This virtual field trip was designed to go along with the Native American unit taught in third grade in Allegany County, Maryland.  It focuses on the following four regions of the United States:  Northwest, Southwest, Plains, and Eastern Woodland.  Also mentioned in the reading is the home of the California-Intermountian Native Americans.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TEACHER RESOURCES

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Additional Teacher Resources http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/indian/ http://www.connectingstudents.com/themes/nat_amer.htm http://www.nps.gov/knri/teach/house.htm http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Native.htm http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/houses/housingmap.html http://www.ameritech.net/users/macler/nativeamericans.html

 

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FIELD TRIP

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Name ___________________ Native American Homes 1.  Based on what you read, explain why Native Americans     had different types of homes. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 2.  Using the information you read, compare the Eastern       Woodland longhouses with the Northwest wooden lodges. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 3.  Explain which Native American home is similiar to a type       of home we have available to us today. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 4.  After you have read about the Plains Indian tepee, write       the directions a Native American would have to follow in       order to successfully construct a tepee. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________

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Native American Homes Answer Key  Below are suggested answers for each of the questions.  1.  Native Americans used natural resources that were      around them to make their homes. For example, if      they lived in the forest, they would use wood for their      homes. 2.  The Eastern Woodland longhouse and the Northwest       wooden lodges are alike because each is rectangular        with a barrel shaped roof and could be covered by        bark sewn together.  They are also similiar because        the homes were shared by many families. 3.  The Southwest homes are like the apartment buildings      we have today. 4.  In order to construct a tepee, a Native American       would have to follow these directions.  First, fasten      the long wooden poles together at the top.  Then       spread the poles out to form a circle.  After that,       cover the tepee form with animal skins and then       fasten them to the ground.