|first hand accounts] of the gold rush, including migrants from [|China] and [|Mexico]. There's also an [|interactive game]. The [|diary] of a prospector. Lots of resources here.

The War that made Millions of People Move
[|A great site] about immigration to Australia after WWII. [|A story] about a displaced person after WWII. [|Some interesting facts] about Britain after the war. [|Migrants from Britain to Australia.]

War, Work and Lifestyle Changes
This is a [|video] about a migrant from Vietnam to Australia due to the war in Vietnam. [|This site] may be a bit difficult, but it is a good source of information about migration. It has country pages, which can be helpful if you are looking for something specific.

Lifestyle changes and concerns about the environment mean that people are moving from the suburbs to the inner city.

Other things to look at [] [] Important for the math workbook [] Migrant stories [] [] This one is phenomenal, []