Name: _________________________
Bell work- practice DBQ scaffolding question
Date: _________
Class Period: ________
Document 1: This excerpt is from a story that deals with the life of early humans as they made
their way into North America.
In the Beginning:
“Easily, quickly, the hunter makes a kill. Growling in a low hum, he eats the
meat raw to stay his hunger. Then, bagging the meat for his family, he
starts back. He probably smiled as he returned to tell his people about the
sweet land he had found.
Not 25 years ago. Not 250 years ago. Not 2,500 years ago. But over
25,000 years ago this hunter from Asia set foot on North America. He and
his tribe were the first humans to do so.
Their homeland back in Asia had begun to dry up. They could not find food.
Other tribes, also hungry, had become enemies. And so the hunter’s
people had left the land we now call the Gobi Desert, in present-day China.
And they had set off to look for a better life.”
1. How long ago did this hunter live?
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2. Where was the hunter’s original home?
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3. Why did the hunter and his tribe leave their homeland?
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