Nevada Native Seasonal Activities

(Cooperative Lesson)

Activity Goals:

• Students will identify the four seasons of year and the daily activities the Natives performed throughout the year.
• Students will identify probable locations the Natives lived in during different seasons of the year.

Materials:

• Four (4) Student Information Workbooks
• Seasonal Activities Chart (Blackline Masters)
• Nevada Map (Blackline Masters)
• Tribal Comparison Chart (Blackline Masters)

Procedures:

1. Explain to the students the activity goals 1 - 3.
2. Divide the students into their same tribal bands.
3. Identify the four (4) seasons using a transparency or map.
4. Have students decide which season they would like to work on for these activities.
5. Write the topic questions on the board/chart.
   1. Where in Nevada was your tribal band located (N, W, E, S) throughout the year?
   2. What type of areas did you live in (mountains, foothills, deserts, woods, plains or near water)?
   3. Were you hunting, fishing, gathering, or farming?
   4. Did your band live in large or small groups?
   5. How many people were with your band at this time of the year (estimate)?
6. Students will meet in their cooperative groups, plot out activities on worksheet and speaker will only present information for their designated season.
7. Record the information on a comparison chart as each group speaker presents their information .
8. Compare & discuss the charted information.

Additional Activities of Lesson:

1. Students can compare the entire year's activities
2. Students can put the principal foods on the timeline.
3. Students can compare present day to past activities.