Introduction
Welcome to Mr. Feldstein's WebQuest!
Today we are going to be researching about the Iroquois nation in North America to understand how their government worked as well as how they interacted with colonists.
Task
Starting from the first question, work as a team to discover the answers on your worksheet. You should look through the link attached for each question and fill in the answer on paper as you work through.
Process
COVENANT CHAIN
http://web.pdx.edu/~caskeym/iroquois_web/html/covenantchain.htm
1- What is a good definition of a covenant? (Find yourself, HINT: it is not religious)
2- What types of matters (3) were decided between the Iroquois and the Colonists?
3- What is a Guswenta?
4- Is the Covenant Chain permanent? How often would the two groups get together and review their agreement? WHY?
IROQUOIS MAN
http://web.pdx.edu/~caskeym/iroquois_web/html/iroquoisman.htm
5- What 3 things did the Iroquois men primarily spend their time doing? Who owned the land?
6- What was known as the “Three Sisters” to the Iroquois Indians WHY??
7- What was the purpose of the False Face Society? How could the colonists use this to their advantage?
IROQUOIS WOMEN
http://web.pdx.edu/~caskeym/iroquois_web/html/iroquoiswoman.htm
8- What 4 parts of Iroquois culture were women “the keeper of”?
9- What was so weird about ownership status for Iroquois men and women? (How is it different from colonial culture?)
COLONIAL MAN & WOMEN
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yGmWe80czuOrGpSL8K6W6BWZG32vciTV/view?usp=sharing
10- New England Colonists were primarily?
10a-But they also had to master several other trades (2) such as ?? WHY??
11- The 3 most important buildings in a village or town?
12- Why did so many colonial women when captured by Indian tribes, not want to return to colonial society?
13- Why did women make their supplies of candles in the fall? What is tallow?
FUR TRADERS
http://web.pdx.edu/~caskeym/iroquois_web/html/furtrader.htm
14- What does it mean to barter with someone? (might have the find yourself)
15- How did the Iroquois and other Indian tribes begin to lose or totally lose their culture by trading with whites?
16- What trade goods were the most harmful to the Indian tribes? WHY??
17- What plea did Chief Scarrooyady make to the white traders? WHY??
18 - Fill out this question at this link - https://www.menti.com/5qin9ds446
EXTRA CREDIT
If time permits, using the link on fur traders, answer the bonus questions at the bottom of your sheet.