Settled Tribes: The Caddo and Jumano

Students brainstorm what people need in order to survive. Then they learn about the Caddo and Jumano people in Texas. Next they compare the houses of these two tribal nations and how the materials reflect how each group adapted to the environment. Finally they take a closer look at the Caddo culture and write a short report about an aspect that interests them.

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Overview

In this experience, students brainstorm what people need in order to survive. Then they learn about the Caddo and Jumano people in Texas. Next they compare the houses of these two tribal nations and how the materials reflect how each group adapted to the environment. Finally they take a closer look at the Caddo culture and write a short report about an aspect that interests them.
If you have access to leveled readers about the Caddo, the Jumano, or another sedentary group of indigenous people, assign them to the students in parallel to this experience.

Estimated duration: 40-50 minutes

Discovery Reading

A printable Discovery Reading is included in the student pack as a support for understanding the experience’s core content and concepts. This Discovery Reading is not necessary to complete the experience and serves as an optional support resource.

Vocabulary Words:

These vocabulary words are used in the experience or connect closely to the standards and content students examine. Students should understand these terms as they work through the experience.

sedentary: settled in one place instead of moving from place to place.
confederacy: a group of communities that join together as allies; the Caddo were organized into three confederacies.
mound center: a place with large earthen mounds where the Caddo held ceremonies and built important public and religious buildings.
adobe: a building material made mostly from clay mixed with water and straw, then dried in the sun.
pueblo: a style of home in the Southwest, often built from adobe bricks.
adapted to the environment: changed the way people lived or built homes to use the natural resources and conditions around them.

Objective

Describe the life and government of the Caddo and Jumano people in Texas.

Engage

Some indigenous people in what is now Texas were sedentary, which means they settled in one place, often in villages. In this lesson you will focus on two of the indigenous groups that settled in Texas, the Caddo and the Jumano.

Objective

Describe the life and government of the Caddo and Jumano people in Texas.

Texas map showing the locations of eight major tribes

Map of Indigenous tribal nations in Texas

What are the basic needs that people have to have in order to survive? To say more than one word, separate them with a comma like: cat, dog, fish.

Post your answer

Human beings have certain basic needs. They must have food, water, air, and shelter to survive. If any one of these basic needs is not met, then humans cannot survive.

In this experience, the focus will be on food, water, and shelter.

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