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This video lesson for US History students summarizes the key chareristics of the cultures of the major Native American people groups in North America (Arctic, Plains, Northeast/Great Lakes, Southwest, Southeast) the time of European cont. Native American tribes had a variety of different lifestyles that were influenced by the environment on different sections of the North American continent.\r
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The new AP US History curriculum places greater emphasis on history prior to 1607. This lecture was designed to familiarize students with this material, which has not been covered in-depth in most classrooms in the past.\r
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This lecture aligns with APUSH Key Concept 1.1 and should appear in chapter 1 in most APUSH textbooks.\r
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Key Concept 1.1: As native populations migrated and settled across the vast expanse of North America over time, they developed distinct and increasingly complex societies by adapting to and transforming their diverse environments.\r
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