1 / 35

Warm-up

Warm-up. If you could live anywhere in Texas, where would you live and why would you want to live there?. Native Texas and its people. Unit 1. The 4 Regions of Texas. Gulf Coastal Central Plains Great Plains Mountains and Basins. The Great Plains. The Great Plains. Major Cities.

harper-glass
Download Presentation

Warm-up

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Warm-up • If you could live anywhere in Texas, where would you live and why would you want to live there?

  2. Native Texas and its people Unit 1

  3. The 4 Regions of Texas • Gulf Coastal • Central Plains • Great Plains • Mountains and Basins

  4. The Great Plains

  5. The Great Plains Major Cities • Midland • Lubbock • Amarillo • San Angelo

  6. The Great Plains Climate (weather) • Dry air • Tornadoes • Less than 20 inches of rain per year • Windy

  7. The Great Plains Wildlife (Plants & Animals) • Cactus • Mesquite • Horny Toad • Snakes • Prairie dogs

  8. The Great Plains Economy (How they make money) • Oil and Natural Gas • Farming • Ranching

  9. Native Tribes of the Great Plains • Apaches • Comanches • Kiowas

  10. Native Tribes of the Great Plains Apache • Skilled Buffalo Hunters • Lived in Teepees • Nomadic • Two different Groups in TX. • Mescalero Apaches • Hunters • Lipan Apaches • Farmers

  11. Native Tribes of the Great Plains Comanche • The “Lords of the Plains” • Skilled Horseback riders • Fearless Warriors • Skilled Buffalo Hunters • Nomads

  12. Native Tribes of the Great Plains Kiowas • Skilled buffalo hunters • Wrote their history on their teepees • Most feared warriors on the plains • Nomadic

  13. Warm-up • Imagine you had to move from place to place in order to find food and water. List 3-5 things that you would take with you and way. (No Cellphones)

  14. Mountains and Basins

  15. Mountains and Basins Major Cities • El Paso • Pecos Climate • Driest part of state • 8 in of rain per year, 20 in mt. • Hot days, cool nights

  16. Mountains and Basins Wildlife • Mountain Goats • Cattle • Sagebrush Economy • Ranching- Cattle, sheep, goat • Farming- Cotton, fruit, veg. • Some Oil and Gas

  17. Native Tribes of the Mountains and Basins • Jumanos • Tiguas

  18. Native Tribes of the Mountains and Basins Jumanos • Pueblo Tribe (adobe houses) • Farmers- grew cotton and corn • One of the only tribes to use cotton as a clothing source • Made Cotton clothes and blankets

  19. Native Tribes of the Mountains and Basins Tigua • Pueblo Tribe • Skilled pottery makers • Farmers and Hunters • Storytellers and artists

  20. Warm-up • Would you rather live in a teepee or an adobe house? Give at least 3 reasons why you think that your choice would be better than the alternative.

  21. Coastal Plains

  22. Coastal Plains Major Cities • Houston • Dallas • San Antonio • Corpus Christi

  23. Coastal Plains Climate • Hot and damp, humid • Tornadoes, hurricanes • 30-55 inches of rain per year

  24. Coastal Plains Wildlife • A wide variety of plants and animals • Plants- Marshes and swamps, trees, etc… • Animals- Alligators, Deer, Bald Eagles and hundreds of other birds, Otters, etc…

  25. Coastal Plains Economy • Oil and Gas is first and foremost • Fishing and other oceanic activities • Houston is one of the biggest ports in the world!

  26. Native Tribes of the Coastal Plains • Coahuiltecans • Atakapans • Karankawas • Caddo

  27. Native Tribes of the Coastal Plains Coahuiltecans • Nomadic hunters • Fisherman • Had a diet that consisted of bugs, snakes, fish, spiders, etc… • Considered “dirty and smelly”

  28. Native Tribes of the Coastal Plains Atakapans • Mainly farmers- heavily relied on corn • Used dug-out canoes for fishing vessels (boat) • Used alligator grease as a mosquito repellant

  29. Native Tribes of the Coastal Plains Karankawas • Hunters and Fisherman • Used dugout canoes • Cannibalistic

  30. Native Tribes of the Coastal Plains Caddo • Women had control in the tribe • Farmers and hunter/gatherers • Tattooed their bodies • Located in East TX. • Made beautiful pottery

  31. Warm-up • Look at this village scene. Create an average day in the life of this coastal plains native american.

  32. Central Plains Major Cities • Fort Worth • Austin (the Capital) • Waco

  33. Central Plains Climate • Subtropical- can rain up to 50 inches each year • Humid • Possible flooding because of the many rivers located in the Central Plains

  34. Central Plains Wildlife • Blue bonnets • Bobcats • Deer • Turkeys

  35. Debate • Now that we have gone through each region and all the natives that you must know, We will have a little debate over which one is the best. I will assign you a group and either a region or tribe and you will compete against the other teams in a debate.

More Related