Native American CulturesSocial Studies 7Mr. Donnelly

Learning Objective & Do Now• Learning Objective: • 1. We will understand how geographic areas

influenced the development of Native American cultures

• 2. We will understand the diversity of Native American cultures, especially with respect to religious faith and land/property ownership

• Do Now:

The Anasazi Native Americans• The earliest people in North America

were hunter-gatherers• By 1500 BC people in the

southwestern part of North America had farm cultures and grew maize• The Anasazi used irrigation to

increase food production in the dry climate• The Anasazi began abandoning their

villages after living in them for hundreds of years

Drought and the Anasazi• Drought, disease, or raids by other tribes may

have caused this• The Anasazi to migrate elsewhere