The First Americans

Grade 5

Unit 1

Lesson 1How did geography and climate affect how early people lived?

• Nomad

• Migration

• Adapt

• Agriculture

• Technology• Archeology• Artifact

Nomad

• Noun• A person• No permanent home• Travels from place to

place

Migration• Noun

• Movement

• From one place to another

Adapt

• Verb

• To change

• Fit different conditions/ surroundings

• Different way of life

Agriculture

• Noun

• A skill

• Raising plants or animals

• For human use

Technology

• Noun

• -ology: the study or use of something

• Used to solve problems

• Use of scientific knowledge (how things work)

• NOT only computer!

Archeology

• Noun• -ology: the study or

use of something• Use of objects• Used to learn about

the past

Artifact

• Noun

• Object

• Made by people

Lesson 1How did geography and climate affect how early people lived?

• Nomad

• Migration

• Adapt

• Agriculture

• Technology• Archeology• Artifact

Lesson 2 What common ways of life

developed among American Indian cultures?

• Custom

• Tradition • Folklore• Ceremony• Religion

Custom

• Noun

• Accepted, normal

• A way of doing things

Tradition

• Noun

• Customs may become traditions

• Created over time

Folklore

• Noun

• Group’s stories

• Group’s customs

• Spoken, chanted, or sung

Ceremony

• Noun

• Set of activities

• To serve a special purpose

Religion

• Noun

• A system of faith or worship

Lesson 2 What common ways of life

developed among American Indian cultures?

• Custom

• Tradition • Folklore• Ceremony• Religion

Lesson 3How did American Indian groups

work together?

• Surplus

• Specialize

• Economy

• Interact• Barter• Government

Surplus

• Noun

• More than is needed

• Extra

Specialize

• Verb

• To focus on one skill

• To focus on one type of product

Economy• Noun

• System

• Organization of resources

• How to get and spend things

Interact

• Verb

• To talk

• To work

• With others

Barter

• Verb

• To trade

• Goods for goods

• Without the use of money

Government• Noun

• A system of laws

• the people who carry out the laws

Lesson 3How did American Indian groups

work together?

• Surplus

• Specialize

• Economy

• Interact• Barter• Government