Native Americans Unit Question- How does every action have a reaction, either positive or negative? Area of Interaction- Health and Social Education
Movie #1 - Click on this link and watch the video about Native Americans. Then answer questions 1 - 6. 1. How long ago did Native Americans begin arriving in the Americas? 2. How many different cultures of Native Americans are there? 3. How did the Plains Indians hunt for buffalo? 4. What wiped out entire tribes of Native Americans? 5. Where were Native Americans forced to live in the late 1800s? 6. How many tribes are recognized by the US Federal Government? more than
Map #1 - Use Map#1 below to answer questions 7 - 12.
7. What is the title of this map? 8. According to this map, what three tribes lived in the Utah area? 9. List two tribes that lived in the California area: 10. What area of the United States did the Seminole live? 11. What tribe do you think Massachusetts named their state after? 12. List one tribe that lived in Alaska:
Map #2 - Use Map #2 to answer question #13.
13. Use the map above to label the map in your notes.
We are going to be talking about the Native Americans all year. For this unit we are going to learn about two powerful tribes that lived in Latin America, the Aztecs and the Incas. The Aztecs Link #1: Use this link to answer question 14 - 20: 14. As the Aztecs wandered across the deserts and mountains of Mexico, what did the larger tribes call the Aztecs? 15. What was the promised sign the Aztecs were looking for? 16. What is symbol is on the Mexican flag? 17. What did the Aztecs name their new home? 18. Why did Aztecs choose to build their home in a swamp? 19. What did the Aztecs eat? 20. What are floating gardens? Movie #2 - Click on this link to watch a video about floating gardens. Movie #2 answers the questions 21 - 26. 21. The capital of Mexico, Mexico City, is built on top of what? 22. How did the Spanish drain the swamp where the Aztecs once lived? 23. Do any floating gardens still exist? 24. Do people in Mexico still use floating gardens? 25. How are the floating gardens, or chinampas, kept in place? 26. How many Aztecs were able to live in the Tenochtitlan, because of the floating gardens? Go back to Link #1 and answer the following questions 27 - 39: 27. How did the Aztecs get to their capital city of Tenochtitlan? canals and canoes 28. Who was Ahuitzotl? 29. What pyramid did Ahuitzotl have built and who was the pyramid dedicated too? 30. Under Moctezuma, what was the population of the Aztec Empire? 25 million 31. List the 8 social classes of the Aztec Empire? 32. At age 10, Aztec boys went to school. What two subjects did they learn about? 33. Who had to pay a tax or tribute to the Aztec government? 34. What social class, controlled all the other classes? 35. Who carried the heavy loads of goods that that the merchants would sell? 36. How many miles would the slaves carry their loads? 37. What did the Aztecs sacrifice to their gods? 38. When the Temple of the Sun was dedicated, how many people were sacrificed? 39. Why did the Aztec warriors want to take a lot of captives? 40. Why did the surrounding tribes help the Spanish defeat the Aztecs? Movie #3: Watch the video as a class. Answer #41 when you finish watching the movie. 41. Explain one action you learned about in the movie and how their was a positive or negative reaction. Bradfield's PowerPoint #1 - As a class learn about the Mayans from Bradfield, and then answer question #42. 42. Explain an action that you learned from Bradfield, and how there was a positive or negative reaction. Map #3 - The map below shows the Inca Empire. Use this map to answer 43 - 44.
43. The Incas built a huge empire. What continent was it on? 44. List the countries that the Inca empire covered:
Pictures #1 and #2 - Pictures #1 and #2 show the Inca city, Macchu Picchu. Use these pictures to answer questions 45 - 47.
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Picture #2
45. Why do you think the Incas were called the "Sky People"? 46. What mountain range is this? 47. Look at the pictures above and explain how the Incas were able to grow crops on the tops of the mountains:
Pictures #3, #4, #5, #6 - Use the pictures to answer questions 48 - 49.
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Picture #4
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Picture #6
48. The Incas built bridges and roads that connected their empire. Why was building bridges and roads both a positive and negative thing for the Inca's empire? 49. Would you dare walk across the bridge that the Inca's built? Explain. Movie #4 - Watch the movie and then answer question #50.
50. Explain one action in this movie, and whether the reaction was positive or negative: Movie #5 - Watch the movie and then answer question #51:
51. Explain one action in this movie, and whether the reaction was positive or negative: Bradfield’s PowerPoint #2 - Listen to Bradfield blabber to answer questions #51and #52. 52. How were the Incas defeated? 53. Explain an action that you learned from Bradfield about the Incas, and how there was a positive or negative reaction. Answer question #54!
