Our room has changed yet again as we dive into our country's FIRST PEOPLE - Native American Indians.
A major focus during our Native American Unit, is how do people use natural resources to ADAPT to new environments? Our goal is to understand how each Native American Indian group adapted to survive in their unique North American environment. Before we do this, however, we work together to try and "adapt" there on our own.
As "tribes", students analyzed an environment, studied the natural resources that would be found there, and came up with a plan of survival including what they would wear, eat, travel, and live in.
As "tribes", students analyzed an environment, studied the natural resources that would be found there, and came up with a plan of survival including what they would wear, eat, travel, and live in.
After working together, groups shared with the class their environment, their natural resources that they had to work with, and their adaptations for survival.
The next phase will be discovering how the Native American Indians in these regions ACTUALLY adapted and see if our conclusions were similar!