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Their Lives & the Land Around Them
A Web Quest for Third Grade (Social Science) Designed by: Suzanne Bannon
Introduction| Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | MA Standards We all love to go to museums to learn about the past. Now it's your turn to teach us about some very important history. Pretend you are a historian at a living history museum. In order to do your job well, you need to understand what the past was like. You will need to travel back in time. You are now living as a Native American during the time before the colonists arrived. Think about these questions as you travel: How is your life influenced by the land around you?
How does your tribe meet the basic needs of life? What traditions and aspects of your culture will be represented in the future? The Task You will be a member of one of the tribe's below. Your tribe will present a final project using HyperStudio. Your tribe's slide show will be shared with fellow classmates to teach them about your tribe's culture and daily activities. 1. First you'll be assigned to a tribe of 3-4 members by the chief (your teacher). 2. You will then meet and decide which members will be responsible for each category of your tribe's summary chart. See the diagram below for an example of the chart.
3. You will each then read and research the information about your particular tribe independently. As you research, you will fill in a chart just like the one above. Your chief will give you a chart to fill in for this task. You will find the appropriate links below. Pay special attention to the categories that you've volunteered for. ANASAZI TRIBE LINKS:
*Take a guided tour through Mesa Verde National Park. *Find out many interesting facts and view pictures. *What is a kiva used for? Take a 3-D tour to find out. (Anasazi Archeology in the Virtual Tours section.) POWHATAN TRIBE LINKS:
*What different jobs did men and women have? *What did the village look like? IROQUOIS TRIBE LINKS: *What kind of environment did this tribe live in?
*What specific crops did they grow? YUROK TRIBE LINKS:
*What was their daily life like? *What does another student think about this tribe? WAMPANOAG TRIBE LINKS:
*What is the culture of this tribe? *What specific foods did this tribe enjoy? *Read what tribe members have to say about life before the colonists? COMANCHE TRIBE LINKS:
*Life on the Interior Plains for the tribe of warriors *What was the Comanche village like?
4. Once finished with your research, you will open up a copy of your tribe's summary chart, using Microsoft Word, and fill in the information that you were responsible for (example: homes & environment). 5. As part of the research process, you are required to develop one specific question pertaining to your tribe. This question will be e-mailed to a Native American discussion board. You will hopefully receive an answer quickly so that you can include this information in your slide show presentation. 6. Once all members of your tribe have completed their section(s) of the summary chart, it now time to meet and discuss what you've learned. Share your information and discuss any concerns or unanswered questions. 7. If all tribe members are satisfied with the information you have gathered, it is now time to plan your HyperStudio slide show. 8. Your slide show must contain the following slides: *ALL SLIDES MUST CONTAIN AN ILLUSTRATION, TEXT & A TITLE WITH THE TRIBE MEMBER'S NAME.
Once your research has been completed, you will have searched some wonderful web sites, used your imagination to create a very informative piece of a slide show, and most importantly, be very well informed about what life was like for a specific Native American tribe. The final task will be to complete a reflection piece about your experiences with the WebQuest and HyperStudio slide show. You will type your reflection using Microsoft Word and it will include a digital picture taken during your presentation. You may keep this reflection piece as a lasting memory of your hard work! The following are resources that can be used to accompany this webquest: Krensky, Stephen. Children of the Earth & Sky Krensky, Stephen. Children of the Wind & Water Communities: Adventures in Time & Place. McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Massachusetts Standards Addressed in WebQuest Learning Standard 1: Chronology and Cause. Students will understand the chronological order of historical events and recognize the complexity of historical cause and effect, including the interaction of forces from different spheres of human activity, the importance of ideas, and of individual choices, actions, and character. Core Knowledge & Skills: Students understand cause and effect, the relations between events. Learning Standard 3: Research, Evidence, and Point of View. Students will acquire the ability to frame questions that can be answered by historical study and research; to collect, evaluate, and employ information from primary and secondary sources, and to apply it in oral and written presentations. They will understand the many kinds and uses of evidence; and by comparing competing historical narratives, they will differentiate historical fact from historical interpretation and from fiction. Core Knowledge & Skills: They describe different kinds of evidence we have from both Native American and English settlements in Massachusetts that show how each people lived. Learning Standard 9: The Effects of Geography. Students will learn how physical environments have influenced particular cultures, economies, and political systems, and how geographic factors have affected population distribution, human migration, and other prehistoric and historical developments, such as agriculture, manufacturing, trade, and transportation.
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