Native American Review

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Native American Review

• 4th Grade

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Standard(s) SS4H1

• a. Locate where the American Indians settled with
  emphasis on Arctic (Inuit), Northwest (Kwakiutl),
  Plateau (Nez Perce), Southwest (Hopi), Plains
  (Pawnee), and Southeastern (Seminole).
• b. Describe how the American Indians used their
  environment to obtain food, clothing, and
  shelter.

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Native Americans

• Native Americans were the people who lived in
  America before people from other countries came
  here.

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Native Americans respected nature.
They took care of the earth and only used what
they needed.
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Native Americans used natural resources to meet
their needs.
trees
water
stones
buffalo
Natural resources are things in nature that
people can use.
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• Native Americans lived in culture groups.

• The people in a culture group have the same way
  of life.

• A culture group is a group of people who live in
  the same region.

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Arctic Inuit
Kwakiutl
Pawnee
Nez Perce California
Hopi
Seminole
Native Americans lived in six different regions.
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Each region had different physical surroundings.
Some regions had forests.
Others were mostly desert.
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Still others had oceans nearby.
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Each region had different natural resources.
Each culture group used the natural resources in
its region to meet its needs.
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For this reason, Native American culture groups
had different homes.
Those who lived near deserts used clay or stones
to build their homes.
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• Those who lived on the Plains used buffalo skins
  to make their homes.

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• Still others lived near forests. They built their
  homes of wood.

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Many Native American culture groups built their
homes in villages or cities.
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Other culture groups, like the Plains Indians,
were nomadic.
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• They could not live in one place. They had to
  move around to follow the buffalo.

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The physical surroundings of each region also
affected how each culture group got its food.
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• Native Americans in the Eastern Woodlands were
  very lucky. That region had forests, lakes and
  rivers, a nearby ocean, and good climate. These
  Native Americans could farm, hunt, and fish for
  food.

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There were no forests in the Southwest region.
The land was rocky and uneven.
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• There were many mesas, or large rocks with flat
  tops. The Indians who lived in this region were
  farmers. They planted their crops on the tops of
  mesas.

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Native Americans in the Plateau region were known
as gatherers.
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There were few natural resources in this region.
These Native Americans gathered acorns, seeds,
and fruits. They also dug up plant roots to eat
for food.
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Indians from the Northwest Coast hunted sea
animals in the Pacific Ocean.
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There were many salmon in the rivers for them
to eat.They also hunted animals in nearby
forests.
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Buffalo were a natural resource in the Plains
region.
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The meat was used for food. The skins were used
for shelters and clothing. The bones were used
for tools.
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The physical surroundings of the regions affected
each culture groups way of life in other ways,
too.
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• There was much clay in the Southwest.Native
  Americans that lived in this region used the clay
  to make beautiful pottery.

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The Northwest Coast region had many forests. The
Native Americans in this region used wood from
the forests to carve tall totem poles.
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• The carvings on each totem pole told about a
  familys history.

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There were many buffalo in the Plains region.
Native Americans who lived in this region were
hunters.
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• The Plains Indians had special ceremonies before
  big hunts. They danced to the music of drums.
  They thought this would bring them good luck on
  the hunt.

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Native Americans in the Plateau region were
expert basket weavers.
They made beautiful baskets out of grasses and
plants.
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Physical surroundings affected how the Indians
traveled, too. All Indians walked.
Plains and Southwest Indians got horses from
Spanish explorers.
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• Indians in the Southeast and Northwest Coast used
  canoes.

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Lets review what we know
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• Native Americans were the first Americans.

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• Native Americans respected nature.

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• Native Americans used natural resources.

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• Native Americans lived in different regions.

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• Native Americans had different homes.

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• Native Americans got food in different ways

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Native American culture groups had different ways
of life due to their different physical
surroundings and natural resources.