The Native Americans of The Eastern Woodlands

Introduction

On this webquest you will be exploring how the Eastern Woodland Indians lived. You will learn how smart they had to be to live around the time period of 1000 A.D. The three main tribes in the Eastern Woodlands Indians are they Iroqious, The Mound Builders and The Cherokee.

This is a a traditional home for the Native Americans of the Eastern Woodland Indians called a wigwam.

Task

You can choose from any of the projects below.

1. Make a clay or playdo model of a wigwam or a long house. On the intruduction is a picture of a wigwam to find a picture of a long house go to this website. http://naxnox.weebly.com/ew-longhouses.html Make sure that you draw a picture of the wiwam/longhouse and lable the different parts and what materials they used to make the wigwam/longhouse.

2. Either make a traditional Kachina doll out of cloth or draw one on a paper/poster. Explain how they made the doll and why they made them on a seperate peice of paper. Picture of a Kachina doll on the website provided below.

http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/11585/11821013_1.jpg

3. Design a clothing article that the Eastern Woodland Indians wore either on a regual day or when they went to ceromonies.http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/32/d1/f6/32d1f6303677547a817f655e1ddbd023.jpg This picture would be a womens dress for a ceromony. http://www.powwows.com/wp-content/uploads/Lumbee-5-300x290.jpg This would be mens clothing and headdresses

4. You can write a realistic fiction story about your life as an Eastern Woodland. Here is a website about the Eastern Woodland Indians:http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CA4QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitewolve.com%2Fnative_americans%2Findexblok.woodland.htm&ei=CnI8VO2yItSeyASRm4GwCQ&usg=AFQjCNFX3UqiJyk21YEVl7gN8JCo8Cwj0Q&sig2=cT1AI9sWJNN8Bgu3AoSzvQ

Process

These are the steps that you need to follow to complete the task of your choice:)

Model of Dwelling:

1.Look at the pictures provided earlier in the webquest.

2. Choose either a wigwam or longhouse.

3.Get all of the neccesary materials you to make the dwelling.

4. Draw or print the wigwam/longhouse on a paper and label the materials used to make parts of the dwelling. NEEDS TO LOOK REALISTIC!!!!

5. Make the model of the dwelling using the playdo/clay.

Kachina Doll:

1. Look at a picture of a Kachina doll that is the website located in the task section. Make the Kachina doll as the picture shows but with cloth instead of wood and other materials.

2. Get neccesary materials needed to make a Kachina doll.

3. draw the picture of your Kachina doll and label.

4. After drawling and labeling make your doll out of cloth.

draw the marks needed on the doll.

Clothing Article:

1. Look at the pictures provided on the task page.

2. Get neccesary materials needed for this project.

3. Draw the basic outline for the clothing article.

4. Make the clothes either ceromonial or causal.

Realistic Fiction Story:

Instruduce your family
Tell about they ceromonies you go to
What your name is and means
Tell how you help your mother/father everyday with helping make dinner/catching dinner, helping out with younger siblings, ect.
What games you play
What type of dwelling (home) you live in
Your family/tribes beliefs (gods/goddeses)
Where you live in the Eastern Woodland Region

Here is a helpful website for all of the projects:

eastern woodland indians

Evaluation

Evaluation	4 Points	3 Points	2 Points	1 Point	0 points
Dwelling of Home	Home looks realistic and is created appropriate materials; turned in with labeled picture	Home looks realistic and is created with appropriate materials; turned in with ¾ of the labeled items	Home looks somewhat realistic and created with somewhat appropriate materials; turned in with ½ of the labeled on the picture	Home looks un-realistic and created with inappropriate items; turned in ¼ of the labeled items on the paper	Not turned in
Kachina Doll	Made out of cloth looks nice and neat or drawn on a paper neatly; paper is either neatly written or printed; paper is explaining why they made the dolls and how they made them	Made out of cloth nice and neatly and is nicely drawn; paper is written in somewhat neat hand writing or printed; partially explains why they were made and how they made them	Made out of cloth looks average drawn averagely on a paper/poster; paper is written in averagely neat hand writing or printed; barely explains why they made them and how	Made with cloth looks bad and is drawn un-neat; Paper is written in horrible hand writing or printed; doesn’t explain why or how the dolls are made	Not turned in
Clothing Article	Drawn neat and nice and looks beautiful	Drawn somewhat neat and looks pretty	Drawn averagely neat and looks okay	Drawn un-neat and looks bad	Not turned in
Realistic Story	Is very explanation and includes the life of an Eastern Woodland Indian	Is somewhat explanation and includes the life of an Eastern Woodland Indian	Is averagely explanation and partially includes the life of an Eastern Woodland Indian	Is not explanation and does not include the life of an Eastern Woodland Indian	Not turned in

Conclusion

This webquest was created to help teachers and students understand more about the Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands. I hope that you enjoyed my webquest and also enjoyed the project that you chose! Hope that you enjoyed!!

Credits

The creator: Cathryn Conner

Mrs. Burch for encouraging me to create this webquest

Mrs. Kemper for helping create the webquest

Haley Potter and Laurel Vogt for advising my webquest

Made at: Burlington Elementary School home of the eagles