Do now: Min. of 5 lines…Which element of culture is most important to you and why?
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
Homework: Read and annotate* the Northeast,
Southeast and Plains region.
* (take notes and identify elements of culture)
What defines a group’s way of life.
Social Organization: Loosely defined social classes, low, middle, high
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)
Make sure your name is on the paper.
Level 0 when the test is out (it’ll be assumed that you’re cheating)
Don’t help people cheat (cover up your work)
Eyes on your paper (your cheating)
Cheating will result in a 0 and a call home!
Don’t leave anything blank, don’t quit, everyone has a brain…Use it!!!!
Once your quiz continue reading about Native
American culture.
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.
Swampy, piney forests
colder region
Alaska and Canada.
Western: Athabaskan speakers
Easter: Algonquian speakers inland
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