American Indians

Introduction

Second Grade Geography-

American Indians

Close your eyes. What do you think of when you think of when you hear the word, "Indian"?

Do you think of indians in movies or on tv?

In this lesson, we are going to be learning all about three different types (tribes-groups of indians in a particular area) of indians that could be found in the United States.

Task

We will be locating three different tribes of American Indians.

The three tribes are the: Pueblo Indians, Powhatan Indians, and the Lakota Indians.

Have you ever heard of any of these indian tribes?

VA-SOL.SS.2.4. B> locating the regions of the Powhatan, Sioux, and Pueblo Indians on United States maps;

Objective:

Given information on the American Indian Tribes, the student will play an interactive game and be albe to locate the Pueblo, Lakota, and Powhatan Indian tribes using certain clues and a state-labeled United States Map.

Process

Let's identify these 3 tribes!

Follow along on your notes to create a foldable just like I've filled in the information on here!

Powhatan Indians

This group of indians is located in the area of the united states where we currently have the state Virgnina.

Do you know where this state is? Lets take a look at a map and locate this state.

Now lets see if you found the region!

The Powhatan indians are found in the part of the map that is green. Only the very far right sidein Virginia. Were you right?

We call this the eastern region of the United States.

Lakota Indians

This group of indians is located in the area of the united states where we currently have the states North Dakota, South Dakota, Nabraska, Wyoming, Montana.

Do you know where these states are? Lets take a look at a map and locate these states.

Now lets see if you found the region!

The area indicated in yellow, orange, and red is the area native to the Lakota Indians. Were you right?

We call this the northern region of the United States.

Pueblo Indians

This group of indians is located in the area of the united states where we currently have the states New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas.

Do you know where those states are? Lets take a look at a map and I want you to locate these states.

Now Let's see if you found the region!

The area indicated in yellow is the area native to the Pueblo Indians. Were you right?

We call this the southwest region of the United States.

Follow this link to do the next activity!!!

http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=xb6fe8f952b814010a6fbc4183bea13fc

Now I would like you to point to the different regions on the map and identify which tribe is located in each region without looking at the information above.

Evaluation

I will be evaluating the students' mastery of the material by their ability to point/draw on the map, indicating each region and tribe name correctly, name the states where the tribe is located, as well as naming the region of the United States. This will be worth 12 points total.

Locating On A Map : American Indians

Teacher Name:

Ms. Jones

Student Name: ________________________________________

CATEGORY	3	2	1	0
Locate each tribe's region on a U.S. map	The student successfully located all three regions on a blank U.S map.	The student located two of the tribes' regions on a U.S map.	The student located one of the tribes' regions.	The student was unable to locate any of the tribes on a U.S map.
Name the region in the U.S where each tribe is located	The student successfully named the general region of the U.S where all three tribes are located.	The student the named the general region of the U.S where two of the tribes are located.	The student named the general region of the U.S where one of the tribes are located.	The student was unable to name the general region of the U.S where any of the tribes are located.
Identify and spell the tribes' names correctly	The student successfully identified and spelled the name of each tribe	The student identified and spelled the name of two of the tribes.	The student identified and spelled the named one of the tribes.	The student was unable to identify and spell the name of any of the tribes.
Name the states that each tribe is in	The student successfully named all the states that each tribe is located in.	The student named most of the tribes that the tribes are located in.	The student named very few of the states that the tribes are located in.	The student named none of the states that the tribes were located in.

Date Created: Apr 10, 2014 08:55 pm (CDT)

Conclusion

Pretend you are a Pueblo Indian. How do you act? Where do you live? Practice being a Pueblo indian to someone at home and explain to them all you know about your tribe.

Credits

Check out these resources!

Fun interactive game

http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=xb6fe8f952b814010a6fbc4183bea13fc

Sources I used to find information on the tribes:

http://www.bigorrin.org/pueblo_kids.htm

http://www.bigorrin.org/lakota_kids.htm

http://www.bigorrin.org/powhatan_kids.htm

Teacher Page

To go through this webquest, students should follow the directions as they are listen in the process section. The Task introduces the material and the process includes a short game for students to play to help them become more familular with the different tribes. Follow the rubric the way it is stated to evaulate students' understading of the material. If you would like to find some of the inforamtion I used to make this webquest, refer to the Credits section.