Interactive Video Script Template
Lesson
Objective
Course
Semester
Unit
Lesson
SS8
A
1
9
Students will be able to explain the culture, settlements and
economic activity of Native Americans, e.g. Eastern Woodlands
CLIP A
Introduction – 45 to 60 seconds
Visual
Audio
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HR
SOA_GeorgeInnessAcross_Hudson_Valley_Foothills_Catskills
_1868.jpg
For thousands of years, North America’s
resources were vast, abundant, and
relatively untouched.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NIE
_1905_America_-_North__physical_map.jpg
This was especially true in the areas we
call the American Northeast and
southeast Canada today.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clin
gmans_Dome-27527-1.jpg
Unlike the Great Plains to the west,
the areas to the east were covered with
mountains, forests, and thick biospheres.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wil
son_Creek-27527-2.jpg
Native Americans who made their way
east were attracted to the region’s broad
expanses and resources.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kee
-shes-wa.jpg
Today we call those tribes, which were
numerous, the Eastern Woodland tribes.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ho
w_they_catch_fish_%281590%29.jpg
While Native Americans lived on the
continent for thousands of years, the
Eastern Woodland tribes are more recent
civilizations.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_
old_man_in_his_winter_clothes_%281590
%29.jpg
They formed around 800 BCE and
remained in the region until the arrival of
European settlers.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lea
f-Colors-at-Newfound-Gap-NPS1.jpg
The abundant resources of the east
helped them develop a unique culture
based on what was available on the
continent.
Question for Clip A
Stem: What attracted the Eastern
Woodland tribes to that area of North
America?
Answers for Question A
A. Its emptiness
B. Its resources
C. Its climate
D. Its gold and oil deposits
Correct Response  B
Correct – Go to Clip B
Incorrect – Go to Clip E
CLIP B
Build on Introduction – 25 to 35 seconds
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ten
-sq%C3%BAat-a-way.jpg
The term “Eastern Woodland” refers to
Native American tribes living to the east of
the Great Plains, like the Shawnee.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The
_village_of_Pomeioc,_North_Carolina,_18
85,_color_-_NARA_-_535753.jpg
The Shawnee were one of the Algonquian
(al-gonk-ee-en) tribes, a group of
Eastern Woodland tribes who spoke
variations of the Algonquian language.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PS You can see the extent of the Algonquian
M_V78_D516_North_american_inuit_algon landscape on this map – their territory is
quin_and_athabascan_language_map.png striped and stretches around the Great
Lakes.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%2
7Indians_with_Deer%27_by_John_Mix_St
anley,_Cincinnati_Art_Museum.JPG
In addition to common languages, most
Eastern Woodland Native Americans
shared a lifestyle based on farming and
deer hunting.
Question for Clip B
Stem: What do the Algonquian Native
Americans share in common?
Answers for Question B
A. Food preparation
B. Land
C. Labor division
D. Language
Correct Response  D
Correct – Go to Clip C
Incorrect – Go to Clip F
CLIP C
Build on Clip B – 25 to 35 seconds
Visual
Audio
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The
_dances_at_their_great_feasts_%281590
%29.jpg
Like many other Native Americans, the
Eastern Woodland tribes had a chief, an
upper class, and lower-class workers.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leff
erts_Wigwam_jeh.JPG
The forest provided them with their
defining features, like wigwams, which
were frame houses protected by tree bark.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The
_town_of_Pomeiock.jpg
They also lived in longhouses, which
supported multiple families. They fished,
hunted, and grew small gardens.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:For
mosan_sika_deer.jpg
The most important animal they hunted
was the deer, which provided them with
meat and deerskin clothing.
Question for Clip C
Stem: How did the biosphere affect the
culture of Eastern Woodland tribes?
Answers for Question C
A. It affected the resources they can
collect.
B. It affected population levels.
C. It affected the frequency of war.
D. It eliminated any possibility of relocation.
Correct Response  A
Correct – Go to Clip D
Incorrect – Go to Clip G
CLIP D
Build on Clip C – 25 to 35 seconds
Visual
Audio
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poli
shed_axe1.jpg
To clear the forests for their farmland,
Eastern Woodland tribes had to use stone
axes and other inefficient tools.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bug
aboo_forest_fire.jpg
Intentionally starting a forest fire would
speed up the process by removing growth
and fertilizing the ground with ash.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kao
nde_Chitemene_-_Recovering_Field.JPG
For a long time, people believed that
Eastern Woodland tribes used fire
carelessly and simply abandoned fields
afterwards.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rip
e_walnuts_fallen_from_the_tree_and_lying
_on_the_ground.jpg
In reality, they protected valuable trees
(like walnut trees) and reshaped the
landscape in a careful, selective way.
Question for Clip D
Stem: Why does the Eastern Woodland
tribes’ care with fire matter when assessing
the shape of the landscape?
