Unit: Social Sciences, Geography, and Native Americans MYP Unit Question: How does WHERE we live affect HOW we live? Focus Question: How did different culture groups adapt to their environment? Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 Happy Constitution Day Reminders: Unit 1 Test: Friday, 9/20: extra help Thursday, 9/19 and Friday, 9/20 @ 7:15am Road trip due October 8th Focus Activity: Finish teepees Take a DIFFERENT color crayon from the box Homework: Paragraph (pg. 25) Study!
What decisions did the Iroquois Grand Council have to make? Trade agreements Going to war Peace treaties
Shell beads used for record keeping, trade, and decoration Wampum: Shell beads used for record keeping, trade, and decoration
Binghamton University
Unit: Social Sciences, Geography, and Native Americans MYP Unit Question: How does WHERE we live affect HOW we live? Focus Question: How did different culture groups adapt to their environment? Wednesday, September 18th, 2019 Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day Reminders: Unit 1 Test: Friday, 9/20: extra help tomorrow, 9/19 and Friday, 9/20 @ 7:15am Road trip due October 8th Focus Activity: Hand in HW (paragraph) Read/answer “Iroquois Culture: Using Their Land” (pg. 26) Homework: Stop and Check (pg. 29) Study!
In addition to farming, some Iroquois tribes would fish for food In addition to farming, some Iroquois tribes would fish for food. Nets were used in the springtime, and holes cut into the ice were used in the wintertime.
Iroquois and the United States: Similarities Both are Representative Governments Women (Iroquois) or citizens (U.S.) choose leaders to represent and make decisions for the entire group Broken up into smaller groups (tribes or states) Worked together against a common enemy (Algonquians or Great Britain)
Let’s Make a Decision, Iroquois Confederacy Style! Members of your enemy, the Algonquin tribe, have been sneaking into your longhouses and stealing the deer and moose meat that your tribe members worked hard to get. Should you go to war or negotiate a treaty? Each group of tribes should decide what the Iroquois should do, and why. After, we will see if everyone has agreed on how the Algonquins should be stopped!
Representative Government Can you guess which vocabulary word the following definition belongs to? “A government in which people choose leaders to make decisions for them” ANSWER: Representative Government
Exit Card How much has the Iroquois culture influenced United States culture? Give specific examples.