1. Kate Green
ITRT
Suffolk City Schools
2nd Grade – SOL 2.2, 2.4, 2.5
Native Americans:
Powhatan Indians

2. Powhatan Indians
Region
Eastern
Woodlands
Indians
Homes
Powhatan Wood and
bark
houses
Occupations Transportation
Fishermen
Hunters
Farmers
Walked
Paddled canoes

3. Region
Regions: Places that have common (the same)
characteristics

4. The Powhatans
• Pocahontas & Chief
Powhatan
• Lived EAST of the
Appalachian Mountains

5. Homes
• Wood & Bark Homes
• Used Natural Materials to
build homes, make clothes, &
tools (trees, rocks, bones
animal skins, etc.)

6. Living
• Climate: The kind of weather an area has over a
long period of
time
• Land: The shape of the land’s surface
• Environment: Natural Surroundings
Climate
Land
Plant Life
Mild winters,
Hot, humid summers
Rivers, Hills,
Mountains,
Coastland
Forests, Variety of
plant life

7. Occupation
Occupation – Daily Job of an Adult
• Fisherman
• Men & Boys
• Rivers & Lakes
• Hunters
• Men & Boys
• Deer, Small Mammals,
& Birds
• Farmers
• Women & Girls
• Grew - Corn, Beans,
& Squash

8. Transportation
Transportation – How people move from one
place to another.
• Walked
• Paddled Canoes

9. Contributions
Contribution – Things people from the past
have done to make life today easier, today.
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Arts (jewelry, pottery, weaving)
Legends and stories
Respect for nature
Farming

10. Contributions
Contribution – Things people from the past
have done to make life today easier, today.
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Arts (jewelry, pottery, weaving)
Legends and stories
Respect for nature
Farming