1. Project # 1: Native American Cultural Groups
Cut and tape 10 “Culture Wheel” pages in your SS Notebook
Use your textbook and class resources to do a cultural analysis of each of the 10 groups including:
Cultural Group Name
Key Tribes
Geographical Location
Regional Description
A picture of the environment
What you found most amazing about them!
Complete the Culture Wheel with the following elements:
Food
Clothing
Shelter
1 more cultural element of your choice.
Each Cultural Analysis = 10 points
Completed Project = 100 points
2 Class Periods: Tuesday & Wednesday – 12 minutes each station
Due: End of class on Wednesday

2. Food
Shelter
Clothing
Cultural Group: ________________ Tribes: ______________________
______________________
Geographical Location: _______________________________________
Regional Description:
____________________
__________________
________________
Picture:
What I found most
amazing: _______________
__________________________
Food
Shelter
Clothing
Cultural Group: ________________ Tribes: ______________________
______________________
Geographical Location: _______________________________________
Regional Description:
____________________
__________________
________________
Picture:
What I found most
amazing: _______________
__________________________
Food
Shelter
Clothing
Cultural Group: ________________ Tribes: ______________________
______________________
Geographical Location: _______________________________________
Regional Description:
____________________
__________________
________________
Picture:
What I found most
amazing: _______________
__________________________
Food
Shelter
Clothing
Cultural Group: ________________ Tribes: ______________________
______________________
Geographical Location: _______________________________________
Regional Description:
____________________
__________________
________________
Picture:
What I found most
amazing: _______________
__________________________

3. Example Station Resources:
SS Textbook pages 47 – 50
Other SS textbooks!
Science Textbook – Biome Handbook pages
Internet Resource Sites –
Videos:
The Great Plains (29 minutes) – You don’t have to watch the entire video; though, you are welcome to finish watching it at home. 
The Northwest Coasthttp:// (27:00)
Table-mat maps – e.g. precipitation, topography

4. The Arctic Group Resources
SS Textbook pages 47 & 48
Tribes: Use map on page 46 in SS Textbook
Science Biome Handbook Page – Tundra page 533
Tundra Biome sitehttp://
Arctic Cultural Group site

5. The Subarctic Cultural Group
SS Textbook page 48
Tribes: Use map on page 46 of SS textbook
Science Biome Handbook – Taiga page 533
Taiga (Boreal Forest) Biome site

6. The Northwest Coastal Group
SS Textbook page 48
SS Red Holt Textbook page12 – last paragraph under North and Northwest section
Tribes: Use map on page 13 of SS Red Textbook
Biomes of the World Site – Chaparral or Mediterranean forests
Wiki site (Tribes & Culture)
Video (27:00 minutes)

7. California Cultural Group
SS Textbook page 48
Red Holt Textbook – West & Southwest Section page 12
Tribes: Page 46 SS Textbook & page 13 Red Holt book
Biome Website – California Chaparral
California Cultural Group Site
California Cultural Group site

8. The Plateau Cultural Group
SS Textbook page # 48 & 49
Tribes: Use page 46 SS textbook
Wiki site
Geographic region –
Science textbook page 528: Freshwater Biome
Plateau Cultural site

9. The Great Basin Cultural Group
SS textbook page 49
Tribes: Use map on page 46
Geography site
Cultural site

10. The Southwest Cultural Group
SS Text page 49
Tribes: Use map on page 46 SS Textbook
Geography site
Cultural site

11. The Plains Cultural Group
SS Textbook pages 49 & 50
Science Textbook: Page 535 Grasslands
Video
(29:00)
Cultural site
Geographic site

12. The Northeast Woodlands Cultural Group
SS textbook page 50
Tribes: Use page 46 in SS textbook
Science textbook: 534 Temperate Deciduous Forest
Cultural site
Geography site
Video: People of the Longhouse (12 min)

13. The Southeast Cultural Group
SS Textbook page 50
Tribes: Use page 46 map in SS textbook
Science Textbook both Temperate Deciduous Forest and Tropical Biomes (Southern Florida) pages 534 & 535
Cultural site
Cultural site
Geography site (video short 1:30 min.)
Cherokee Video (10:54 minutes)