Introduction
Let's Explore Native American Tribes in Florida
Introduction:
Welcome! You have just arrived in Florida and are ready to complete your mission to learn about Native American tribes that are found here. The Native American culture may be very different from what you are used to seeing, so be ready to take notes on what you learn as you go through this expedition.
Task
As an explorer, you will be learning as much as you can about five Native American tribes in Florida: the Calusa, Timucua, Tequesta, Tocoboga, and Apalachee. You will first go on a scavenger hunt to get a brief overview of each tribe (Scavenger hunt worksheet available for your teacher under Teacher Resources tab). Then, with your table group, you will be assigned to “visit” one of the tribes and learn as much about their culture as you can. Once you have become an expert on your tribe, your group will construct an oral presentation to inform the rest of the class about your tribes way of life. Now go on, begin learning!
Process
Day One
1.You will be in charge of researching information for the five tribes. Using the five tribe tabs located at the top of the website, complete the attached scavenger hunt worksheet.
2. When you are finished, keep the scavenger hunt worksheet at your desk. Your teacher will let you know which one of the 5 tribes you will being an expert on.
Day Two & Three
3. Decide which team members will be in charge of researching information for the following categories:
*Type of homes
*Food/Diet
*Clothing/Appearance
*Community/ Family Roles
Tequesta
http://floridahistory.org/indians.htm
http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/tequest/tequest1.htm
http://www.floridiannature.com/tequesta.htm
http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/tequesta
Calusa
http://www.funandsun.com/1tocf/inf/nativepeoples/calusa.html
http://floridahistory.org/indians.htm
http://www.bigorrin.org/calusa_kids.htm
http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/cur.htm#calusa
Timucua
http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/timucua/timucua1.htm
http://floridahistory.org/indians.htm
Apalachee
http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/apalach/apalach1.htm
http://floridahistory.org/indians.htm
Tocobaga
http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/tocobag/tocobag1.htm
http://floridahistory.org/indians.htm
4. Keep in mind that you will be presenting this information to the rest of the class. You group will have two days in class to organize and research your presentation. Each member will present their individual findings together with a group poster.
A detailed description of the oral presentation and rubric are located under the Evaluation tab at the top of the page.
Day Four
5. Day four will start off with each group presenting their 5-10 minute presentation on their designated Native American Tribe. Each student will be an active listener during other groups presentations and an active participant during their presentation.
6. As the Web Quest activity closure, students will conduct a Mix-Pair-Share. During the Mix-Pair-Share Activity, the teacher will have all students stand up and walk around the classroom. When the teacher says "pair" the students will pair with the student closet to them. Students will use the guiding questions, that are listed on the Activity Closure tab, to discuss and answer questions about different tribes.
Evaluation
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CATEGORY |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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Context |
Show a full understanding of the chosen Native American tribe. Group accurately shows an understanding of housing, food, community/culture, and clothing. |
Show a full understanding of the chosen Native American tribe. Group accurately shows an understanding of housing, food, community/culture, and clothing, but may have 1-2 errors. |
Show a full understanding of the chosen Native American tribe. Group makes many mistakes while presenting about housing, food, community/culture, and clothing. |
The group did not complete the task. |
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Stays on topics |
Stays on topic 100% of the time. |
Stays on topic 90-99% of the time. |
Stays on topic 89-75% of the time. |
It was hard to tell what the topic was. |
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Preparedness |
This group was ready and prepared. |
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The group was somewhat ready and prepared. |
The group was not prepared or ready. |
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Collaboration |
Almost always listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others in their group. Tries to keep people working well together. |
Usually listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others in their group. Does not cause/"waves"/ in the group.. |
Often listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others in their group but sometimes is not a good team member. |
Rarely listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others in their group. Oten not a good team member. |
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Poster |
All information on the poster is in focus and can be easily viewed and delivered. |
Most of the information on the poster is in focus and can be easily viewed and delivered. |
Some of the information on the poster is in focus and some of the content is easily viewed and delivered. |
Much of the information on the poster is uncle |
Conclusion
Closure Activity
For the closure of the WebQuest, perform a Mix-Pair-Share Activity. During the Mix-Pair-Share Activity, have all students stand up and walk around the classroom. When the teacher says "pair" the students will pair with the student closest to them. Finally, the students will share what they learned from the WebQuest using the following guiding questions:
* What do you think is the biggest lesson modern Floridians could learn from the Native American tribes that lived in Florida?
* What did you learn about the Native American tribes that surprised you the most?
*Which of the tribes would you have chosen to live in and why?
*Why do you think that none of these five Native American tribes survived?