Market Place Activity: How did the Native Americans adapt to their environment?

This engaging and interactive marketplace activity explores the diverse North American tribes and their adaptations to the environment prior to the arrival of European settlers. Designed primarily for KS3 students, this resource is also suitable for KS4 learners. The activity encompasses a wide range of tribes, including the Inuit in the Arctic, the Fisher-folk of the Northwest Coast, the Hunters of the Great Plains, and the farmers of the Eastern and Southeastern Woodlands.

Students will have the opportunity to record their findings in their exercise books or utilise the provided graphic organizer included in the accompanying PowerPoint. This information is then reinforced through a continuum exercise or one of the three plenary activities included in the lesson.

Upon purchasing this lesson, you will gain access to a comprehensive 17-slide PowerPoint presentation that features clear aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, engaging starters, and plenaries. Additionally, the PowerPoint includes informative slides, historical sources, tasks, activities, writing frames, word searches and missing word activities and templates designed to enhance the learning experience for both upper and lower ability students. For further details, please refer to the preview slides available.

The aims and objecives of this lesson are:

The aims and objectives of this lesson are:
Theme: Native Americans
Know: How did Native Americans live before the arrival of Europeans?
Understand: How the geography of North America effected their way of life?
Evaluate: How successfully did Native Americans adapt to their environment?
Skills: Collaboration, Compare, Contrast & Evaluate

WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Can You Describe: How Native American tribes lived and thrived?
Can You Explain: How the environment affected how they lived?
Can You Assess: How successfully did Native Americans adapt?

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Roy