Introduction
Greetings natives! In this assignment, you will have the pleasure of being an undercover detective. You will use a time machine to travel back in time and spy on the Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians. This mission will include an amazing journey of learning new things, meeting new acquaintances and making amazing memories. You will need to use clues and evidence to get concrete information. Let's begin!
Task
On this mission, you and your fellow class detectives will travel back to 1710 to explore the lives of the Cherokee, Creek and Chickasaw Indians. You will be in the disquise of a distant cousin of the tribe to come and visit, so dress accordingly. You will need to use any clues and evidence to explain their lifestyles, customs and traditions. To find out the most information possible, it will be a good idea to become great acquaintances with each of these tribes. After gaining evidence, clues and facts about these tribes, you will create a life size brochure to explain each lifestyle to keep on file for future reference. The lifesize brochure will be made on a tri-fold poster board as you and your designated detectives present the information to other detectives in order to reduce crime amongst each tribe.
Process
After first being assigned to groups of 3, you will need to use the websites below to answer these questions for each tribe and present them on your life size brochure. Pay attention to clues and hard evidence.
- What tribe did you investigate?
- Where were they located?
- Name one person who was important like a chief.
- Tell us something interesting about them that makes them important to the tribe.
- What kinds of foods do they eat?
- What are their houses made of?
- How did each individual contribute to the entire tribe such as women, children, and men?
- Give an interesting fact about the particular tribe.
- Include lots of pictures
Fun Facts http://www.ducksters.com/history/native_americans.php
Cherokee http://www.cherokee.org/AboutTheNation/History/Facts/OurHistory.aspx
Creek http://www.bigorrin.org/creek_kids.htm
Chickasaw https://www.chickasaw.net/
Creek http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/cms/lib3/GA01000373/Centricity/Domain/94/d…
Once all the questions have been answered for each tribe, your detective group will come together to add all this information to one brochure with pictures and facts. Be creative.
Evaluation
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Are all questions answered for each tribe in brochure? |
Yes |
Not all |
None |
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Are there pictures representing each tribe? (food, homes, actual Indians) |
Yes |
Not all |
None
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Did students present information in orderly fashion? (each student spoke on their tribe atleast once) |
Yes |
Not prepared |
No
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Did each student research their tribe thoroughly? (students can answer questions about their tribe from teacher) |
Yes |
Not all |
No
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Are facts presented on a life-size brochure? (tri-fold poster board) |
Yes |
No |
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Conclusion
Concluding this assignment, you should now know all about the Three Native C's. You should know the differences and similarities of each tribe. From food, customs and the type of homes they lived in, you as detectives should be able to create a knowledgeable brochure for the profiles of each Indian tribe.
Did you know the Indian tribes did not get along? They actually went to war. Read more about it here :
http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/articles/8/chickasaws-the-unconquerable-peop…