North American Indians

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1 Name North American Indians 1. Northwest Coast Region Color the Northwest Coast Region on the map: Vocabulary Use your flashcards to define the vocabulary words: potlatch:

2 totem pole: Fill in the blanks using the information on your flashcards: The lived on the Northwest Coast, hunted for whales, and created totem poles. The lived on the Northwest Coast, valued wealth, and held potlatches. Use the pictures on the table to answer the questions. Describe the landscape of the Northwest Coast Region: The landscape of the Northwest Coast Region is near the ocean. The coast is rocky with steep cliffs. It has forests with many pine trees. It also has rivers. Describe the pit house: The pit house is shaped like a small hill. It has a hole in the top, with a long pole that comes down and is used like steps. There is a fire pit in the center of the house and places for people to sit or lay down along the edges.

3 2. Southwest Region Color the Southwest Region on the map: Vocabulary Use your flashcards to define the vocabulary words: pueblo: kachinas:

4 Four Corners: Fill in the blanks using the information on your flashcards: The lived in the Southwest, lived in pueblos, and believed in spirits called kachinas. The lived in the Southwest, settled in the area known as the Four Corners, and believed in gods that they called the Holy People. Use the pictures on the table to answer the question. Describe the landscape of the Southwest Region: Describe the Hopi pueblo and the Navajo hogan. How are they the same? How are they different?

5 3. Great Plains Region Color the Great Plains Region on the map: Vocabulary Use your flashcards to define the vocabulary words: tepee:

6 Fill in the blanks using the information on your flashcards: The lived in the Great Plains, lived in houses made with sod, and hunted buffalo. The lived in the Great Plains, lived in tepees, and hunted buffalo. Use the pictures on the table to answer the question. Describe the landscape of the Great Plains Region: Describe the Kiowa tepee and the Mandan lodge. How are they the same? How are they different?

7 4. Arctic and Subarctic Region Color the Arctic and Subarctic Region on the map: Use the pictures on the table to answer the question. Describe the landscape of the Arctic and Subarctic Region:

8 Describe the outside and the inside of the igloo. Many Native people from the Arctic and Subarctic region hunted caribou. What do you think they used the different parts of the animal for? (What do you think they used the hide for? The antlers? The bones? The meat?)

9 5. Eastern Woodlands Region Color the Eastern Woodlands Region on the map: Vocabulary Use your flashcards to define the vocabulary words: confederation: longhouse:

10 Fill in the blanks using the information on your flashcards: The lived in the Eastern Woodlands, formed a confederation, and lived in longhouses. The lived in the Southeastern Woodlands, had one house for winter and one for summer, and leaders called chiefs. Use the pictures on the table to answer the question. Describe the landscape of the Eastern Woodlands Region: The Native Americans from the Eastern Woodlands region farmed three types of plants, which they called the Three Sisters. Looking at the pictures, what were the three plants?

11 Project Ideas Please choose your project idea by Thursday, September 26th. Write creation story. Explain its meaning and which cultural region it would be from. Make a traditional Native American food to share with the class. Explain how it is made and which cultural region (or tribe) it is from. Make a Native American tool using only natural materials, such as branches, grass, animal bones, tendons, and rocks. (No glue, tape, or string.) Explain how it is made and how it could be used. Make a replica (miniature) American Indian village or house. Explain how it is made and which Native American tribe would have used it. Teach the class a Native American game or sport. Research ONE of the following topics (jobs, houses, religions, clothing, tools, food) for TWO separate tribes. Write a report comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences between the two different tribes. Create own totem pole and explain its meaning. (Northwest Coast) Draw a timeline of a whale hunt (one picture for each stage), with written explanations. (Northwest Coast) Make a kachina doll, and explain its meaning and how it is made. (Southwest) Draw a timeline of the buffalo hunt, with written explanations. (Great Plains) Learn and perform a story (or conversation with another student) using Plains sign language. (Great Plains) Hiawatha was a chief who visited the Iroquois tribes, asking for an end to their fighting. Pretend you are Hiawatha. What would you say to the Iroquois tribes? Prepare a speech to give to the class. (Eastern Woodlands) Research farming in the Eastern Woodland tribes and today. Tell how they are different and how they are the same. Other ideas: Present your research by making a song, making a powerpoint, or making a movie! Anything else you can think of! Let your imagination soar!