Big Question

Over the past two days the students were reading short nonfiction stories to answer the following question: How were early Native American cultures connected to the land on which they lived?
They worked on answering this question by themselves, in small groups and as a whole class.  The class answer to this question is stated below.

Native Americans used nature to survive.  They used natural materials, creating tools, clothing and shelter.  They relied on nature for food and water.  Native Americans had to be creative with nature in order to survive.