The Plains Indians: Clothing/Food

Introduction

This WebQuest is going to be going over the Plains Indian's food they ate and the clothes they wore.

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You will navigate your way through this WebQuest and will learn about what the Plains Indians ate, the way they dressed, and why they dressed in a certain way.

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Are you ready to learn about the clothing/food of the Plains Indians? I sure am!

Task

Task: Your job is to research the various types of foods that the Plains Indians ate, the types of clothing they wore and why they wore what they wore.

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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 what the Plains Indians ate and what they wore.

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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 jobs:

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

  1. What was the Plains Indians main source of food?

  2. What two things provided the food and clothing for the Plains Indians?

  3. Describe how the buffalo meat was used by the Plains Indians?

  4. What was considered a common vegetable to the Plains Indians and was a diet staple?

  5. What were some of the animals that were hunted by the Plains Indians?

  6. Describe and draw three tools that the Plains Indians used to help them hunt their meat.

  7. What was the clothing of the Plains Indians based on?

  8. Who were responsible for making the clothing for the tribe?

  9. Descirbe to me the articles of clothing that were worn by the hunters or warriors of the Plains Indians.

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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. What is Pemmican? Describe it for all of us using your own words.

  2. Does the geographical location of the Plains Indians affect what they ate or wore? Provide at least three key points to support your theory.

  3. Were the clothing of the Plains Indians appropriate for the location they settled in? Provide at least three key points to support your answer.

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                               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 Food/Clothing of 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