Page 1 - Cover Back Page Purposely Blank Assemble and staple booklet along dotted line. Label the map showing the regional locations of the following Ancient cultures: 1.Mound Builders Cultures 2.Cliff Dwellers Cultures (Pre-Columbian) North American Native American Civilizations Web Resource Project Key Questions: What were the earliest Native American civilizations in North America? Who were the people who left behind such impressive earthworks across North America? Why did they build the structures?
Page 2 - Inside Front Cover Cultural Era KEY Dates ARCHAIC ERA The First Farmers Poverty Point Mounds WOODLAND ERA Adena Hopewell MISSISSIPPIAN ERA 8000 BCE to ________ BCE 5000 BCE 1000 BCE – __________ CE 1400’s to ___________’s THE MOUND BUILDERS: Who were they? Resource: 4 Types of Mounds C_____________ Drawing: Purpose: _____________ Size: ________ E_____________ Drawing: Purpose: _____________ Features: Door and fire pit E_____________ Drawing: In the shape of: ________ _____________________ Purpose: Territorial Markers or S___________ Purposes P____________ Drawing: Purpose: To house t_______ or homes for l____________ Add 2 Old World Events in each Era Columbus Arrives In New World In _____________
The Adena: Location: ________________________________ Dates: _________________________ Describe the Geography: __________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Type of Mounds: _________________________________________ Fill-in the culture wheel with 4 observed cultural elements. Include the element in the outer ring and pictures and labels of artifacts. Poverty Point Mounds: (21:53 minutes) Location: ________________________________ Dates: _________________________ Describe the Geography: __________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Type of Mounds: _________________________________________ Fill-in the culture wheel with 4 observed cultural elements. Include the element in the outer ring and pictures and labels of artifacts. Create 3 questions and answers for the activity based on the video: 1. Q___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ 2. Q ___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ 3. Q___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ Create 3 questions and answers for the activity based on site information: 1. Q___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ 2. Q ___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ 3. Q___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________
The Hopewell: Watch Videos (5.28 minutes ) share_video_user Locations: ________________________________ Dates: _________________________ Describe the Geography: __________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Type of Mounds: _________________________________________ Fill-in the culture wheel with 4 observed cultural elements. Include the element in the outer ring and pictures and labels of artifacts. Create 3 questions and answers for the activity based on the video: 1. Q___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ 2. Q ___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ 3. Q___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ The Hopewell: Serpent Mound Video (5:47 minutes) share_video_user Location: ________________________________ Dates: _________________________ Describe the Geography: __________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Type of Mound: _________________________ Create 3 questions and answers for the activity based on the video: 1. Q___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ 2. Q ___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ 3. Q___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ Drawing of the Serpent Mound:
The Mississippian Culture: d=1188http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemI d=1188 Artifacts Location: ________________________________ Dates: _________________________ Describe the Geography: __________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Type of Mounds: _________________________________________ Fill-in the culture wheel with 4 observed cultural elements. Include the element in the outer ring and pictures and labels of artifacts. Create 3 questions and answers for the activity based on the video: 1. Q___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ 2. Q ___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ 3. Q___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ The Mississippian Culture - Cahokia: (8:10) Location: ________________________________ Dates: _________________________ Describe the Geography: __________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Type of Mounds: _________________________________________ What were the 5 points given to the people by their Great Leader? Create 3 questions and answers for the activity based on the video: 1. Q___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ 2. Q ___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ 3. Q___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________
The Cliff Dweller Culture: The Anaszi (5:26minutes) Artifacts Locations: ________________________________ Dates: _________________________ Describe the Geography: __________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Describe their buildings: ___________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Fill-in the culture wheel with 4 observed cultural elements. Include the element in the outer ring and pictures and labels of artifacts. Chaco Canyon: Watch Videos (26.19 minutes ) Artifacts Locations: ________________________________ Dates: _________________________ Describe the Geography: __________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Describe their buildings:______________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Fill-in the culture wheel with 4 observed cultural elements. Include the element in the outer ring and pictures and labels of artifacts. Create 3 questions and answers for the activity based on the video: 1. Q___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ 2. Q ___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ 3. Q___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ Create 3 questions and answers for the activity based on site information: 1. Q___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ 2. Q ___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________ 3. Q___________________________________________________ A______________________________________________________
Answer Key & Resources
Mound Building Cultures in the Eastern Half of the United States Archaic Period 7500 B.C. – 500 B.C B.C. – Hunter-Gatherers shift to agriculture 2000 B.C B.C. - Red Ochre Culture appears 1700 B.C. – Mound building tradition begins at Poverty Point Louisiana Woodland Period 1000 B.C. to 1000 CE B.C. to 100 B.C. – Adena culture appears 200 B.C. to 500 CE. – Hopewell culture appears 700 A.D. – Cahokia settlement first established 750 A.D. – 1100 CE. – Effigy Mounds of the Upper Midwest (For example: The Serpent Mound in Ohio) 900 A.D. – Construction of Monks Mound, Eastern U.S.’s largest earth work, is begun at Cahokia Mississippian Period 1000 CE. to 1600 CE A.D. – Mississippian Culture appears 1050 A.D. – Aztalan is occupied by Mississippians in Wisconsin 1070 A.D. – Construction of the Great Serpent Effigy Mound in Ohio 1200 A.D. – Monks Mound is Completed at Cahokia 1400 A.D. – Cahokia is abandoned 1600 A.D. – Mississippian towns in Ohio are abandoned 1650 A.D. - Mississippian culture vanishes 1650 A.D. – 1700 CE. - Modern Native American Tribes move into Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys