Jill Klein
SST 309 – 04
KUD
U1.1 American Indian Life in the Americas
GLCE (coding and
wording) and Verb
underlined
Knowledge (K)
The Southwest culture area
extends from the southern
fringes of present-day Utah
and Colorado southward
through Arizona and New
Mexico (including parts of
Texas, California and
Oklahoma). The Northwest
Coast culture area includes
western Oregon and
Washington. The widest
part in this long coastal
strip is only about 150
miles across. The Great
Plains culture area
stretches west from the
Mississippi River Valley to
the Rocky Mountains, and
south from varying
latitudes in present-day
Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta to southern
Texas. The Eastern
Woodland area covers the
territory from the Atlantic
seaboard across the
Appalachians to the
Mississippi Valley, and
north to south, from the
Great Lakes to the
Tidewater region of
present-day Virginia and
North Carolina, and beyond
the Cumberland River in
5 – U1.1.1 Use maps to locate peoples in the desert
Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, the nomadic nations of the
Great Plains, and the woodland peoples east of the Mississippi
River (Eastern Woodland).
*Skills
Understand
(U)
Students
will
understand
how to find
the location
of different
peoples
(Native
Americans)
on a map.
DO:
Vocabulary
Demonstration
of Learning
(DOL)
Students will
Coast
use a map to
latitude
color in the four
proper locations
of the different
peoples
including the
desert
Southwest, the
Pacific
Northwest, the
Great Plains, and
the Eastern
Woodland.
I Can
I can
identify on
a map
where the
desert
Southwest,
Pacific
Northwest,
Great
Plains, and
Eastern
Woodland
peoples
lived.
Tennessee. It also extends
south stretching from the
Atlantic Ocean westward to
the arid lands beyond the
Trinity River in presentday Texas, and from the
Gulf of Mexico northward
to varying latitudes in the
present-day states of
Texas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Missouri,
Kentucky, West Virginia,
Maryland, Virginia and
North Carolina.
Coast- the part of the land
near the sea. Latitude- the
angular distance of a place
north or south of the
earth’s equator.
http://www.americanindians.net/cultures.htm
GLCE (coding and
wording) and Verb
underlined
5 – U1.1.2 Compare how American Indians in the desert
Southwest and the Pacific Northwest adapted to or modified the
environment.
Knowledge (K)
*Reasoning
Understand
(U)
In the desert Southwest,
Indians built houses of
adobe and rocks
because trees were
scarce. They also
learned how to farm in a
dry region and found
certain crops that would
grow in this kind of
environment such as
beans. Having a
dependable source of
water from the Gila,
they developed a
complex canal system to
Students will
be able to
distinguish
between
American
Indians that
live in the
Southwest and
the Pacific
Northwest
through the
way in which
they adapted to
their
environments.
DO:
Demonstration
of Learning
(DOL)
Students will
write a
paragraph
comparing how
the American
Indians adapted
to their
environments in
the desert
Southwest to the
American
Indians in the
Pacific
Northwest.
Vocabulary
I Can
Geography
region
human
environment
interaction
modifying
the natural
environment
the five
themes of
geography
(location,
place,
human
environment
I can use
my
understandi
ng of
adaptation
methods to
compare
the
American
Indians that
lived in the
desert
Southwest
to the
American
irrigate their crops. In
the Northwest, Indians
made things from trees
because there were so
many. They depended
on fish, wildlife, and
plants instead of
farming. Furthermore,
they built their houses
on the narrow
coastlines where the
land was flat. Geography
- the study of the Earth
and the way people
interact with the Earth.
Region - an area that has
one or more features in
common.
Human/environment
interaction: ways in
which people use, adapt
to, or modify their
environment. Modifying
the natural environment
- when people change
the environment to fit
them. The five themes of
geography - five big
ideas that help people
understand geography.
(Location, place, human
environment
interaction, movement,
region) culture - the
way of life for a group of
people. Adapting to the
natural environment when people make
changes in order to fit
their environment.
GLCE (coding and
wording) and Verb
underlined
interaction,
movement,
region)
culture and
adapting to
the natural
environment
Indians that
lived in the
Pacific
Northwest.
5 – U1.1.3 Describe Eastern Woodland American Indian life with
respect to governmental and family structures, trade, and views
on property ownership and land use.
*Knowledge/Understanding
Knowledge (K)
Understand
(U)
Eastern Woodland
American Indians lived
in a large region
extending from the
Mississippi River to the
Atlantic Ocean. Although
American Indians of this
region had much in
common, the many
different climates and
geographic features of
this region resulted in
many cultural
differences. To better
understand the people
of this region, it is
important to study
cultural factors such as
family structure and
land use. Some
American Indian nations
of this region joined
together to form a
confederation. The
Iroquois League was an
example of a
confederation.
Confederation - a group
of societies that united
for a common goal.
Long house - a building
where the Iroquois
lived.
Students will
understand
the Eastern
Woodland
American
Indian life.
http://mrspaxton.weebl
y.com/nativeamericans.html
For the Woodland
Indians family was the
core of social life, and
extended family
members lived together
in one house. Social ties
and clan identification
were traced through the
DO:
Demonstration
of Learning
(DOL)
Students will
create a chart
with each
section labeled
accordingly
(Governmental
and family
structures,
trade, and views
on property
ownership and
land use) thus
describing each
section heading
in three to five
sentences each.
Vocabulary
I Can
Confederation,
long house
I can
describe
the way of
life for the
Eastern
Woodland
American
Indians.
mother’s family in a
matrilineal system. A
Woodland Indian child
belonged to his or her
mother’s clan, and her
brothers were the main
authority figures in his
or her life.
http://www.smithtrail.n
et/files/Lifeways_detail.
pdf
Eastern Woodland
Indians traded birchbark goods as well as
exotic materials.
However, once the
populations increased,
trade could no longer
support them so they
resorted to raiding
others for resources.
Also, trade decreased
even more once the
Indians advanced in
agriculture through crop
variation lessening the
need for trade. The
Indians came into
conflict with the English
colonists concerning the
land. The Indians
wanted the land for
hunting and farming
purpose while the
colonists wanted to buy
and sell the land.