1. Close Reading Techniques
Ch. 1 The First Americans

2. Topics & Main Idea What is a main idea?
BrainPOP Video:
Main Idea: point the author is trying to make
Smaller Ideas are called details

3. Paragraph 1 Topic: Native Americans
Big Idea: Native Americans came from Asia
Key Vocab:
Native: belong to a place since birth or childhood

4. Paragraph 2 Topic: Native Americans
Main Idea: Native Americans were the first people in America.

6. Paragraph 2 Topic: Native American Differences
Main Idea: Native Americans had difference cultures.

7. Paragraph 4 Topic: Northwest Native Americans
Main Idea: Northwest Native Americans used trees to build and fish to eat.
Key Vocab:
Canoe: long wooden boat

8. Paragraph 5 Topic: Southwest Native Americans
Main Idea: Southwest Native Americans had almost no rain, animals, or fish so they had farms.
Key Vocab:
Cotton: plant used to make clothes

9. Paragraph 6 Topic: Midwest Native Americans
Main Idea: Midwest Native Americans live in a flat area and used the buffalo for food and supplies.
Key Vocab:
Great Plains: a name for the flat, middle part of North America

10. Paragraph 7 Topic: Eastern Native Americans
Main Idea: Eastern Native Americans lived in forests and hunted turkeys and grew vegetables.

11. Paragraph 8 Topic: Native American Similarities
Main Idea: Native Americans loved the land and plants and animals.

12. Paragraph 10 Topic: Native American Tools
Main Idea: Native Americans made tools out of stones and bones.

13. Paragraph 11 Topic: Native American Teaching
Main Idea: Native Americans taught Europeans to grow food and make medicine.

14. Paragraph 12 Topic: Native Americans Today
Main Idea: Native Americans still continue some of their traditions today.