The Northwest

Forests and rivers full of salmon: cedar plank houses, canoes, and totem poles.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 18

The Northwest: a rainy coast with tall cedar forests and rivers full of salmon.
Every year, salmon swam up the rivers, and people caught and dried enough to last all year. The forests gave giant cedar trees.
From cedar, people built big plank houses shared by several families, carved dugout canoes, and carved totem poles that told family stories. They wove soft cedar bark into capes and rain hats.
Families held potlatches, great feasts where the hosts gave gifts to their guests.
Nations of the Northwest include the Tlingit, the Haida, and the Kwakwaka'wakw. They are still here today, keeping their languages and traditions alive.

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:

SS3H1.a — Locate the regions where American Indians settled in North America: Arctic, Northwest Southwest, Plains, Northeast, and Southeast.
SS3H1.b — Compare and contrast how American Indians in each region used their environment to obtain food, clothing, and shelter.