Introduction:

You are about to embark on a trip into the past.  As a collector of facts,  you will learn more about this place called your home.  The very land you stand or sit upon has had a wondrous history.  Have a grand voyage into the past as a modern day explorer.

Process:

Below you will find links to facts about our land. Click on the link and read the web page to find facts for your e-sheet.

Click here for the questions below

1.  The land of Nebraska was covered by what in the beginning?

2.  How do scientists know what Nebraska was covered  with in the beginning?

3.  The scientists believe that our continent was closer to what millions of years ago?

4.  What did the first plants become when they were compressed after they died?

5.  Thinking question!  How do you think scientists know that Nebraska was covered by thick layers of plants?
 

6.  What has been found in the limestone layers found closer to the surface of the soil?

7.  Great herds of what have been found in the layer of ash left by the giant volcanic eruption?

8.  Glaciers covered our Nebraska more than once.  What kind of animals bones were found during the cold glacier times?

Next, click on the blue word PaleoIndians.  These first people, who lived before our modern Native Americans, lived a bit differently than later people.

9.  Explain what the ancient Nebraskans ate.

10. How do the scientists know what these ancient people ate?

11. As these early people changed, their homes changed into what?

Activity Created by Barbara Jones (Technology Specialist)  April 2000, Revised: December 05, 2003