Land and Early Societies
Grade 3rd Grade · Social Studies · 30 min
What's Included
Learning Objective
• We are learning to describe how physical features of the land affected how early societies lived. • We are learning to explain how Indigenous communities in Canada developed sustainable practices related to the environment. • We are learning to compare environmental relationships in early societies to our own relationship with the environment today.
Warm-Up Video
Miacademy & MiaPrep Learning Channel · 9:42
Adapting to the Environment - How Geography Shaped Native American Cultures
Guided Notes
3 key concepts
- 1
Indigenous means the earliest group to inhabit a land, or a group that existed there before colonizers arrived.
- 2
People make decisions about how to live based on their environment, and these choices are called adaptations.
- 3
The three geographic regions highlighted in this video are the temperate, arid, and arctic regions.
Practice Questions
3 questions · Multiple choice & Short answer
Exit Ticket
Quick comprehension check
“Name one way that the Inuit people adapted to the cold, icy environment in which they lived.”
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