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Close Reading Techniques
Ch. 1 The First Americans
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Topics & Main Idea What is a main idea?
BrainPOP Video: Main Idea: point the author is trying to make Smaller Ideas are called details
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Paragraph 1 Topic: Native Americans
Big Idea: Native Americans came from Asia Key Vocab: Native: belong to a place since birth or childhood
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Paragraph 2 Topic: Native Americans
Main Idea: Native Americans were the first people in America.
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Paragraph 2 Topic: Native American Differences
Main Idea: Native Americans had difference cultures.
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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
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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
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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
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Paragraph 7 Topic: Eastern Native Americans
Main Idea: Eastern Native Americans lived in forests and hunted turkeys and grew vegetables.
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Paragraph 8 Topic: Native American Similarities
Main Idea: Native Americans loved the land and plants and animals.
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Paragraph 10 Topic: Native American Tools
Main Idea: Native Americans made tools out of stones and bones.
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Paragraph 11 Topic: Native American Teaching
Main Idea: Native Americans taught Europeans to grow food and make medicine.
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Paragraph 12 Topic: Native Americans Today
Main Idea: Native Americans still continue some of their traditions today.
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