Unit Question - How does every action have a reaction, either positive or negative?
Area of Interaction - Health and Social Education
Movie #1 - Click on this link and watch the video about Native Americans. Then answer questions 1 - 6.
1. How long ago did Native Americans begin arriving in the Americas?
2. How many different cultures of Native Americans are there?
3. How did the Plains Indians hunt for buffalo?
4. What wiped out entire tribes of Native Americans?
5. Where were Native Americans forced to live in the late 1800s?
6. How many tribes are recognized by the US Federal Government? more than
Map #1 - Use Map#1 below to answer questions 7 - 12.
7. What is the title of this map?
8. According to this map, what three tribes lived in the Utah area?
9. List two tribes that lived in the California area:
10. What area of the United States did the Seminole live?
11. What tribe do you think Massachusetts named their state after?
12. List one tribe that lived in Alaska:
Map #2 - Use Map #2 to answer question #13.
13. Use the map above to label the map in your notes.
We are going to be talking about the Native Americans all year. For this unit we are going to learn about two powerful tribes that lived in Latin America, the Aztecs and the Incas.
The Aztecs
Link #1: Use this link to answer question 14 - 20:
14. As the Aztecs wandered across the deserts and mountains of Mexico, what did the larger tribes call the Aztecs?
15. What was the promised sign the Aztecs were looking for?
16. What is symbol is on the Mexican flag?
17. What did the Aztecs name their new home?
18. Why did Aztecs choose to build their home in a swamp?
19. What did the Aztecs eat?
20. What are floating gardens?
Movie #2 - Click on this link to watch a video about floating gardens. Movie #2 answers the questions 21 - 26.
21. The capital of Mexico, Mexico City, is built on top of what?
22. How did the Spanish drain the swamp where the Aztecs once lived?
23. Do any floating gardens still exist?
24. Do people in Mexico still use floating gardens?
25. How are the floating gardens, or chinampas, kept in place?
26. How many Aztecs were able to live in the Tenochtitlan, because of the floating gardens?
Go back to Link #1 and answer the following questions 27 - 39:
27. How did the Aztecs get to their capital city of Tenochtitlan? canals and canoes
28. Who was Ahuitzotl?
29. What pyramid did Ahuitzotl have built and who was the pyramid dedicated too?
30. Under Moctezuma, what was the population of the Aztec Empire? 25 million
31. List the 8 social classes of the Aztec Empire?
32. At age 10, Aztec boys went to school. What two subjects did they learn about?
33. Who had to pay a tax or tribute to the Aztec government?
34. What social class, controlled all the other classes?
35. Who carried the heavy loads of goods that that the merchants would sell?
36. How many miles would the slaves carry their loads?
37. What did the Aztecs sacrifice to their gods?
38. When the Temple of the Sun was dedicated, how many people were sacrificed?
39. Why did the Aztec warriors want to take a lot of captives?
40. Why did the surrounding tribes help the Spanish defeat the Aztecs?
Movie #3: Watch the video as a class. Answer #41 when you finish watching the movie.
41. Explain one action you learned about in the movie and how their was a positive or negative reaction.
Bradfield's PowerPoint #1 - As a class learn about the Mayans from Bradfield, and then answer question #42.
42. Explain an action that you learned from Bradfield, and how there was a positive or negative reaction.
Map #3 - The map below shows the Inca Empire. Use this map to answer 43 - 44.
43. The Incas built a huge empire. What continent was it on?
44. List the countries that the Inca empire covered:
Pictures #1 and #2 - Pictures #1 and #2 show the Inca city, Macchu Picchu. Use these pictures to answer questions 45 - 47.
45. Why do you think the Incas were called the "Sky People"?
46. What mountain range is this?
47. Look at the pictures above and explain how the Incas were able to grow crops on the tops of the mountains:
Pictures #3, #4, #5, #6 - Use the pictures to answer questions 48 - 49.
48. The Incas built bridges and roads that connected their empire. Why was building bridges and roads both a positive and negative thing for the Inca's empire?
49. Would you dare walk across the bridge that the Inca's built? Explain.
Movie #4 - Watch the movie and then answer question #50.
50. Explain one action in this movie, and whether the reaction was positive or negative:
Movie #5 - Watch the movie and then answer question #51:
51. Explain one action in this movie, and whether the reaction was positive or negative:
Bradfield’s PowerPoint #2 - Listen to Bradfield blabber to answer questions #51and #52.
52. How were the Incas defeated?
53. Explain an action that you learned from Bradfield about the Incas, and how there was a positive or negative reaction.
Answer question #54!