As students read the article “Peoples of the Coastal Plain,” this graphic organizer will help them develop an understanding of the cultures that existed in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain hundreds of years ago.
Coastal Plain cultures
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Colington |
Cashie |
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| Culture (including burial practices |
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Coastal Plain cultures (teacher guide)
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Colington |
Cashie |
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| Shelter/Settlement |
- Chief’s village was fairly large — other villages in the chiefdom nearby
- Capital villages, common villages, seasonal villages
- Some were stockaded and some weren’t
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- Villages — some stockaded, some not
- Villages, farmsteads, hunting camps
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| Food |
- Agriculture
- Hunting and fishing:
- Shellfish, turtles, alligators
- Gathering:
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- Agriculture:
- Hunting and gathering:
- Hickory nuts, deer, bear, raccoon, possum, rabbit, fish, turtle and terrapin, mussel, and turkey
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| Containers/Tools |
- Pottery made with crushed shells and decorated with fabric impressions
- Arrow points, blades, tools for woodworking, and milling stones
- Bone and shell made into hoes, picks, ladles, fish hooks, sewing awls, and punches
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| Culture (including burial practices |
- Algonkian language speakers
- Pipes for smoking
- Bone, shell, pearl, copper jewelry
- Panther mask for ceremonies
- Chiefs — ruled democratically, controlled larger areas than one village
- Priests — formal religion
- Burial in ossuaries — common burials
- Mortuary temples
- A few burial offerings in some burials
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- Iroquoian language speakers
- Same jewelry as Colington
- Ossuaries were for families
- Each tribe controlled its own politics, there were no chiefdoms
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North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 8
- Goal 1: The learner will analyze important geographic, political, economic, and social aspects of life in the region prior to the Revolutionary Period.
- Objective 1.02: Identify and describe American Indians who inhabited the regions that became Carolina and assess their impact on the colony.
