If you are native to this continent, this is a good place to start. The North American continent has every biome and much diversity. Many of the plants and animals will be familiar to the children and some will be surprising. We used the indigenous tribes of the Navajo and Inuit to represent the desert and the polar regions. The Cajun culture is native to the wetlands of the Bayou. The Amish people of the temperate forest model a sustainable lifestyle. The highland Mayans live in the mountains and the Iowa farm family lives in the grasslands.