Map Concepts:

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National Archives Map Analysis

1700 North American Tribal People

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Nomadic Tribal Movement

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Plains Tribes

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National Archives Map Analysis

Missouri Migrations

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Standing Bear Territory

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Vocabulary:

Culture

The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social groups.

Great Plains

A vast area of plains east of the Rocky Mountains in North America that extend from the valleys of the Mackenzie River in Canada to southern Texas.

Earth Lodge

A dwelling constructed of earth or sod, often supported on a wooden frame, and often placed partially below the surface of the ground.

Semi-nomadic

A member of a people living usually in portable or temporary dwellings and practicing seasonal migration but having a base camp at which some crops are cultivated.

Extension Activities:

1. Students can make a culture gram of the Ponca people throughout the movie. (Ideas such as food, shelter, family, language, religion, music, arts, celebrations and/or beliefs).

Attached (see above) are pictures of earth lodge, chalk bluffs, tipi, etc.

2. Students can interview someone in their class or someone from a different generation within their family about the meaning of “home.”
3. They can present a “compare and contrast” chart demonstrating the similarities and differences between two or more cultural groups in the given categories.
4. Students can turn their chart into a short essay.