1. Ch.1, L.3 North American Peoples
Learning Objectives:
Identify some of the people who lived in the Americas before European exploration.
Analyze and explain how early Native Americans adapted to their environments.
Do Now:
Copy lesson vocabulary words and definitions into notebook.

3. Early North American Cultures
Main Idea:
The Hohokam, the Anasazi, and the Mound Builders were among the most advanced of early North American civilizations.

4. Facts about the Hohokam:
Their way of life depended on irrigation channels they dug to carry river water into their fields.
They left behind pottery, carved stone, and shells etched with acid.

5. Facts about the Anasazi:
They built pueblos–huge structures made of stone and earth.
They also built dwellings in the walls of steep cliffs.

7. Facts about the Mound Builders:
Some of the mounds contained burial chambers, while some were topped with temples.
The Adena and the Hopewell were two cultures that built mounds.
The largest settlement of the Mound Builders was Cahokia.

10. The Native Americans Circa 1492
Main Idea:
The early inhabitants of North America developed ways of life that were well suited to their environments.

11. The Native Americans Circa 1492 (cont.)
The people who settled in the northern-most part of North America built igloos in the winter, and were hunters and fishers.
Peoples of the West depended on the forest and the sea.
Most of the peoples of the Southeast and Southwest farmed, but the Apache and Navajo were hunters and gatherers.
Peoples of the Plains were nomadic.
Peoples of the East formed complex societies.
The Iroquois and Cherokee had formal law codes and formed federations.
The different members of the Iroquois League were organized according to clans.

13. Closure Answer the following questions in notebook:
Name two types of dwellings for which the Ancient Puebloans are known.
How did location affect the culture of different native peoples? Give examples from the text to support your answer.