1. CHAPTER 2 5th Grade Social Studies
The Earliest Americans

2. The Earliest Americans
Mesa Verde
National Park,
Cortez, Colorado

3. The First Americans Lesson 1
Land Routes of Early People
Land Bridge

4. The First Americans Lesson 1 – Cont.
Archaeologists
Glaciers
Artifacts
Ancestors

5. Ancient Indians Lesson 2
Agriculture
Extinct

6. Ancient Indians Lesson 2 – cont.
Totem poles are an ancient tradition of the Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest Coast

7. Ancient Indians Lesson 2 – cont.
Cliff Palace is an ancient Anasazi building at Mesa Verde National Park in the U.S. state of Colorado.
Civilization

8. Ancient Indians Lesson 2 – cont.
Pueblo Bonito, New Mexico
Pueblo

9. The Desert Southwest Lesson 3
Pueblo
People

10. The Desert Southwest Lesson 3 – cont.
Kachina Figures…
Dolls that were given to help children learn about the Kachinas “Pueblo Spirits.”

11. The Desert Southwest Lesson 3 – cont.
Navajo

12. Northwest Coast and the Arctic Lesson 4
Making of a Dugout

13. Northwest Coast and the Arctic Lesson 4 – cont.
Makahs
Kwakiutls
(Kwah – Kee – oo- tuhlz)

14. Northwest Coast and the Arctic Lesson 4 – cont.
Inuit

15. The Plains Lesson 5
Lodge
Tepee

16. The Plains Lesson 5 – cont.
Did You Know…
Over 60 Million Buffalo once roamed the Great Plains of North America!

17. The Plains Lesson 5 – cont.
Kiowas
Crow Warrior
Cheyenne Dancers

18. The Plains Lesson 5 – cont.
Comanches

19. The Eastern Woodlands Lesson 6
Longhouse
Wigwam

20. The Eastern Woodlands Lesson 6 – cont.
What do you think a palisade
Is used for?
Palisade

21. The Eastern Woodlands Lesson 6 – cont.
Algonquians

22. The Eastern Woodlands Lesson 6 – cont.
Iroquois

23. Ticket – Out – The – Door Answer Both Questions!
From what you have seen so far, what interests you the most about this unit? Why?
How would you define our civilization in comparison to the Natives that lived before us?