Social StudiesUnit 1 Overview: The First Americans

Chapter 1 – Early People•Lesson 1 – The Land and States (BrainPOP Teaser)•Lesson 2 – Ancient Indians (BrainPOP Teaser)•Lesson 3 – Early Civilizations•Chapter 1 Review

Chapter 2 – American Indians•Lesson 1 – The Desert Southwest•Lesson 2 – The Pacific Northwest•Lesson 3 – The Plains•Lesson 4 – The Eastern Woodlands•Lesson 5 - The Arctic•Chapter 2 Review

Unit Review•Unit 1 Review and Activities

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The Eastern WoodlandsLesson Overview:

1) What do we already know?

2) Vocabulary

3) Drawings

4) Main Ideas

5) Review

American Indians: Lesson 4

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The Plains: What do we already know?

1) What did the buffalo provide for the plains Indians?

a) Clothes, food, shelter, tools, weapons, utensils

2) The lodges were covered with _____.a) Sod, grasses and animal skins

3) Why did the Great Plains Indians live as nomads instead of as farmers?

a) The soil wasn’t good enough to farm, so they hunted their food.

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American Indians: Lesson 4

The Eastern Woodlands: Vocabulary Part I

1) palisade: a wall of tall wooden poles built

around a village for protection.

2) wampum: string of beads made from sea shells

used to trade or as money.

3) confederation: a loose group of tribal

governments working together to settle disputes

and create laws.

4) wigwam: round barked covered shelters framed

with sticks.

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American Indians: Lesson 4

The Eastern Woodlands: Main Ideas1) Life in the Eastern Woodlands (pg. 75)

a) What did the E.W. people use trees for?

- Canoes, shelter, tools, palisades Reading Check (pg. 75)

a) How did life in the northeastern part of

the Eastern Woodlands differ from life

in the southern part?- In the northeast people did more

hunting and in the south they grew more crops.

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American Indians: Lesson 4

The Eastern Woodlands: Review

1) Summarize the main ideas:

2) Practice Book:

3) Review

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American Indians: Lesson 4