Grade Level: 5

Native Americans

Concepts
Culture/Civilization

Enduring Understandings
A society's religious beliefs, customs, political structure, and economics define its culture.
A society is shaped by the individual and changing roles of its people.
The natural resources of a region determine the types of food, clothing, shelter, transportation and tools.
The search for resources to meet basic needs can drive migration patterns.
Increased wealth can produce increased power.
Trade between societies facilitates cultural exchange.
Social, economic, and political systems structure a society.
The values, beliefs, and ideals of a society determine their laws and customs.

Skills
1.  Make inferences and/or draw conclusions based on factual information from multiple sources including multimedia.
2.  Identify and analyze causes and effects of movement of groups of people.
3.  Compare and debate points o view based on historical evidence.
4.  Make generalizations and summarizations about information based on investigations orally and in writing.
5.  Trace a sequence of events and create a timeline.
6.  Analyze and compare beliefs of different cultures and how they used various forms of visual arts, dance, music, myths, and literature to express their beliefs.
7.  Interpret information from a map.
8.  Use appropriate sources to gain meaning of essential terms and vocabulary.