Native American Tribes & Regions Map Activity | Grades 3–5

Bring history to life with this engaging Early American History lesson and map activity focused on Native Americans in North America! Perfect for students in grades 3–5, this hands-on resource helps kids explore the rich diversity of Native American cultures before European exploration.

Students will:

✅ Learn about 10 major Native American tribes (including the Cherokee, Navajo, Iroquois, Sioux, and more).
✅ Discover the different cultural regions of North America—such as the Southwest, Plains, Northeast, and Arctic.
✅ Use colored pencils to shade and label a map of cultural areas for an interactive geography connection.
✅ Read short, kid-friendly informational text that explains how Native Americans adapted to their environments and kept their traditions alive today.

This printable is ideal for:

• Social Studies or History Units on Early America or Indigenous Peoples
  
• Geography lessons about regions and cultures
  
• Homeschool and classroom settings
  
• Use as a literature tie-in with Native American picture books or read-alouds
  

What’s Included:

• 3 pages of reading and map activity
  
• Student directions and tribe descriptions
  
• Cultural regions map to label and color
  
• Optional enrichment: link to explore tribal lands near your home via native-land.ca
  

Skills and Standards Covered:

• Identify Native American tribal regions and cultures
  
• Understand how geography influenced ways of life
  
• Map skills: labeling, regions, spatial awareness
  
• Aligned with Common Core Reading Informational Text (RI.3–5) and Social Studies standards for Early American History (3.1, 4.1, 5.1)

*This activity is from the full-year Early American History curriculum.