Native American Project

 

A Fifth Grade Multidisciplinary Unit

 

 

 

Links:

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/nanav.html

http://www.rr.gmcs.k12.nm.us/domagala.namericans.htm

http://www.cia-g.com/~rockets/domagala.namericans2.htm

http://www.ameritech.net/users/macler/nativeamericans.html

http://www3.pitt.edu/~lmitten/indians.html

http://www.dickshovel.com/Compacts.html

http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/natribes.html

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8962/nainfo.html

http://www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Social_Studies/Cultures/Native_Americans/Tribes/

http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/intro.html

http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/usmapindex.html

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/native.htm

 

Projects

 

You will be completing two projects for the Native American Unit. They are:

 

Flap Books:

 

Each project should contain the following information on your selected tribe:

 

Region:

What part of North American would your tribe be found?

What are the characteristics of this region, for example are there mountain, woods, ocean or deserts?

What was the climate like (hot and dry; cold and wet)?

Did the region have a growning season?

 

Food:

What type of food did your tribe eat?

How did they get their food (hunters, gatherers, farmers)?

Did their food differ according to the seasons?

 

Clothing:

What type of clothing did the members of your tribe wear?

What did women wear?

What did men wear?

Did they have different clothing for different seasons?

Did they have clothes for special occasions or ceremonies?

 

Shelter:

What type of homes did the members of your tribe live in?

What were the homes made from?

Were these temporary or permanent homes?

Did their dwellings depend on the season? How?

 

Interesting Facts:

What facts or interesting piece of information have you discovered about your tribe?

This would include ceremonies and/or customs.

 

Technology Project:

 

Create a hyper card stack using the Hyperstudio Program and the templates provides. Each person will create a five card stack based on the tribe researched.

Card 1 - Introduction Card - name of tribe
 

Card 2 - Location of Tribe - map, type of climate and shelter

 

Card 3 - Diet - include information of how tribe obtained food

 

Card 4 - Beliefs and religion

 

Card 5 - Special ceremonies or other interesting information

 

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