1. Cultures in America Jessica Dezinski

2. Content Area: Social Studies Grade Level: 4 Summary: The purpose of this PowerPoint is to provide students with an understanding of human cultures including Native American tribes, and how European settlers created a new culture in America. Learning Objective: Given websites with facts within the PowerPoint about Native American tribes and European settlers, students will answer questions within the PowerPoint with 100% accuracy. Content Standard: 1.0 Culture encompasses similarities and differences among people including their beliefs, knowledge, changes, values, and traditions. Students will explore these elements of society to develop an appreciation and respect for the variety of human cultures. Accomplishment: 4.1.01 Understand the diversity of human cultures. Describe cultures of Native American tribes. Explain how European settlers created a new culture.

3. Native American Culture What is culture? Culture is a way of living that can include clothing, food, homes, and music. Click here to watch a short video about Native Americans: http://www.teachertube.com/viewVide o.php?video_id=198125 http://www.teachertube.com/viewVide o.php?video_id=198125 Listen carefully for facts about Native Americans.

4. True or false? Native Americans created clothing and tools from the natural resources around them. True False

5. Answer True. Native Americans used natural resources to make tools and clothing.

6. European Settlers Click here: Colonial LifeColonial Life Scroll to the bottom of the page to Colonial Life, and read about the way of life in the colonies.

7. Question What is the Mayflower Compact? A document that outlined all adult males to elect leaders and participate in local government in their colony. A document that allowed everyone to elect leaders and participate in local government in their colony. A document that created rules.

8. Answer The Mayflower Compact is a document that outlined all adult males to elect leaders and participate in local government in their colony.

9. True or False? In the early years, colonists called themselves Dutch, German, or British. Later, they began to identify themselves as Georgians, Pennsylvanians, or Rhode Islanders which they unknowingly were creating a new, American culture. True False

10. Answer True. Early colonists identified themselves as British, Dutch, or German, but later began to identify themselves as Georgian, Pennsylvanian, or Rhode Islanders.

11. Question What are indentured servants? Wealthy Merchants Shopkeepers A poor person who signed an agreement to work for a colonist for a certain period of time.

12. Answer A poor person who signed an agreement to work for a colonist for a certain period of time.

13. Summary In this lesson, the students have learned about the Native American culture as well as how European settlers changed their culture after living in America. Students visited a website to read about European settlers whose lives and culture changed after coming to the Colonies. Students also viewed a brief video about Native Americans.

14. Works Cited Pictures from Microsoft ClipArt 2010: (http://office.Microsoft.com)http://office.Microsoft.com Picture from slide 5: http://marjorieintegratedproject09.wikispaces.com/Hawaii+Resea rch+Notes http://marjorieintegratedproject09.wikispaces.com/Hawaii+Resea rch+Notes Picture from slide 8: http://www.karen.danielson.name/main/mayflower.gif http://www.karen.danielson.name/main/mayflower.gif

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