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Do now: Min. of 5 lines…Which element of culture is most important to you and why?
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Today, I will successfully (43/50 min) locate the 50 states. I will identify key elements of culture in the
Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America
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Homework: Read and annotate* the Northeast,
Southeast and Plains region.
* (take notes and identify elements of culture)

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What defines a group’s way of life.
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Social Organization: Loosely defined social classes, low, middle, high
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Customs and Traditions: Hot Dogs and Fireworks on the 4 th of July. Remembrance of 9-11-01
Religion: Judeo-Christian roots, but freedom to practice mostly anything.
Language: Not official  English
Arts and Literature: Highly valued
Forms of government: Currently, democratic-republic, originally republic
Economic systems: mixed (parts socialism and free enterprise)

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Make sure your name is on the paper.
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Level 0 when the test is out (it’ll be assumed that you’re cheating)
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Don’t help people cheat (cover up your work)
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Eyes on your paper (your cheating)
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Cheating will result in a 0 and a call home!
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Don’t leave anything blank, don’t quit, everyone has a brain…Use it!!!!
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Once your quiz continue reading about Native
American culture.

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These people were heavily influenced by their environment.
Eskimo-Aleut language family
Population small and scattered
Inuits  nomadic hunters
Aleuts  settled, small fishing villages
Homes made of sod/timber, in the extreme north  Ice.
Seal and otter skins were well insolated and waterproof.

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Swampy, piney forests  colder region  inland
Alaska and Canada.
Western: Athabaskan speakers
Easter: Algonquian speakers
Used toboggans, snowshoes, and lightweight canoes for travel.
Sparsely populated
Small family groups hunted caribou  lived in easy to move tents. Also lived in underground dugouts.
Europeans interaction: economic/cultural shift from subsistence living to profit living