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 * 4th Grade Native Americans Virtual Museum**

Directions:
Open Microsoft Word to answer these questions. Be sure to label each question number in Microsoft Word. When you are finished, save the document and print it out to give to your teacher.


 * Video Introduction - These videos are found on United Streaming.**

Different tribes:
Eastern Woodland Native Americans - Algonquian Native Americans - Iroquois Native Americans

Native American Clothing
http://www.native-languages.org/clothing.htm http://www.nativetech.org/clothing/regions/region1.html http://www.nativetech.org/clothing/regions/region1.html http://www.nativetech.org/clothing/moccasin/detail/lenape.html http://www.nativetech.org/clothing/moccasin/moctext.html

Use the websites above to answer the following questions:
1. What were some of the items of clothing Native Americans wore? 2. What was used to make the clothing? 3. What are and how were moccasins made?

Tribal Languages
media type="youtube" key="pklSYu6NhDk&hl=en" height="355" width="425" The above video shows the Mohawk language while making cornbread.

Types of Housing
http://all-kids.us/canoes.jpg http://www.rom.on.ca/schools/longhouse/village1.php http://www.nativeamericans.com/Wigwams.htm http://www.native-languages.org/houses.htm

Use the websites above to answer these questions:
4. Which group of Native Americans lived in Wigwams? 5. Look at the pictures of wigwams. What is the shape of most wigwams? 6. What materials were used to make wigwams? 7. Which group of Native Americans mostly lived in longhouses? 8. What was the main difference between longhouses and wigwams? 9. What was purpose of the second story in a longhouse? 10. If an entire clan lived in one longhouse, how did families have any privacy? 11. How are longhouses today different from those of the past?

Types of Transportation


What if you have to move or get to a neighbor's house? You probably use a car, ride a bike, or even take a plane. These were all not options for the Native Americans of long ago. How would you travel? What would you do?

12. Take a moment to write a few ways on how you think the Native Americans traveled.

Visit the following website and then answer the questions that follow:
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761570777_37/native_americans_of_north_america.html

13. How did Native Americans create dugout canoes? 14. What were the types of trees that worked best for creating bark canoes?

Types of Food
http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/iroquois/food.html http://www.lenapelifeways.org/lenape1.htm

15. What were the Lenape Indians three most important crops? 16. How did the Native Americans preserve food during the winter months? 17. What type of weapons did the Native Americans use for hunting?