Peoples of the Great Plains: Reading Comprehension Worksheet Download
Free social studies worksheets about the peoples of the Great Plains. Students read about the Lakota, Cheyenne, Comanche, Pawnee and other nations, the bison, tipis, and horses, then answer questions.
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Reading Comprehension
Each worksheet has a short passage about the Native nations of the Great Plains followed by 6 questions.
About this worksheet
Each worksheet has a short passage about the Native nations of the Great Plains followed by 6 questions.
Student objectives
- Describe the land of the Great Plains
- Explain how Plains nations used the bison
- Compare nations that followed the herds with nations that farmed in villages
Everyday practice
- Find the Great Plains on a map between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains
- List all the ways you use one thing, the way Plains hunters used every part of the bison
- Talk about how the land where you live shapes the way people live there