Lesson Six: Eastern

WoodlandsBy: Nechama, Ayala & Talya

Palisade- A palisade is a big wall made of sharp end tree trunks that is used to keep out enemies and wild animals.

Slash and burn- the method of clearing fields

DEFINITION SLIDE

Were are we & about this place

• we are in the Eastern woodlands.

• The Eastern woodlands covered most of the presidents day U.S.A..

• in some places only a little bit of sunlight could get to the ground.

• in the northeast part a lot of the ground was covered in rocks & mountains.

• the southern area was good for growing plants.

Shelters, tools, food & habits

• For the Native Americans there were many uses for trees.

• They were used for canoes, shelters & food.

• Some trees provide fruits & nut such as walnut, hickory & American chestnut.

• The farm fields were outside the palisade.

• The Native Americans were gathers, farmers & hunters.

• A lot of different types of plants & animals.

• Those people did a lot of farming, gathering & hunting so they had enough food to make a villages.

• Villages includes meeting places.

More about Native Americans

• They cleared their land by cutting away trees in the fall.

• By Spring they were dead.

• After two years they burnt the dead trees.

• The process was called slash and

burn.*The people predicted that after a few years there will be a new field.

• After 1 or 2 years the dead tree burrowed again.

• The people planted crops in the slash and burn field.

• Some people used fish and other fertilizer.

• The people who didn’t use fertilizer make a new village every 10 years

Some ways that they lived

• Even though they raised much of their food hunted beaver & bear and gathered nuts, berries, greens and went fishing.

• The Native Americans used beaver fur & bear skins to make warm robes, capes & blankets

The 2 main languages

ALGONQUIANTHE MOSTLY LIVED ALONG THE COSTAL PLAIN

IROQUOIANTHE LONGHOUSE WAS A SYMBOL FOR THEM

More about Algonquians

• Some lived more inland or around great lakes

• In each tribe there was one to twenty villagers

• In each village there was ten to twenty wgwams

• On high ground they had villages

More about Iroquois

• There was a group of 5 tribes

• They were acting like the Americans one for all and all for one

• They had longhouses

• Counsel made laws

• In the begging they always had war

• One person named Aman and said there should be peace and they should be strong

Credits

• Ms. Gossler

• Textbook

• Eli

• Bodhi