State Standards
5.1.3 Compare and contrast historic Indian groups of the West, Southwest, Northwest, Arctic and sub-Arctic, Great Plains, and Eastern Woodlands regions at the beginning of European exploration in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Examples: Compare styles of housing, settlement patterns, sources of food and clothing,
customs and oral traditions, political and economic organization, and types and uses of
technology.
Examples: Compare styles of housing, settlement patterns, sources of food and clothing,
customs and oral traditions, political and economic organization, and types and uses of
technology.
Study Guide
Vocabulary
1. tribe
2. league
3. cultural region
4. longhouse
5. wampum
6. reservation
7. lodge
8. tepee
9. travois
10. powwow
11. pueblo
12. potlatch
13. totem pole
14. shaman
Questions:
Lesson 1: The Eastern Woodlands
1. How are the terms tribe and league related to each other?
2. How did men and women participate in the Iroquois government?
3. How did the Iroquois use their environment to obtain food?
4. Read page 78. Explain the steps necessary to build an Iroquois longhouse.
5. List three reasons why wampum belts are so valuable.
Lesson 2: The Great Plains
1. List three tribes of the Great Plains cultural region.
2. Why was hunting buffalo such a dangerous activity?
3. Compare and contrast a tepee used on the Great Plains to a longhouse of the Eastern Woodlands.
4. Summarize the effect of horses on the mobility and lifestyle of the Cheyenne.
5. Why is it important for Native Americans to remember their customs, traditional dances, and games?
Lesson 3: The Southwest Desert Cultural Region
1. Contrast the lifestyles of the Pueblo, Apache, and Navajo.
2. How do we know that women had power within the groups that composed the Southwest Desert Cultural region?
3. Why were children give kachina dolls?
4. What are some of the ancient traditions that the Hopi still observe?
Lesson 4: The Northwest Coast Cultural Region
1. The Northwest Coast Cultural Region had a wealth of resources. How did this impact the tribes of this region?
2. Contrast a kachina ceremony to that of a potlatch.
3. Why do you think that the shaman used special effects in their religious ceremonies?
4. Compare the homes of the Eastern Woodlands to those of the Northwest Coast.
1. tribe
2. league
3. cultural region
4. longhouse
5. wampum
6. reservation
7. lodge
8. tepee
9. travois
10. powwow
11. pueblo
12. potlatch
13. totem pole
14. shaman
Questions:
Lesson 1: The Eastern Woodlands
1. How are the terms tribe and league related to each other?
2. How did men and women participate in the Iroquois government?
3. How did the Iroquois use their environment to obtain food?
4. Read page 78. Explain the steps necessary to build an Iroquois longhouse.
5. List three reasons why wampum belts are so valuable.
Lesson 2: The Great Plains
1. List three tribes of the Great Plains cultural region.
2. Why was hunting buffalo such a dangerous activity?
3. Compare and contrast a tepee used on the Great Plains to a longhouse of the Eastern Woodlands.
4. Summarize the effect of horses on the mobility and lifestyle of the Cheyenne.
5. Why is it important for Native Americans to remember their customs, traditional dances, and games?
Lesson 3: The Southwest Desert Cultural Region
1. Contrast the lifestyles of the Pueblo, Apache, and Navajo.
2. How do we know that women had power within the groups that composed the Southwest Desert Cultural region?
3. Why were children give kachina dolls?
4. What are some of the ancient traditions that the Hopi still observe?
Lesson 4: The Northwest Coast Cultural Region
1. The Northwest Coast Cultural Region had a wealth of resources. How did this impact the tribes of this region?
2. Contrast a kachina ceremony to that of a potlatch.
3. Why do you think that the shaman used special effects in their religious ceremonies?
4. Compare the homes of the Eastern Woodlands to those of the Northwest Coast.
Recommended Brain pop clips
+Iroquois (Brain Pop Jr.)
+Iroquois Confederacy
+American Indians
+Iroquois Confederacy
+American Indians
POLL:
Eastern Woodlands Cultural Region
Great Plains Cultural Region
Images are from the Library of Congress