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Grade 3 Social Studies · World 3: First Nations · Level 21
The Northeast
The woodlands: longhouses, deer, the Three Sisters, and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 21
- The Northeast: thick forests, lakes, and rivers, with cold, snowy winters.
- In the thick forests, people hunted deer, fished, gathered nuts and berries, and tapped maple trees for syrup. They farmed the Three Sisters: corn, beans, and squash.
- The Haudenosaunee built longhouses of bark over wooden poles, where several related families lived together. They wore deerskin and paddled birch-bark canoes.
- Five Haudenosaunee nations, the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca, joined in a league of peace called the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. A sixth nation, the Tuscarora, joined later.
- Nations of the Northeast include the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), the Lenape, and the Wampanoag. 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.