Main Idea and Supporting Details- Haudenosaunee Round 1

What is the best main idea statement for the section "Growing Food"

• The main idea is growing food.

• The main idea is that young boys and girls worked with their mothers.

• The main idea is that corn was an important crop.

• The main idea is that the Haudenosaunee were skilled in growing crops.

Which detail supports the following sentence: The Haudenosaunee were clever growers.

• "Young boys and girls worked with their mothers."

• "Corn was the most important crop."

• "The Haudenosaunee often planted corn, beans, and squash together in one field. The cornstalks provided a pole for the beans to climb."

• "The size of each longhouse depended on the clan's size."

Which key detail supports this sentence: The Haudenosaunee figured out unique ways to use foods.

• "Corn was the most important crop."

• "They gathered and prepared food and tended fields."

• "They dried the corn and ground it into corn flour. They used the corn flour to make corn bread..."

• "These crops provided most of the food that the Haudenosaunee ate."

You have read Growing Food, Roles of Men and Women, and Beliefs and ceremonies- which of the following would be a good main idea for all of these sections combined??

• The main idea is that Haudenosaunee worked the land.

• The main idea is that the Haudenosaunee had very active lives.

• The main idea is that Haudenosaunee lived in longhouses.

• The main idea is that they had very active lives.

Which key detail supports this main idea: Men and Women's roles were both important to the Haudenosaunee tribe?

• "Men performed many jobs for the village."

• "Boys had to learn many skills,"

• "They learned the best places to find wild foods and many ways to cook the foods."

• "The girls learned to weave baskets and make clay pots."

Which key detail does NOT support the main idea- "The roles of each member of the tribe were important."

• "The girls learned to weave baskets and make clay pots."

• "Men were often gone for a month or more on hunting, fishing, or trading trips."

• "Boys had to learn many skills."

• "To hunt that traveled long distances on foot..."

Mrs. Schenk gave you a hot tip to help find the main idea of a text. What is that hot tip??

• Rephrase the question.

• Use the heading or the title to help you determine the main idea.

• Reread the text over and over and over.

• Ask a neighbor for help!

Main idea is the same as...​ ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• gist
• topic sentence
• supporting detail
• wrap up sentence
• Transition word

Key details are the least important details

• True

• False

Which key detail supports this main idea?

Clan mothers were important to the Haudenosaunee tribe.

• "This connection was important..."

• "Their children became member's of the mother's clan."

• "After a couple married, they went to live with the bride's family."

• "If the young man was strong and a skillful hunter, the clan mother usually approved the marriage."