Introduction
Fourth-graders will learn about the Native American Tribes that lived in America and the impact their way of life had on history. This exploration will help students understand the way of life that the different tribes led in the past and the students will compare /contrast their way of life today.
Keywords: Native American, Tribes, Reservations, Traditions, Trail of Tears, Moccasins, Teepee, Wigwam
Task
Students will be divided into groups of four students at each table group using the jigsaw activity strategy, each student will have a role or duty in the group. Each group will research the history of the Native American tribes that they were assigned. Topics of research include where they lived, how they lived, traditions, food, the way of dress, their customs and how ilife has changed from their ancestors. The tribes will be the Southwest Hopi, Plains-Pawnee, and the Southeastern- Seminole.
http://www.history.com/topics/native/American/history
http: www.scholl.eb.com/elementary/article?articleld=353264&query=hopi&ct=
http://www.school.eb.com/elementary/article?articled=390828
http://www.bigorrin.org/pawnee kids.htm
http://www.school.eb.com.elementary/articleld=353756&query=Seminole&ct=
Process
You will be divided into five groups of four students. Each group will be assigned a specific tribe to research. You will have a have journey chart to use and fill in with information when moving from one group to the next. Your task is to research the topic for 20 minutes then you will break up into groups that researched the same topic, for example, the students that found information on food will compile their information, the students that had customs and traditions will do the same and etc. The goal is once you have gone to all five jigsaw groups you will come back to the original group and share the information with each other making sure the travel charts are filled out. Lastly, you will compare /contrast the tribes from the information that was gathered.
Day one:
Students will view a Brain Pop video on the topic Native American tribes
https://www.Brain Pop.com
Each student in the group will have a chart with the headings, " history of each tribe, the daily lifestyle, weapons, hunting, and the roles the Native American family", to research.
Day two:
Students will continue to research information for creating a slide show or power point to share with the class at the end of the week and create a display board from the information they have gathered.
Day three:
Vocabulary will be introduced the students will understand the importance of the Native American tribe's history, students will create a vocabulary flow chart with the words Native American, Reservation, Traditions, and Customs, Tribes, Teepee, Wigwam, Moccasins, Trail of Tears. The students will be in discussion groups to share thoughts and ideas and collectively create a K W L chart.
Day four:
Students will revise all charts and conduct peer reviews on their information for the beginning of the class then each student will meet in their groups to create an art project of your choice from Pintrest or google sites such as Pawnee art, rain sticks or Seminole pottery samples will be provided.
Day five:
Students will give oral presentations on the what they learned about their tribes to share with the class. The charts and artwork will be displayed throughout the classroom. I will have a question quiz on the information the students have gathered and the class will take the quiz after listening to all the presentations and viewing displays.
Evaluation
The questions will be the assessment and the completion of the assignments.
Questions
1, Depending on the tribe you researched, where in the United States did the tribe live and what is your tribe's name?
2, What materials did the tribes use to build their homes and what type of dwellings were they?
3, What types of foods did they have and how did they hunt?
4, Give a brief description of your tribes daily life and give a definition of what your tribes' name meaning is.
5, What is a Reservation?
6, What did the Trail of Tears mean for the Native American way of life, how did it change their way of life?
7, What is the largest Native American Tribe today and where are they located?
8, What part of this week learning activities helped you to understand the life and history of the Native American Tribes?( there is no right or wrong answer to this Question)
Conclusion
My hope is that all students will have an understanding of the Native Americans and their way of life and the impact they have on the world from the past up to the way of their life today. I also would want the students to have a greater respect for what they endured to survive.