North America Native Americans

Introduction

Long ago, North America was very different from the way it is today. The first people arrived in North America from Asia by crossing a land bridge that temporarily connected the continents. Since these were the first people to live in North America, they are known as Native Americans. After the Native Americans have lived in the North American continent for a few thousand year, they were living all over the continent. The continent was split up into five cultural regions. A cultural region is an area in which people share some ways of life. Each region had different natural resources, climate, shelter, and transportation. Where they lived affected all of this.

This Webquest will focus on the five cultural regions: Northwest, Southwest, Great Plains, Southeast, and Northeast.

Task

You have already been split up into five groups and assigned a region. Your group will be given a brochure and you will have to look up information about the region you were assigned, and put it in the brochure.

Focus on the following information:

Location- Where is the region?

Food/Diet- What did they eat and how did they get the food?

Transportation- How did they move from one place to another?

Climate- What was the weather typically like?

Two to three Facts your group finds interesting

Process

  1. Organize the brochure the way you want it to look.
  2. Find out the information that is needed.
  3. Look up the information using credible websites (not Wikipedia).
  4. Put the information in the brochure.
  5. Decorate the brochure.
  6. Be ready to present when we get to that region in class

Evaluation

CATEGORY

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Content - Accuracy

All content throughout the presentation is accurate. There are no factual errors.

Most of the content is accurate but there is one piece of information that might be inaccurate.

The content is generally accurate, but one piece of information is clearly flawed or inaccurate.

Content is typically confusing or contains more than one factual error.

Spelling and Grammar

Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors.

Presentation has 1-2 misspellings, but no grammatical errors.

Presentation has 1-2 grammatical errors but no misspellings.

Presentation has more than 2 grammatical and/or spelling errors.
         

Cooperation

Group delegates tasks and shares responsibility effectively all of the time.

Group delegates tasks and shares responsibility effectively most of the time.

Group delegates tasks and shares responsibility effectively some of the time.

Group often is not effective in delegating tasks and/or sharing responsibility.

Requirements

All requirements are met and exceeded.

All requirements are met.

One requirement was not completely met.

More than one requirement was not completely met.

Conclusion

Now that you have finished your brochure, you are ready to present all the information you have learned to the class!