9/15/14

Lesson#6

AIM:  What are Culture areas?

Do Now:  Read Chapter eight in “The First Americans” and answer the following questions.

1)      What evidence proves the author’s claim that there is no such thing as a typical Native American?

2)      Prior to the arrival of Europeans California was the most populated region in North America. Why do you think this was so?

3)      Which of the Great Lakes does not have an Indian name? What does its name mean?

4)      What was the most distinctive feature of the land east of the Mississippi River?

I)                   Culture Areas

A)    Culture Areas are regions in which groups of people share similar ways of life. This is true because the region in which these groups live, have the same characteristics.

B)     Throughout North America there are 11 culture areas.

1)      Arctic                          7) Southwest

2)      Sub arctic                     8) Middle America

3)      Northwest Coast          9) Southeast

4)      Plateau                         10) Great Plains

5)      California                     11) Eastern Woodlands

6)      Great Basin

Homework: Page: Answer the Geography skills questions on page 13.

Also choose one of the culture areas from this page and do some research. Write a paragraph about the people who live in that area. What was the climate like, what type of food did they eat, what type of houses did they live in and anything else that you find interesting.