Judy Leonesio                 Junction Elementary                 Palo Cedro
 Introduction 
 Standards 
 Objectives 
Activities 
    Assessment 
    Results 
     Resources 


 


Cahokia


Anasazi


   Shelter

  Stories, Legends and Lore

  Buffalo and 
Bison Drives


NW  Coast economy
 
 
 

 index
for moved archeology sites
 
 
 

  Physical Features
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Last Revised: 5/30/2001
 
Introduction
     Centuries before Columbus and other European explorers arrived in their New World, civilizations, with their own cultures and people, developed, thrived and deteriorated.  Their success depended upon the sensible use of the land they lived with, knowledge given from one generation to the next and the systems that evolved for governing groups living together.
Subject : United States History and Geography
Topic:  pre-Columbian settlements
Grade Level:  5
Student Lesson

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Standards Addressed

Fifth  Grade
Social Studies
pre-Columbian cultures

5.1  Students describe the major pre-Columbian settlements, including the cliff dwellers and pueblo people of the desert Southwest, the American Indians of the Pacific Northwest, the nomadic nations of the Great Plains, and the woodland peoples east of the Mississippi River.

     1.  Describe how geography and climate influenced the way various nations lived and adjusted to the natural environment, including locations of villages, the distinct structures that they built, and how they obtained food, clothing, tools, and utensils.


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Instructional Objectives
  • Students will be introduced to the 6 culture areas of the Native Americans 
  • Students will read at least one legend from one Native American culture.
  • After studying a map of pre-Columbian North America, students will recognize that there were different culture areas within the continent. 
  • Students will know that there were many groups within each culture area and that these groups depended upon the same natural resources and used them in a similar way.
  • After researching one culture area, students will be able to describe the shelter type, clothing, food, climate and physical features of that area.
  • Working in a group, students will record their research findings.
  • Students will edit and transfer their information from their group chart  to a class chart. 
  • Students will present a group oral report  and poster to the class (3 to 5 minutes) exhibiting cooperation of group members and equitable  sharing of work.

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Student Activities

Introductory Activities
           As a pretest, students will write everything they know about the pre-Columbian Native Americans on the map provided.   This black line master is divided into  6 culture areas.  The seven subheadings to be researched are listed on the map.
             Each student will choose and read one or more Native American legend.  One legend from each area is offered.
            Students will visit an Indian Cultures sites map to become familiar with the 6 culture areas. 
 


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Enabling Activities
     Using Internet sites provided, each group of 4/5 students will research one culture area for information on shelter type, climate, physical features of the land, food, clothing, tribe names and other interesting information.
      A chart and poster will be written by each group.
 

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Culminating Activity
     Information gathered by each group will be entered into a class chart displaying information for all of the culture areas.  A poster including a diagram of a shelter and the 4 maps showing the location of the area will be made .
     Each group will present a short oral report including their poster to the class.
      As a post -test students will write everything they know about the Native Americans 
living in each of the 6 areas before Columbus and other Europeans arrived on the 
continent on a map provided to them.  Use legal or larger size this time.  They know more.
 
 
 

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Assessment

     The initial knowledge map and the culminating map are to be compared for new learning.

       Rubric    0 to 5  for cooperation, content, mechanics, poster design and oral presentation.

           An audience grade is subjective from 0 to 5.  Choose one student in the audience to observe as one other student reports.
 


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Results
 

      Power Point Presentation


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Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

Introductory Activity
     Mapfor pre- and post-tests

     Native American Lore Index Page
    Six (one for each area) legend choices are given on the student page.  This 
site is a more complete listing.

   Indian culture map    (msus)
      This is the map that is used to define culture areas

    There are additional interesting sites full of additional information for you     along the left side of this page.

Enabling Activity

     Class chart  for you to copy and enlarge 

     Group culture area chart    for each group to print on legal size paper for their research

     Culture chart     (Germantown)
      This lists some of the tribes in each area and has an array with many links to other information sites.
        *On this map the Northeast and East/Southeast areas are shown together as the Woodland Culture.
         **California-Intermountain area on this map is information for the Great Basin and West Coast culture.

    Climate map to copy for poster

     Physical map to copy for poster

     Rainfall map to copy for poster

     Culture Map (msus)  map to copy for poster
     Students can move from this map site to their culture area or go directly to their site using the links below.

     Southwest   culture area

     Plains culture area

     Northwest Coast culture area

     Northeast culture area

     Great Basin and West Coast    culture area

     East and Southeast   culture area
 
 

Culminating Activity

     Each group will edit and add their research information to the class chart

     Each group will present their research to the whole class in a 3 to 5 minute oral report.

      As a post-test students will write all the information they now know about the 6 areas on 
the same culture area map given for the pre-test . The 7 subheadings to be addressed are included on the map.
 
 


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Junction  Elementary
Palo Cedro, CA 96073
Judy Leonesio  jleonesio@shastalink.k12.ca.us