1. Chapter 2 Lesson 2 Social Studies 5th Grade Mr. Vida
The Great plains
Chapter 2 Lesson 2
Social Studies 5th Grade
Mr. Vida

2. Bell Ringer!
How were tepees in the Great Plains similar and different to longhouses in the Eastern Woodlands?

3. Where are we?
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4. What We will see here… Preview:
The culture of the Great Plains people changed after the horse was introduced
Places:
Great Plains cultural region
Lame Deer, Montana
Vocabulary:
lodge
tepee
travois
powwow

5. North America… and home to the Great Plains Indians
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6. Great plains cultural regions:
The region was, and still is a very flat region
100’s of years ago, much of it was covered in a sea of grass
Unlike the Eastern Woodlands, few trees grew there
Millions of Buffalo grazed there

7. Great plains cultural regions:

8. Great plains cultural regions:

9. Life on the great plains:
Tribes of the Great Plains included:
Cheyenne
Lakota (aka or “also known as” the Sioux)
Pawnee
Osage

10. Life on the great plains:
Most Plains people followed a hunting & farming life
Because it was mostly dry, they settled their villages along rivers
Here they could get water for their crops
Corns
Beans
Squash
pumpkins

11. Life on the great plains:

12. Life on the great plains:
The plains people built lodges to live in
Lodges were large, round huts, built over a deep hole
The walls were made of earth, packed over a wood frame
What is different between Plains & Eastern Woodlands housing?

13. Compare & Contrast housing

14. Life on the great plains:
Buffalo were central to the lives of the Plains Indians
They were a major source of meat
Buffalo hides were made into clothing & blankets
Buffalo horns were carved into bowls
Even the stomachs were hung from 4 poles to be used as cooking pots

15. Life on the great plains

16. Life on the great plains

17. Life on the great plains
Hunting the one ton, fast buffalo was done on foot
They used bows and arrows, but it was a dangerous hunt
So, they either crouched near them in animal disguises or stampeded them off of cliffs

18. Life on the great plains

19. Life on the great plains
While on the hunt, they lived in tepees
Women set up poles in a circle, coming together in a point
The frames were covered in buffalo hides

20. Life on the great plains

21. Life on the great plains
The poles were then used to make travois
They were then lashed the load to 2 tepee poles and had dogs pull them
Buffalo meat and other goods could be pulled
A travois load could be up to 75 pounds!

22. Life on the great plains

23. cheyenne Very mobile Indian tribe of the Plains
Spain brought horses to the Aztec region in the 1500’s
Some broke free and wandered north, and in the 1700’s the Cheyenne tamed some of these wild horses
They also found other horses by trade & raiding other tribes

24. Cheyenne

25. Cheyenne
With the horse, a single Cheyenne hunter could ride to along side a herd & take down a buffalo with his bow
The horse made the Cheyenne much more moblie
A horse drawn travois could pull 4 times the weight of a dog and also move twice as fast!
IMPORTANT: The Cheyenne developed a way of life based on moving to different places in different seasons

26. Cheyenne
The horse became so important to the Cheyenne & other Plains Indians, that wealth was measured in horses
Tribes raided other tribes to capture horses
Riders became skilled in war as well in hunting

27. The Cheyenne today About 12,000 Cheyenne live on the Great Plains
Many live in present day Montana on reservations

28. The Cheyenne today Many Cheyenne still follow their traditions today
Keeping their language and traditions alive

29. The Cheyenne today
Every 4th of July, the North Cheyenne powwow is held in Lame Deer, Montana
Powwow is a gathering of American Indians

30. The Cheyenne today

31. The Cheyenne today

32. Fill in the missing “cause” for the listed “effect”
Lesson 2 Review:
Fill in the missing “cause” for the listed “effect”
effect
cause
Plains Indians used horses to pull travois instead of dogs
Plains Indians built homes with dirt or buffalo hides
Buffalo were used to make tepees, clothing, blankets & bowls
Sometimes tribes raided other tribes for their horses

33. Fill in the missing “cause” for the listed “effect”
Lesson 2 Review:
Fill in the missing “cause” for the listed “effect”
effect
cause
Plains Indians used horses to pull travois instead of dogs
Plains Indians built homes with dirt or buffalo hides
Buffalo were used to make tepees, clothing, blankets & bowls
Sometimes tribes raided other tribes for their horses

34. Fill in the missing “cause” for the listed “effect”
Lesson 2 Review:
Fill in the missing “cause” for the listed “effect”
effect
cause
Plains Indians used horses to pull travois instead of dogs
Plains Indians built homes with dirt or buffalo hides
Buffalo were used to make tepees, clothing, blankets & bowls
Sometimes tribes raided other tribes for their horses

35. Fill in the missing “cause” for the listed “effect”
Lesson 2 Review:
Fill in the missing “cause” for the listed “effect”
effect
cause
Plains Indians used horses to pull travois instead of dogs
Plains Indians built homes with dirt or buffalo hides
Buffalo were used to make tepees, clothing, blankets & bowls
Sometimes tribes raided other tribes for their horses

36. Fill in the missing “cause” for the listed “effect”
Lesson 2 Review:
Fill in the missing “cause” for the listed “effect”
effect
cause
Plains Indians used horses to pull travois instead of dogs
Plains Indians built homes with dirt or buffalo hides
Buffalo were used to make tepees, clothing, blankets & bowls
Sometimes tribes raided other tribes for their horses

37. 2. How did the travois help move goods?
Lesson 2 Review:
2. How did the travois help move goods?

38. 2. How did the travois help move goods?
Lesson 2 Review:
2. How did the travois help move goods?
ANSWER

39. Lesson 2 Review:
3. In what ways did the arrival of the horse change the way of life for the Plains Indians?

40. Lesson 2 Review:
3. In what ways did the arrival of the horse change the way of life for the Plains Indians?
ANSWER

41. Lesson 2 Review:
4. If you were a leader of the Cheyenne, how might you decide when it was time to move the settlement to a new area?

42. Lesson 2 Review:
4. If you were a leader of the Cheyenne, how might you decide when it was time to move the settlement to a new area?
ANSWER

43. 5. Where are the Cheyenne reservations located today?
Lesson 2 Review:
5. Where are the Cheyenne reservations located today?

44. 5. Where are the Cheyenne reservations located today?
Lesson 2 Review:
5. Where are the Cheyenne reservations located today?
ANSWER