The Plains Indians: Buffalo

Introduction

This WebQuest is going to be going over the Plains Indian's buffalo.

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You will navigate your way through this WebQuest and will learn why the Plains Indians hunted buffalo, what they used the buffalo for, and how horses affected how the Plains Indians hunted the buffalo.

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Are you ready to learn about the importance of buffalo to the Plains Indians? I sure am!

Task

Task: Your job is to research the various reasons why the Plains Indians hunted buffalo.

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You will go through the websites answering questions provided on the next page. The goal is for you to gain a deeper understanding of the importance fo the buffalo to the Plains Indians and how they hunted the buffalo.

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At the end of the classtime, we will share out our important information that we learned.

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Process

Here is your job:

Please open these following websites in different tabs.

On another laptop pull up this WebQuest so you can look at the questions below.

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Here are some questions that you need to answer. Be ready to share your information out with the whole class.

  1. Describe for me in your own words, what a buffalo looks like and weighs.

  2. True/False: The buffalo was the main source of food for the Plains Indians.

  3. Besides buffalo what else did they hunt?

  4. Why did the Plains Indians follow the buffalo migrations?

  5. In the beginning years of the 1800's there were approximately how many buffalo in the United States.

  6. Describe one of the tricks that the Plains Indians used to catch a buffalo.

  7. According to the Sioux Indians, a tribe of the Plains Indians, you had to be how old to hunt buffalo?

  8. How did the introduction of horses to the Plains Indians affect their method of hunting buffalo?

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After you find all of the information to the questions provided, I would like for you to answer the final questions.

  1. Read this quote: "The buffalo is our money. It is our nly resource with which to buy what we need and do not receive from the government. We love them just as the white man loves money." Write a short paragraph (3-5 sentences) explaining the importance of the buffalo to the Plains Indians.

  2. List at least 20 different ways that the Plains Indians used all of the parts of the buffalo to better their tribes.

Evaluation

Items to be Graded:

How well you worked with your group                       1 to 5 points

How well you did your research                                1 to 5 points

The correct answer to questions in the 1st half          1 to 5 points

How detailed your answers to the 2nd half                5 to 10 points

Total Points Possible                                               25 points total

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Conclusion

Now you are done doing your WebQuest over the importance of the buffalo to the Plains Indians.

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You have done a wonderful job. I hope that you have learned a lot of information about the Plains Indians. Be ready to share your answers to the whole class so they can be as knowledgeable as you are.

Credits

Images from google.com