1. The bison on the plains of America Activity 1 Lead-in Activity 2 Skimming Activity 3 Listening Activity 4 Phrases Designed by Zhou Wei

2. Who Were They? Activity 1 Lead-in

5. Can you say anything about them?

6. Dress

7. The women made their clothing from buffalo hides and deerskin. Boys wore nothing until the age of 10 then they began wearing breech clouts. A breech clout was a deerskin stretched between the legs and fastened to by a leather belt in the back and the front. In cold weather the men put on robes and high boots made from buffalo hides. The young girls wore breech clouts. When they reached adolescence they began wearing loosely-fitting, long-sleeved dresses stitched together with deerskin and decorated with fringe, beads, and small pieces of metal.

8. Both men and women painted their bodies, faces, and scalps with brightly colored paints made from clay and juices of berries and fruits. The men pierced their ears. Men wore their hair long and separated it into two braids that were decorated with strips of fur, leather, or a single feather. The women cut their hair much shorter than the men.

9. PLAINS FOOD

11. Plains Indians got their food by either hunting it, growing it, or gathering it. Some tribes grew crops such as maize, beans, and pumpkins. Others gathered wild fruits and vegetables. Food was often traded between the different tribes. maize

12. Plains Indians often hunted buffalo and antelope. These animals were used for their meat and their skins.

13. The Plains Indians usually dried their food in the sun to help preserve it for longer periods of time. Parfleches were used to store the dried foods throughout the winter months.preserve Parfleches

14. Model of a teepee built by a student Homes

15. Before white men came to America most of the Plains Indians lived along the rivers and streams where the land was fertile. In their villages the Indians lived in earth lodges. They were made of frames of logs covered with brush and dirt. When hunting the Indians lived in teepees.

19. Activity 2 Skimming The first settlers on the plains of America were native Americans. The bison plays an important part in native American’s life. The European settlers --- invaders --- destroyed the native American’s life. Para1. Para2. Para3.

20. The population of the bison became less and less because of the killing of the European settlers. The killing of the bison changed the whole wildlife of the plains. Para4. Para5.

27. Settlers ______ bison. No________ _________falls on the grass. The _____ becomes poorer. ___________stop eating the grass shoots. The_____ grows less well. Fewer ______ Fewer______, fewer prairie dogs Fewer _____ Fewer plants kill bison waste soil The bison grass wolves birds insects

29. Activity 3 Listening Tick the sentences that are true and correct the false ones. 1.( ) The first settlers on the plains were farmers. 2.( ) Native Americans willingly gave up land to the settlers. × ×

30. 3.( )The settlers did not deal honestly with the Native Americans. 4.( ) Settlers ended up with better land than the Native Americans. 5.( ) Later settlers made use of the bison in the same way as the Native Americans. √ × √

31. Activity 4 Key phrases 通过采集草根生存 大规模存在 长到肩高 live by gathering roots exist in huge numbers grow to a shoulder- height of

32. 大约从 1830 年起 被制成项链 be used to make necklaces from about 1830 onwards 向西迁移 move westwards 被迫做 be forced to do

33. 抵制做 resist doing 与土著首领达成协议 make agreements with Native American chiefs 在平原上修建铁路 build railways across the plains

34. 切掉皮 cut off the skins 改变平原上的野生动物 change the while wildlife of the plains 靠 …… 过活 live on 消失 die out

35. 反过来 in turn 对 … 有影响 have an effect on 整个平原的野生动物链 the whole wildlife chain of the plains

36. Good Bye