Context Clues (5.RI.4)
Their migration to North America, however, may make them the ancestors of the people we call Native Americans."
family, relatives, great-great-great-great grandparents
1. Why don't we know for sure why or how the first people to North America got here?
2. What evidence from the text did you use to make your inference?
Something like:
We don't know because there was no way to document back then. I know because the text says it was "thousands of years ago" and "it may have formed an ice bridge"
Which key detail DOES NOT support: "Agriculture changed the lives of the earliest North Americans."
a) With more reliable sources for food, they didn't need to move around so much.
b) Agriculture is raising plants and animals for food.
c) The nomads traveled from place to place instead of settling in one place.
b) Agriculture is raising plants and animals for food.
What is an appropriate MAIN IDEA of the first paragraph in the article?
Historians aren't sure how the ancestors of the Native Americans came to North America.
What is the meaning of the word "nomads" in the sentence:
"We do know that the earliest North Americans were nomads. They traveled from place to place instead of settling in one place."
Someone who travels instead of building a house and staying in it
If the "ice bridge" theory is incorrect, how could the first Native Americans have arrived in North America?
boats?
Besides having a fresh water source, how could living by the river meet the tribe's needs?
water their crops, take care of water needs of humans and animals, fishing
What is an appropriate MAIN IDEA for the 3rd paragraph?
"As they began to look for more permanent homes, they paid attention to the resources of specific locations."
"It was important to the first Native Americans that the permanent home be near water."
What is the meaning of the word "adapt" in the sentence:
Every time a group moved into a different natural environment they had to adapt to the climate and resources of that area?
adjust, change
What might be a BENEFIT of living life as a nomad?
Possible answers:
Could travel to where the prey goes
Could move with the seasons to good weather
Could run away from enemies
What did groups have to change each time they moved? Please refer to the text and provide three key details.
1. clothing
2. type of home
3. food they ate
What key details prove how the earliest people were able to form permanent settlements? Use the text and give three details.
They learned about agriculture
They learned to settle near water sources
They learned to rely on and adapt to natural resources
What is the meaning of the word "region" in the sentence:
"The clothing they wore ... depended upon the region in which they lived."
land, area, space, location
Why did tribes in different areas live in different kinds of houses? What evidence from the text helped you make that inference?
They built homes that fit the environment and with the natural resources that were available. I know this because the text says, "Every time a group moved into a different natural environment they had to adapt to the climate and resources of that area"
What is the main idea of the entire article?
The earliest people to migrate to North America began as nomads but later created permanent settlements as they learned to plant crops and depend on the natural resources.
* They were adventurous and wanted to explore. I know this because the text says, "Perhaps [the nomads] were adventurous and wanted to explore. It also says "people were still slowly migrating to other areas".