A Native American Unit

*All about the Powhatan, Lakota, and Pueblo Tribes

What’s Included Included in this unit you will find:

• A mini-book with information about each tribe, critical thinking

questions about the readings, and a reading response section

• A sorting activity

• A flipbook activity for each tribe

• A vocabulary activity

• A research paper template and writing paper

This is a great supplemental unit for

social studies or a research topic.

A book about the Powhatan Indians, Lakota Indians, and

Pueblo Indian Tribes

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All About Native Americans

The Powhatans were part of a group called the Eastern Woodland Indians. The Eastern Woodland Indians lived in Virginia and other areas of the Mid-Atlantic. Woodlands are regions with lots of trees. The Powhatans used the bark and wood from the trees to build canoes and houses. Their houses were called longhouses. Powhatan women were in charge of doing the farming. They grew corn, beans, and squash. These three crops are known as the “three sisters” because they are grown together. Powhatan men found food by hunting and fishing. Powhatan men hunted for food and used the canoes made from wood and bark to fish.

The Powhatan Indians

The Lakota were part of a group called the Plains Indians. Plains are flat areas with very few hills or trees. There is usually a lot of grass in the Plains. Lakota Indians lived a very different life from the Powhatan Indians. Powhatan Indians lived in one place and farmed. Lakota Indians were nomads who moved a lot. They survived by hunting buffalo and other animals. Like the Powhatans, the Lakota did not waste any part of the buffalo. They used the meat for food, the skin to make clothes, and the bones to make tools. They even used the skin to make their homes, called teepees. The teepees were easy to take apart and carry when they moved.

The Powhatan men used every bit of the animals they hunted. They ate the meat and used the bones to make tools. They used the skins from deer, bear, and other animals to make clothing. They even used a part of the muscle to make strings for their bows! 1. List 3 ways the Powhatan Indians

used the animals they hunted.

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2. What are the three sisters? Why

are they called that?

The three sisters are _____________

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They are called that because ______

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3. Powhatan Indians traveled by _______

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The Lakota Indians

The Pueblo were part of a group called the Southwest Indians. The Southwest is dry land with plants such as cactus. It doesn’t rain very often in the Southwest. The Pueblo Indians lived in homes called pueblos. They were made out of adobe, which is clay that has been hardened by the sun. They also used stones and logs. Pueblos had many levels and the Indians used ladders to climb them. Like the Powhatan Indians, the Pueblos grew many crops. The main crop they grew was corn. They also grew beans, squash, and cotton. They used the cotton to make clothes.

Lakota Indians were very good at riding horses. They were able to travel on horseback and use the horses to herd the buffalo. Lakota Indians also traveled by walking. One famous Lakota Indian is Sacagawea. She is honored on the $1 gold-colored coin for helping the explorers Lewis and Clark. 1. Why do you think that Lakota

Indians didn’t use canoes or fish like Powhatan Indians? __________

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2. Why didn’t the Lakota Indians farm?

They didn’t farm because _________

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3. Lakota Indians traveled by _______

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The Pueblo Indians

Now that you have read all about the tribes, think about what you have learned. If you were a Native American child, which tribe do you think you would have liked to be in? Why did you choose that one?

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Pueblo Indians walked everywhere they went. There was very little water and no animals to ride. Pueblo men were responsible for all the farming. Pueblo women cooked the food, wove baskets and took care of children. Pueblo children did not go to school. They learned how to work from their parents. Children started helping their parents when they were 5 years old. 1. What did Pueblo Indians make their

homes out of? ________________

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2. How else besides farming could

Pueblo Indians have gotten food?

They could have _______________

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3. Pueblo Indians traveled by _______

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Reading Response

Vocabulary Directions: Use each word in a sentence and draw an illustration for the word.

Contribution

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Occupation

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Transportation

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Adaptation

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Vocabulary Directions: Use each word in a sentence and draw an illustration for the word.

Climate

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Community

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Irrigate

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Nomad

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Native American Sort Directions: Cut out the pictures and labels for the regions, homes, forms of transportation, and jobs for each tribe. On the sorting page, sort them to the correct tribe.

Fishermen

Farmers

Hunters

Jobs

Hunters

Farmers

Horseman

Homes

Region Transportation

Pueblo Teepee Longhouse

Plains

Eastern Woodlands Southwest

Walking

Walking

Walking

Canoes

Horses

Powhatan Indians Lakota Indians Pueblo Indians Region Home Transportation

Jobs

Region Home Transportation

Region Home Transportation

Jobs Jobs

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Powhatan Indians Lakota Indians Pueblo Indians Region Home Transportation

Eastern Woodlands

Longhouse

Fishermen Farmers

Canoes Walking

Jobs

Region Home Transportation

Region Home Transportation

Jobs Jobs

Pueblo

Southwest Plains

Teepee

Horses Walking Walking

Farmers Horseman Hunters Hunters

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Native American Flip Books The following templates make flip books. The students

should fold the paper in half on the line. Then they cut

on the lines between each category. Make sure they

ONLY CUT the TOP paper when folded. Otherwise it

will be cut right in half instead of having a flap. You can

use this as you introduce information to have the

students keep notes about each tribe. I have my

students write the information on one half of the flap

and draw a picture to go with it on the other

half.

Tribe: Powhatan Indians

Name: _______________________________

Region Homes Travel Jobs

Tribe: Lakota Indians

Name: _______________________________

Region Homes Travel Jobs

Tribe: Pueblo Indians

Name: _______________________________

Region Homes Travel Jobs

Tribe: _______________

Name: _______________________________

Region Homes Travel Jobs

Native American Research Paper The following templates make a great resource to use

for a research writing about Native Americans. When

run off front to back, each four square organizer makes

one paragraph of four sentences. You can have your

students do all three tribes, creating a three paragraph

research paper, or you can have them choose their

favorite tribe. I have also included final copy paper for

your students to use after they complete their “sloppy

copies” on their four square organizers.

The Powhatan tribe was located in the

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Powhatans

They lived in

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The Powhatan’s main form of transportation was

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They had three jobs. They were

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I think that the Powhatan tribe is interesting because

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The Lakota tribe was located in the

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Lakota

They lived in

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The Lakota’s main form of transportation was

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They had two jobs. They were

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I think that the Lakota tribe is interesting because

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The Pueblo tribe was located in the

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Pueblo

They lived in

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The Pueblo’s main form of transportation was

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They had one job. They were

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I think that the Pueblo tribe is interesting because

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