Native Places and Adaptations
Match the cards using the notes about Coastal setting, Plains setting, Desert setting and Forest setting.
About 15 minutes, plus any extended practice
Supplied materials
- Paper and pencil; drawing or spoken answers are welcome.
- Topic notes: Coastal setting: a place beside sea water. Plains setting: a broad comparatively open grassland landscape. Desert setting: a landscape with limited precipitation. Forest setting: a landscape with extensive tree cover.
- Original exercise cards: Fictional model community uses nearby marine resources. / Fictional model community lives on expansive grasslands. / Fictional model community conserves scarce rainfall. / Fictional model community uses locally available timber. / A model landscape has broad open grassland. / A model environment has very little annual precipitation. / A model landscape contains extensive wooded areas. / A model settlement borders a sea shoreline.
Learn the idea
Native nations developed diverse relationships with land and resources long before European colonization. Communities adapted differently across coastal, plains, desert and forest settings. Environment influences choices but does not dictate one culture. The fictional illustrations below are geography models, not claims about all Native communities.
Coastal setting: a place beside sea water. Plains setting: a broad comparatively open grassland landscape. Desert setting: a landscape with limited precipitation. Forest setting: a landscape with extensive tree cover.
Use the landscape described: sea coast, open grassland, little rainfall or tree cover. These fictional models do not describe every Native community. Read the notes and the word cards. You can write, draw or say your answer.
- Read the four notes. Find the words Coastal setting, Plains setting, Desert setting, Forest setting.
- Use the landscape described: sea coast, open grassland, little rainfall or tree cover. These fictional models do not describe every Native community.
- Read the worked answer. Then try the other cards and explain which words helped you choose.
- Choose two different examples: one for Coastal setting and one for Plains setting. Explain how their clues differ.
See the method in action
Worked example: The card says: “Fictional model community uses nearby marine resources.” That matches Coastal setting. Coastal setting is a place beside sea water. Compare the note for Desert setting: Desert setting is a landscape with limited precipitation. That is a different clue.
Check your reasoning
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Helpful tips
- Use the landscape described: sea coast, open grassland, little rainfall or tree cover. These fictional models do not describe every Native community.
- If you are unsure, ask an adult to read the card again. Match what this card says; do not add a new event or detail.
See the answer and explanation
Plains setting
The card says: “Fictional model community lives on expansive grasslands.” That matches Plains setting. Plains setting is a broad comparatively open grassland landscape.
Take it further
New card: “A model settlement borders a sea shoreline.” Match it with a note, then point to or say the words that helped. Check: The card says: “A model settlement borders a sea shoreline.” That matches Coastal setting. Coastal setting is a place beside sea water.
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