Lesson #1
Were early American
affected by:
Geography and Climate
VOCABULARY
Write these words and definitions in your journal...
Nomad
A person with no permanent home who travels
from place to place.
Migration
Movement from one place to another.
Agriculture
The skill of raising AND using plants and
animals for human use.
Adapt
To change the way that one lives to fit different
conditions. This happens over time; process.
What are ways that you adapt or change when
the seasons change? Clothing, food, sleep,
activities...
Technology
The use of scientific knowledge to solve
problems.
Archaeology
A scientific study of found object and changes
to the land that lead to a better understanding
of how people lived in the past.
Artifact
An object made by people. Artifacts and found
and used by Archaeologists to learn about a
group of people.
The ROOT: -ology or -logy
★ This root lets you know that there is studying
going on!
★ Which two vocabulary words have -ology in
them?
★ What do you know about these words based
on the meaning of -ology?
Study FOCUS
We will be learning about Native Americans
and the regions of North America.
Talk with a partner about how Technology
could make life easier for Native Americans.
Think of the pictures that you have seen today.
Record your thoughts in your journal...