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5th Grade Social Studies: Native Americans

Description: 

The life of Native Americans before European exploration, including cultural regions and how different tribes adapted to their environment.  

Learning Targets: 
NGS standards: UI.I.2 & UI.I.3: Compare how American Indians in the desert Southwest and the Pacific Northwest adapted to or modified the environment. Describe Eastern Woodland American Indian Life with respect to government and family structures, trade,
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PDF icon Wright- Native American Unit.pdf115.56 KB
Author: 
erin.wright
Content Area: 
Social Studies
US History
Language: 
English
Resource Type: 
Unit
Licensing: 
Creative Commons Licence
Grade: 
5
Next Generation and Michigan Science

How are the standards/objectives assessed?

Students will be able to identify the cultural regions of Native Americans.  Students will compare and contrast how two different tribes adapted to their environments.  Students will identify cultural artifacts and/or resources of each region.  

  1. Identify regions on map

  2. Explain unique characteristics of each tribe and how their connect to the habitat

  3. Compare value systems life structures to today

Student prerequisite skills and knowledge

Seesaw, digital citizenship, map skills

How is the concept or procedure explained or demonstrated?

Each piece builds onto the other pieces.

What concepts or procedures are being explained or demonstrated in this lesson object?

Mapping, adaptations, life for early Native Americans, cultural implications

What was your experience, both successes and challenges, using this lesson object with your students?

This is a new unit.