Native Americans

Introduction

Welcome to the New Native American Museum! We are delighted that you are interviewing for a job with us. To demonstrate your skills in this field, we are asking you to work with your future team mates to create an exhibit on the Native American tribes of a given section of the United States. Candidates, we wish you luck!

Task

You need to make a presentation to the museum board about Native Americans in one region of the United States. You will work together with a team of five historians.

Each team will be assigned one region to become experts on. You will create a presentation to share what you have learned about the tribes in your region. The regions are: Northwest, Southwest, Great Plains, Southeast Woodlands, and Northeast Woodlands.  The Indian tribes of each region, though different, had many things in common.

There are certain areas that you will need to research in order to gain a thorough understanding of your region and how Native Americans adapted to and survived in their surroundings.

 

Each historian in your group will become an expert in one research area.

The questions to guide your research are:

  • What tribes were in your region? What geographical features were they living among? Who are some notable members of tribes of that region? What are these tribes doing today?
  • How did they obtain food?
  • What did they use for shelter and transportation?
  • What sort of clothing and technology did they have?
  • What were their customs and traditions?
  • When did they come into contact with Europeans? What happened when they did?
Process

Step 1: Have each team member choose one of the following areas to become an expert on in your region: 1 class period

  • Tribes and geographical features expert
  • Food and hunting expert
  • Shelter and transportation expert
  • Clothing and technology expert
  • Customs and traditions expert
  • Interaction with Europeans

Use the research questions to guide your research.

Step 2: Use the links to websites below to help you in your research. Organize the information obtained from your research using the graphic organizers for notes. You will be working independently while doing the research portion. Each team member should have his or her own computer. 2 class periods

Step 4: When everyone on your team has completed their research, you will meet as a group to begin organizing and creating your project. 1 class period

Step 5: Your group will create a power point to present to the class. 1 class period.

Recommended Websites:

All Regions

http://www.learner.org/interactives/historymap/indians.html- gives information about many tribes of Native America. Once you are on the page, click on Discover more about the major Indian tribes that   lived in North America before the arrival of Europeans. until you find your region.

Northwest

http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/northwest/

http://www.oregonpioneers.com/indian.htm

Southwest

http://www.crowcanyon.org/EducationProducts/pueblo_history_kids/introduction.asp

http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/southwest/

http://www.impurplehawk.com/apache2.html

Great Plains

http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/plains/

Northeast Woodlands

http://whitewolve.com/native_americans/indexblok.woodland.htm

Southeast

http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article-287502/Southeast-Indianshttp://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/southeast.html

http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/se/mtsi/

Evaluation
Evaluation Rubric
  1 2 3 4 Score
Researches the chosen area of your teams assigned region. Shows knowlegde of assigned aspect of Native Americans in your region by completing your section of the project. Inclomplete section of project. Does not include example or picture. Gathers and summarizes some relevant information and completes project section. Uses bullets rather than paragraphs and has some convention errors. Includes 1 example or picture. Gathers and summarizes relevant information and completes project section. Uses complete sentences, paragraphs, and has few convention errors. Includes 1 example OR picture. Gathers and summarizes relevant information and completes project section. Uses complete sentences, paragraphs, and has no convention errors. Includes 1 example AND picture.
Produces an artifact that relates to Native Americans in their researched region. Artifact is incomplete OR does not relate to a tribe in reseached region. Creates original artifact using little creativity and neatness. Difficult to relate to a tribe in researched region. Creates original artifact using creativity and neatness. Artifact relates to a tribe in researched region. Creates more than 1 orignial artifact using creativity and neatness. Both artifacts relate to a tribe in researched region.
Presents project and artifact to the class demonstrating knowledge of Native Americans in researched region. Does not present project. May or may not present artifact. Presents project demonstrating some knowledge of Native Americans in region. Uses limited facts and details. Explains artifact but does not explain its significance. Demonstrates knowledge of Native Americans in region by using relevant facts and details. Explains artifact and its significance. Demonstrates extensive knowledge of Native Americans in region by using relevant facts and descriptive details. Explains artifact and its significance.
Works cooperatively with team members while completing project. Uses class time effectivley  Does not manage time without constant re-direction from teacher. Does not work cooperatively with team. Somewhat manages time while working independently on research, working on project.Often needs re-direction from teacher. Effectively manages time while working independently on research, manages time working on project. Needs little re-direction from teacher. Effectively manages time while working independently on research, manages time working on project. Needs NO re-direction from teacher.