Do now: Min. of 5 lines…Which element of culture is most important to you and why? Today, I will successfully (43/50 min) locate the 50 states. I will identify key elements of culture in the Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America Homework: Read and annotate* the Northeast, Southeast and Plains region. * (take notes and identify elements of culture)
What defines a group’s way of life. Social Organization: Loosely defined social classes, low, middle, high Customs and Traditions: Hot Dogs and Fireworks on the 4 th of July. Remembrance of Religion: Judeo-Christian roots, but freedom to practice mostly anything. Language: Not official English Arts and Literature: Highly valued Forms of government: Currently, democratic-republic, originally republic Economic systems: mixed (parts socialism and free enterprise)
Make sure your name is on the paper. Level 0 when the test is out (it’ll be assumed that you’re cheating) Don’t help people cheat (cover up your work) Eyes on your paper (your cheating) Cheating will result in a 0 and a call home! Don’t leave anything blank, don’t quit, everyone has a brain…Use it!!!! Once your quiz continue reading about Native American culture.
These people were heavily influenced by their environment. Eskimo-Aleut language family Population small and scattered Inuits nomadic hunters Aleuts settled, small fishing villages Homes made of sod/timber, in the extreme north Ice. Seal and otter skins were well insolated and waterproof.
Swampy, piney forests colder region inland Alaska and Canada. Western: Athabaskan speakers Easter: Algonquian speakers Used toboggans, snowshoes, and lightweight canoes for travel. Sparsely populated Small family groups hunted caribou lived in easy to move tents. Also lived in underground dugouts. Europeans interaction: economic/cultural shift from subsistence living to profit living