Warm-upIf you could live anywhere in Texas, where would you live and why would you want to live there?

Native Texas and its peopleUnit 1

The 4 Regions of Texas

Gulf Coastal Central PlainsGreat PlainsMountains and Basins

The Great Plains

The Great PlainsMajor Cities

• Midland

• Lubbock

• Amarillo

• San Angelo

The Great PlainsClimate (weather)• Dry air

• Tornadoes

• Less than 20 inches of rain per year

• Windy

The Great PlainsWildlife (Plants & Animals)• Cactus

• Mesquite

• Horny Toad

• Snakes

• Prairie dogs

The Great PlainsEconomy (How they make money)

• Oil and Natural Gas

• Farming

• Ranching

Native Tribes of the Great PlainsApaches

Comanches

Kiowas

Native Tribes of the Great PlainsApache

• Skilled Buffalo Hunters

• Lived in Teepees

• Nomadic

• Two different Groups in TX.• Mescalero Apaches

• Hunters• Lipan Apaches

• Farmers

Native Tribes of the Great PlainsComanche• The “Lords of the Plains”

• Skilled Horseback riders

• Fearless Warriors

• Skilled Buffalo Hunters

• Nomads

Native Tribes of the Great Plains

Kiowas

• Skilled buffalo hunters

• Wrote their history on their teepees

• Most feared warriors on the plains

• Nomadic

Warm-up Imagine you had to move from place to

place in order to find food and water. List 3-5 things that you would take with you and way. (No Cellphones)

Mountains and Basins

Mountains and BasinsMajor Cities• El Paso

• Pecos

Climate• Driest part of

state

• 8 in of rain per year, 20 in mt.

• Hot days, cool

nights

Mountains and BasinsWildlife

Economy

• Mountain Goats

• Cattle

• Sagebrush

• Ranching- Cattle, sheep, goat

• Farming- Cotton, fruit, veg.

• Some Oil and Gas

Native Tribes of the Mountains and BasinsJumanos

Tiguas

Native Tribes of the Mountains and BasinsJumanos• Pueblo Tribe (adobe

houses)

• Farmers- grew cotton and corn

• One of the only tribes to use cotton as a clothing source

• Made Cotton clothes and blankets

Native Tribes of the Mountains and BasinsTigua

• Pueblo Tribe

• Skilled pottery makers

• Farmers and Hunters

• Storytellers and artists

Warm-upWould you rather live in a teepee or an adobe house? Give at least 3 reasons why you think that your choice would be better than the alternative.

Coastal Plains

Coastal PlainsMajor Cities• Houston

• Dallas

• San Antonio

• Corpus Christi

Coastal PlainsClimate

• Hot and damp, humid

• Tornadoes, hurricanes

• 30-55 inches of rain per year

Coastal PlainsWildlife

• A wide variety of plants and animals

• Plants- Marshes and swamps, trees, etc…

• Animals- Alligators, Deer, Bald Eagles and hundreds of other birds, Otters, etc…

Coastal Plains

Economy• Oil and Gas is first

and foremost

• Fishing and other oceanic activities

• Houston is one of the biggest ports in the world!

Native Tribes of the Coastal Plains Coahuiltecans

Atakapans

Karankawas

Caddo

Native Tribes of the Coastal PlainsCoahuiltecans• Nomadic hunters

• Fisherman

• Had a diet that consisted of bugs, snakes, fish, spiders, etc…

• Considered “dirty and smelly”

Native Tribes of the Coastal Plains

Atakapans

• Mainly farmers- heavily relied on corn

• Used dug-out canoes for fishing vessels (boat)

• Used alligator grease as a mosquito repellant

Native Tribes of the Coastal Plains

Karankawas

• Hunters and Fisherman

• Used dugout canoes

• Cannibalistic

Native Tribes of the Coastal PlainsCaddo• Women had control in

the tribe

• Farmers and hunter/gatherers

• Tattooed their bodies

• Located in East TX.

• Made beautiful pottery

Warm-upLook at this village scene. Create an average day in the life of this coastal plains native american.

Central Plains

Major Cities

• Fort Worth

• Austin (the Capital)

• Waco

Central PlainsClimate

• Subtropical- can rain up to 50 inches each year

• Humid

• Possible flooding because of the many rivers located in the Central Plains

Central PlainsWildlife

• Blue bonnets

• Bobcats

• Deer

• Turkeys

DebateNow that we have gone through

each region and all the natives that you must know, We will have a little debate over which one is the best. I will assign you a group and either a region or tribe and you will compete against the other teams in a debate.