World Hist/Geo 1-10-17

1/10/17 (The Americas Before 1500)

Scaffolding Question 1: List any Native American Indian Tribe that you have heard of before?

Scaffolding Question 2: Which geography  Culture Region would be most challenging and which Culture Region would have the most advantages to live in and why?

Scaffolding Question 3:  According to the map, which tribes may have lived here in Metro Detroit for hundreds or even thousands of years before the French arrived in Detroit around 300 years ago?

Scaffolding Question 4:  How did they survive in the Eastern Woodlands without heat, electricity, running water, supermarkets? (Etc) What did they eat?  What did they do for housing? How did they stay warm? What did they do for fun or for worship?  (Culture)

1. Pick one tribe of the Native-North Americans to investigate from each of the Culture Regions you selected.

2. Google: http://www.native-languages.org/north-america.htm

3. Find the tribe of Native-North American that you selected and click on it.

After reading the brief introduction scroll down and you will find 4 areas for each tribe.

1. Language
2. Culture and History
3. Fact Sheet
4. Legends

Activity: For 2 of the above areas research information about the tribe that makes it unique, or that you found interesting.  Find information on the same two areas for all 3 tribes you selected.  This will prepare you for the brief project tomorrow.

TRIBE 1:

TRIBE 2:

               TRIBE 3: