Resource Booklet
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Two Cultures Meet
Spelling Words: Define each word and use each word in a sentence:
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adobe
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barter
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cash crop
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colony
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conquistador
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convert
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culture
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interpreter
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maize
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mesa
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obsidian
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plantation
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sod
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stockade
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tipi
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values
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wampum
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Introduction (page 5)
Chapter 1: Different Cultures Different Ways (pages 6-12)
Instructions: As you read this chapter, answer the following questions.
For more information review Chapters 1-4 in the American Story textbook
# Question
Answer
Before reading this booklet complete the “Before” portion of the “Web” Graphic Organizer activity found
on page 9 of this resource booklet. When you have finished reading this booklet, complete the “During”
portion of the “Web” GO activity found on page 9 of this resource booklet.
1.
How was Taino life different than that of the
early explores? (name at least five ways)
2.
What did Columbus inadvertently bring to the
new world?
3.
Identify four different Native American tribes
and ways they showed respect to the earth.
4.
In what ways did Native Americans share
their oral histories?
5.
Identify five different types of Native
American homes.
Taino
Tribe
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Early Explorers
Way they showed
respect for the earth
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6.
Identify five early explorers and list what
their contribution was to the Americas
7.
Native Americans did not have a very
good first impression of early European
Explorers. What things did these
explorers do that were not in keeping
with Native American traditions?
Explorer
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Contribution
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Chapter 2: New Harvests, New Foods (pages 13-20)
Instructions: As you read this chapter, answer the following questions.
# Question
Answer
1. Europeans and Native Americans alike shared crops and animals. Each in turn influenced the
other’s way of life. Identify the way crops and animals were shared with the other.
Native Americans
Europeans
Crops
Animals
2.
Identify the crops and/or animals that
had a negative impact on either the
Native Americans and/or the Europeans.
What negative affect did these have?
Quotes: Complete the Quote activity on page 10 of this resource booklet.
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Chapter 3: The Horse: Changing Lifestyles (pages 21-26)
Instructions: As you read this chapter, answer the following questions.
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1.
Question
Answer
Besides the arrival of Europeans, the horse had the single most important influence on the lives of
the Native Americans. Identify different ways horses changed the lives of each of the tribes below.
Navajo
Plains Indians
Other tribes (farming tribes)
2.
Do you think the horse was more important to the Native Americans or the Europeans and why?
“Images/Pictures - Primary Source”: Complete the Images activity found on page 11 of this
resource booklet.
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Chapter 4: Trade (pages 27-32)
Instructions: As you read this chapter, answer the following questions.
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1.
Question
Why was trading so important to the
Native Americans?
2.
Identify ten items that were traded and
why that item was desirable by the
Native Americans.
3.
Why were beavers so desirable by the
Europeans?
4.
What were the two most desirable items
to trade
5.
Identify the diseases introduced by the
Europeans to the Native Americans.
How were these diseases transported
from one person to another?
Answer
Item
Item
Why was this item desirable?
Who traded it & what
was it traded for?
Why were the Native Americans so
susceptible to the European diseases?
Map Exercise: Complete the Map activity found on page 12 of this resource booklet.
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Chapter 5: Changing Ways of Life (pages 33-38)
Instructions: How did each of these topics change the way of life of the Native Americans?
1.
Crops:
2.
Fighting hunger and disease:
3.
Arts:
4.
Architecture:
5.
Travel and Games:
6.
Beliefs:
Changes: Complete the Compare and Contrast activity found on page 13 of this resource booklet.
Quiz: When all of the activities in this resource booklet are completed, finish the Quiz found on page
16 of this resource booklet.
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Native American Cultures Graphic Organizer
Complete the “web” graphic organizer below by identifying different Native American cultures
and ways of life you knew about before reading this booklet and what additional Native
American cultures you learned about while reading this booklet.
While reading this booklet
Before reading this booklet
Native American
Cultures/
Ways of Life
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Quote Activity
Read the quotes on the following pages and explain what you think each quote means.
Page 4:
Page 7:
Page 15:
Page 22:
Page 31:
Page 38:
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Pictures/Images - Primary Sources
Choose an image (not a photograph) in the Two Cultures Meet booklet (any one – your
choice). Analyze the image and explain the following about the image.
What is the message or main idea of the image you’ve chosen?
What details in the image helps you explains the message of this image?
How does this image support the theme of this story?
What title would you give this image and why?
Are there any details left out of the image that would help you understand the meaning
better? What additional detail(s) would help you understand the message of the image
better?
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Map Activity
Look at the maps on pages 8-15 in the Atlas of Our Country’s. Sketch the routes used by
Europeans to colonize the Americas. Label each explorer’s route using a different color. The
sketch should include where they started from (which European country) and which parts of
the Americas they explored. Routes should include dates of exploration. You may have to
look in the America’s Story textbook for additional information for this map (Chapters 1-4)
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Compare and Contrast
Changes: When Europeans came to the Americas beginning in the 1400s, they met Native
Americans who had been living there for centuries. As you read this booklet think about how
the European cultures were similar to and different from Native American cultures. For each
topic below, compare and contrast these two cultures.
Topic
Europeans
Native Americans
Clothing
food
houses
Use of
animals
Use of
land
trade
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Quick Write Prompt - Language Arts (Grammar) Connection (to be completed throughout the
week):
You are either a member of a Native American tribe or an early European Explorer. Write a
narrative about what interactions you would have with each other.
Narrative Essay: When you write a narrative essay, you are telling a story. Narrative essays
are told from a defined point of view, often the author's, so there is feeling as well as specific
and often sensory details provided to get the reader involved in the elements and sequence of
the story. The verbs are vivid and precise. The narrative essay makes a point and that point is
often defined in the opening sentence, but can also be found as the last sentence in the
opening paragraph.
Use the space below to organize your ideas before writing your letter.
Who are you (Native American or European Explorer)?
What do you need from the other group?
What are you willing to barter for this item?
What will you do with this item if you get it?
What interactions would you have with each other?
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Write your introduction paragraph to your narrative essay in the following space. The remaining
paragraphs should be completed on lined paper and attached to this resource booklet. This
essay should include an Introduction paragraph, 3-5 supporting paragraphs, and a summary
paragraph.
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Quiz: Two Cultures Meet
Complete the quiz below about the story Two Cultures Meet. You may use anything in this
resource booklet to help with this quiz.
1.
Circle the letter of the correct answer.
By the 1400s, Native Americans had been living in the Americas for
a.
about 100 years
b.
about 500 years
c.
about 1,000 years
d.
about 10,000 years
2.
Europeans came to the Americas looking for all of the following except
a.
people to convert to Christianity
b.
new lands to colonize
c.
riches
d.
new foods and better ways to hunt and fish
3.
Conflicts between Native Americans and Europeans resulted from their differing views
about
a.
raising animals
b.
trading for slaves
c.
owning and using the land
d.
treating diseases
4.
The way of life of the Plains Indians changed with the arrival of the
a.
horse
b.
buffalo
c.
French and Dutch traders
d.
other Native American tribes
5.
As a result of the arrival of the Europeans in the Americas
a.
Native Americans became skilled artists
b.
Native Americans learned how to hunt buffalo
c.
Native Americans and Europeans learned new ways to build and farm
d.
Europeans converted to Christianity
Write the letter of the correct definition next to each word.
6. adobe
a. tent shaped like a cone
7. maize
b. fence made of strong posts set upright in the ground
8. mesa
c. flat-topped mountains
9. stockade
d. clay bricks used to build homes
10. tipi
e. corn
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