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Our Country’s History

Our Country’s History. Lesson 1 The First Communities. Unit 3 Chapter 6 Pg. 188. Essential Question. Who formed the first communities in North America?. The First People pg. 190. First communities in North America Formed by Native Americans or American Indians

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Our Country’s History

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  1. Our Country’s History Lesson 1 The First Communities Unit 3 Chapter 6 Pg. 188

  2. Essential Question • Who formed the first communities in North America?

  3. The First People pg. 190 • First communities in North America • Formed by Native Americans or American Indians • Live in groups called tribes • Tribes shared the same land and ways of life • Native American Groups • Own culture and language • Language- is a set of words used to communicate • Early Native Americans did not use written languages • Learned about past from stories told by older family members • Oral History – Oral means “spoken”

  4. Native Americans pg. 191 • Native Americans once lived all over United States • Each group had different natural resources because of the area in which they lived. • Used natural resources to meet needs for • Food, clothing, and shelter

  5. Types of Shelter pg. 191 • Shelter- a home or other building that protects people from the weather. • Example – • Villages near forests used wood for shelter • Villages near rivers use water for travel and trade • Villages in dry areas less trees built shelters with grasses or mud bricks dried in sun.

  6. Two Different Ways of Life pg. 192 • Hunting Communities – hunted and fished • Gathered plants, nuts, and wild berries • GREAT PLAINS- • Hunted buffalo and bison – used all parts of animal • Meat for food, Bones for tools • Skin to make clothes and shelters • Tribes moved to follow buffalo • Shelter – tepee- made from animal skin pulled over wooden poles

  7. Two Different Ways of Life pg. 193 • Farming Communities – hunted and gathered. Also grew own food • Raised crops – corn, beans, and squash • Stored food for cold winter • Stayed in one place. • Built strong homes from wood. • Iroquois built long houses • Long Houses- long narrow houses made of wood and bark.

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