If You Lived With the Iroquois
This book uses paintings and question-and-answer text to introduce students to the traditional life, customs, and the everyday world of the Iroquois, one of the most powerful and influential of the Indian nations, as they used their own natural, capital, and human resources to produce the goods and services that would satisfy their economic wants.
Economic Concepts
- Natural Resource
- Human Resource
- Capital Resources
- Economic Wants
- Production
- Goods and Services
Grade Levels
- Intermediate (4-6)
Related Subjects
- U.S. History
- Geography
- Multicultural
Description of Lesson 3, Indian Producers and Consumers,
From Adventures in Economic and U.S. History, Volume 1
Students read and discuss stories about economic life in three or more Indian tribes. They note the available resources as well as what was produced and how it was produced and used in each tribe.