Comparing Native American Groups

5th Grade•30 minutes•Compare and contrast historic Native American 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.

Learning Objective

I can compare different Native American groups from various regions of North America.

Key Concepts

The Iroquois and Algonquin tribes of the Northeast grew crops called the Three Sisters, which included corn, squash, and beans.

Tribes of the Southeast region, such as the Cherokee and Seminole, were the first Native Americans to organize their societies by chiefdoms.

Native Americans of the Great Plains were initially sedentary, living in Earth Lodges, but became more nomadic as they began hunting bison and buffalo.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 3 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Name two of the tribes of the Northeast.

2. Which of these regions relied the LEAST on agriculture?

3. Compare and contrast the lifestyles of the Plains tribes and the Pueblo tribes before European contact.

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