Answers for Question D
A. It changes how we draw maps of the
area.
B. It makes analysis much more difficult.
C. It helps us classify the landscape as
wild or cultivated.
D. It makes analysis much easier.
Correct Response  C
Correct - Success Alert
Incorrect – Go to Clip H
CLIP E
Remediation for Clip A – 25 to 35 seconds
Visual
Audio
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nor
th_america_terrain_2003_map.jpg
The territory of the “Eastern Woodland”
Native Americans included most of the
land east of the Great Plains.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gfp
-pennsylvania-promised-land-state-parkforest-from-a-high-vantage-point.jpg
That’s where a mild climate and humid
atmosphere produced lush forests along
the region’s valleys and mountains.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_
Hubert_von_Herkomer__Woodland_scene_with_rabbits_-
Those natural resources were the region’s
primary appeal, as abundant water and
animal life made hunting and gathering
_Google_Art_Project.jpg
easier.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alb
ert_Bierstadt_-_Deer.jpg
The available resources had an impact on
Eastern Woodland culture, too, as tree
bark and deer played large roles in daily
life.
Question for Clip E
Stem: What kinds of resources were
available to Eastern Woodland Native
Americans?
Answers for Question E
A. Buffalo
B. Salt-water creatures
C. Deer and trees
D. Coffee and seals
Correct Response  C
Correct – Go to Clip B
Incorrect – Go to Clip F
CLIP F
Remediation for Clip B – 25 to 35 seconds
Visual
Audio
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hou The term “Eastern Woodland” refers to
ghton_HEW_14.7.6_many different tribes of Native Americans,
_Habit_of_an_Ottawa_an_Indian_Nation_o but the Algonquian (al-gonk-ee-en)
f_N._America,_1757.jpg
people were the most numerous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AlgonquinA
dkLoj.jpg
The thing that Algonquian people had in
common was their language, which was
similar throughout present-day Canada
and the United States.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ta
maqua,_a_Delaware_Indian_diplomat.jpg
Algonquian tribes include the
Massachusett, Narragansett, Ottawa,
Shawnee, and Lenape (len-ah-pee)
tribes.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sno
w_pic_of_old_frame_wickiup.jpg
Despite their different cultures, they
shared a language and a lifestyle based
on the resources of the east coast and
Great Lakes.
Question for Clip F
Stem: What does the term “Algonquian”
refer to?
Answers for Question F
A. People related by religion
B. People above the Tropic of Cancer
C. People exclusively on the east coast
D. People related by language
Correct Response  D
Correct – Go to Clip C
Incorrect – Intervention Alert – then Clip B
CLIP G
Remediation for Clip C – 25 to 35 seconds
Visual
Audio
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whi
te-tailed_deer_at_Marymoor_Park.jpg
Just as the Plains tribes hunted the
buffalo to support their lifestyle, the
Eastern Woodland tribes hunted deer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Whitetailed_deer.jpg
Deer meat could be eaten or preserved,
the animal’s skin could be made into
clothing, and bones and antlers could
become tools.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iroq
3.jpg
Life among most tribes was separated
according to gender: men did the hunting
and building, and women managed
resources.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alb
ert_Bierstadt_-_Indians_Fishing.jpg
The land and its resources were so
important that they gained spiritual
association with a spirit called Manitou
(man-ih-too).
Question for Clip G
Stem: How was daily life divided among
most Eastern Woodland tribes?
Answers for Question G
A. Elders hunted and younger people
farmed.
B. Tasks were separated by gender.
C. Everyone was involved in the hunt.
D. Most hunting was done in the winter.
Correct Response  B
Correct – Go to Clip D
Incorrect – Go to Clip F
CLIP H
Remediation for Clip D – 25 to 35 seconds
Visual
Audio
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sla
shing-and-burning.jpg
For a long time, historians believed that
Native Americans were careless when
they burned forests to create farmland.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cap That belief was actually an assumption
t_John_Smith%27s_map_of_Virginia_1624 based on old records of early European
.jpg
settlers.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The
_Big_%22Bench%22,_Detroit_area_resee
ded_191617,_Santiam_Forest,_or_1920._-_NARA__299196.tif
After analyzing the landscape and other
records, it became clear that the Eastern
Woodland tribes were actually more
skilled.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:You
ng_Pecan_Tree.jpg
They only burned the plants that seemed
less useful and kept more helpful ones,
like pecan and hickory trees.
Question for Clip H
Stem: How are the plants in the Eastern
Woodland region of North America a relic
of Native American farming habits?
Answers for Question H
A. Most plants visible today were planted
by Native Americans.
B. Native Americans cultivated some
plants and discarded others.
C. Native Americans allowed deer to
consume most native plants.
D. Most native plants are fire-resistant
thanks to old slash-and-burn practices.
Correct Response  B
Correct – Success Alert
Incorrect – Go to Clip G