1. America!

2. Native Americans People who lived in America before people from other countries came.

3. Native American Vocabulary Region Natural resources Cultural groups Physical surroundings Gatherers Abundance

4. Native Americans respected nature. They took care of the earth and only used what they needed.

5. Native Americans used natural resources to meet their needs. Natural resources are things in nature that people can use. treeswaterstonesbuffalo

6.  Native Americans lived in culture groups.  The people in a culture group have the same way of life.  A culture group is a group of people who live in the same region.

7. Those who lived near deserts used clay or stones to build their homes. For this reason, Native American culture groups had different homes. Those who lived on the Plains used buffalo skins to make their homes. Still others lived near forests. They built their homes of wood.

8. Native Americans lived in six different regions.

9. Each region had different natural resources. Each culture group used the natural resources in its region to meet its needs.

10. WALT: Who are Native Americans and how they lived Each group will be assigned a Native American region Each person will need one fact from their bag As a group, take turns reading your fact to the group about your region Write down each of the facts on the piece of paper given and glue it down into the folder Practice reading your fact to yourself Present o

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12.  Native American culture groups had different ways of life due to their different physical surroundings and natural resources. Let’s review. We know:  Native Americans were the first Americans.  Native Americans respected nature.  Native Americans used natural resources.  Native Americans lived in different regions.  Native Americans had different homes.  Native Americans got food in different ways.