Homework: Choose which lands to focus on for Village Project. Look through chapter 2, each lesson is a different area Do Now: please take out your.

Monday, September 29, 2014

Homework: Choose which lands to focus on for Village Project. Look through chapter 2, each lesson is a different area

Do Now: please take out your homework from Wednesday (Page 76)

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Homework: Start thinking about your project and the materials you may need

Do Now: Read "You Are There" page 76. This story of Hiawatha inspired the Iroquois to try living peacefully. Predict how the groups may have gotten along years after Hiawatha's death

The Iroquois The legends about Deganawidah and

Hiawatha are part of the early history told by the Iroquois people.

The Iroquois League was made up of 5 tribes: Mohawk Oneida Onondaga Cayuga Seneca

Later, a 6th tribe joined the league: Tuscarora

Great Council

The 5 tribes sent 50 representatives (all men) to form the Great Council

The council made decisions for the League as a whole

These representatives were chosen by the older women in the tribes – they had the power to appoint and remove anyone

Eastern Woodlands Cultural Region

The Iroquois lived in this region of North America

Native American tribes in this region developed similar culture and used the resources of the environment

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Homework: vocabulary and places page 82 Sign and return tests

Do Now: Page 80 questions 2-5 (you will have 10 minutes) REMEMBER: use complete sentences!

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Homework: Read Lesson 2 Chapter 2 (pages 82-85)

Do Now: Please have out your completed Iroquois Worksheet (last night’s homework)

Life on the Plains

The Great Plains region was and still is a relatively flat area with few trees as opposed to the woodland regions

In the plains, people followed a hunting and farming type of life

Settled near rivers to help with water for their crops Corn, beans, squash, pumpkins

Life on the Plains Lodges were built to live in

Large, round huts over a deep hole The walls were made with packed earth over a

wood frame

Buffalo grazed in this region and were essential to the people who lived here Major source of meat Hides were used to make blankets and clothing Horns were used to make bowls Stomachs were used to be cooking pots for stew

Summer and Fall hunting seasons

Groups of plains tribes traveled to hunt the massive buffalos

Hunters were on foot, so it was difficult to get close to the animal

While on the hunt, people lived in tepees set up by large poles wrapped in buffalo hide

Cheyenne

In the 1500s, people from Spain brought the horse to the regions of the Aztec and Maya in Mexico

Some horses broke free and wandered north

200 years later, the Cheyenne tamed horses that had become wild

Horses change way of life

The Cheyenne made hunting Buffalo much easier Now, a single hunter (instead of a group)

could ride a horse up to a herd of buffalo and use his bow and arrow

Horse allowed the Cheyenne to become more mobile A horse drawn travois moved faster and could

hold 4 times more than a dog pulled travois

Horses as a measure of wealth

Horses became so important to the Cheyenne that they became a measurement of wealth

Sometimes tribes raided other tribes to capture the horses

Riders became skilled in war and in hunting

Cheyenne Today

About 12,000 Cheyenne live in the state of Montana on a reservation

Cheyennes still follow traditions by keeping their language and ceremonies alive

Every July 4, the Cheyenne have a powwow where visitors can see traditional dances and games

Monday, October 6, 2014

Homework: Read pages 90-91, Describe life for the Hopi (minimum 1 paragraph). This will be collected, please use pen or type it.

Do Now: Page 88 vocabulary and places

The Dry Land

The Southwest Desert cultural region is mostly hot and dry

Tribes who settled here include the Hopi and the Zuni, developing a village way of life based on farming

As a result, they became known as the Pueblo Indians Pueblo is the Spanish word for village

Other tribes did not become farmers Apache became hunters Navajo raised sheep

Pueblos are thought to be descended from the Anasazi (“Old Ones”)

Pueblos followed Anasazi ways Developed irrigation to grow corn, beans,

squash, cotton Housing customs that look like today’s

apartment buildings

The Hopi

Placed their villages at the top of a high mesa to help defend themselves against enemies

Men governed villages, but women owned all the property

Men wove cloth, women wove baskets

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Homework: Village Project due Thursday! Chapter 2 test next Wednesday!

Do Now: have out your Hopi homework

Northwest Coast cultural region

Tribes in this area include: Chinook Kwakiuti Tlingit Haida Nootka

They held parties called potlatches, which means “to give away”

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Homework: Chapter 2 test Wednesday! Native American Indian Villages due

tomorrow!! Use the rubric as a checklist Hopi rewrite due Friday!

Do Now: Open to your notes from yesterday

Plentiful Natural Resources

Forests contain many tall, sturdy cedar trees

Rich for hunting

Coastal waters and rivers were filled with fish and seals

There was no need to grow food, instead the people of the Northwest Coast could get all they needed from hunting and gathering

Wealth and Status Symbols

Tribes such as the Kwakiutl felt that since they were so rich in natural resources, they must display wealth and generosity

Copper shields and stacks of blankets were common gifts at the potlatches

A carved post with animals and images representing a person’s ancestors was another way to show wealth This is called a totem pole

Wealth and Status Symbols

People displayed totem poles proudly, some as high as a four-story building

Some became master carvers because of the abundance of wood available Canoes were dug out of single cedar logs to

help hunt on the sea