A Web Quest presentation designed for use with upper elementary students, studying United States Social Studies. Designed by Susan Bough

Thousands of years ago the United States was populated by many groups of people referred to as aboriginal peoples, Indians, and Native Americans. These original settlers of the native land were located all across the U.S. and divided into regions: Eastern Woodlands, Great Plains, Southwest, California-Intermountain, and Northwest Coast. The natives had to survive off of the land, and many groups experienced hardships along the way. You will be learning about some of the different tribes and the differences between the regions based on their surroundings and what the lands had to offer.

You will be taking a trip back in time many years ago. You will be placed in a group and become members of a Native American tribe of your choice located within your assigned region. Here you and your group will become tribal experts by researching your tribe’s cultures. You will explore your living environment, climate, shelter, food, resources, and beliefs. You will also be able to locate your tribes location on a map, and provide your neighboring tribes with a personal story of hardship or prosperity that you and your tribe members have encountered. As an individual project, you will also create your own visual display that will model how you lived.

Step 1– Building your tribe and finding your location You will be placed in a team of 4 students and assigned a preselected region. Your team will then have a meeting to decide which tribe your are going to be a part of by looking at the provided map. 5 Native American regions5 Native American regions Team 1: Eastern Woodlands Wampanoag Shawnee Cherokee Team 2: Great Plains Cheyenne Dakota Team 3: Southwest Navajo Hopi Zuni

Step 1– Building your tribe and finding your location (Continued) Group 4: California-Intermountain (Great Basin/Plateau) Ute Pomo Nez Perce Group 5: Northwest Coast Tillamook Chinook As a class we will review the regions and complete the Indian Region Map worksheet.Indian Region Map Step 2– Building a Native American vocabulary You may want to use these Native American vocabulary words to help you with your research, as well as incorporating them into your reports and presentations.Native American vocabulary

Step 3– Prepare for group research and presentation In your groups decide which tribe you would like to live in within your assigned region. Research the following areas: Environment Climate Shelter Food Resources Beliefs Refer to the sources provided for you in the Source Reference Step 4– Make a plan Now that your research is complete, you are ready to construct your written report and prepare for your group presentation. Each member of your tribe must present one of the above areas during your class presentation.

Step 5– Homework: build a visual display After researching your tribes culture and their way of living, pick one detail that you can display as a model for how you lived. This could be a model of your housing, an instrument, a spiritual mask, or even a toy. Be creative. You will also be presenting your individual models during your group presentation. You can refer to ideas from the source reference page for books and websites with ideas. Step 6– Class Presentations On your tribes scheduled presentation day, you and your team will present your written reports to the class, showing your tribe's regional location using the 5 Native American regions map on the overhead. Each team member is required to present a section of your report as well as present your individual visual models.5 Native American regions

Your textbook along with the following books will provide excellent printed sources to help with your research. Addition book resources (will be located in the room) Buller, Laura. Native Americans An Inside Look At the Tribes and Traditions. New York: Dorling Kindersley, Print. Egger-Bovet, Howard, and Marlene Smith-Baranzini. Book of the American Indians. New York: Little, Brown, Print. Haslam, Andrew, and Alexandra Parsons. Make it Work! North American Indians. New York; Thompson Learning, Print. Kalman, Bobbie. Native Homes. New York: Crabtree, Print.

In addition you will use the internet to help retrieve additional information for your research. Below you can find helpful Web-sites that will provide you with interesting facts about your chosen tribe. Just click on your assigned region below to direct you to a list of tribes. Then select your chosen tribe that will direct you to links that will help you with your research: General Web Connections: The Bering Land BridgeThe Bering Land Bridge How the first Native Americans came to Northern America. Native American Art

Team Tribal Resources: Eastern Woodlands Great Plains California/Plateau Southwest Northwest Coast

Exemplary 4Satisfactory 3Weak 2Inadequate 1 Indian Region Map Worksheet Map worksheet complete; answers correct and map carefully filled in with much attention to detail. Worksheet complete; meeting guidelines Worksheet or map is unfinished; not following guidelines and directions to the fullest. Little effort; lacking detail and incomplete work. Completion of Task Superior completion of the task: ideas are well- developed and research is well-organized and constructed properly. Completion of the task: ideas are relevant and research is constructed appropriately. Partial completion of the task: ideas are sometimes irrelevant and construction of the research is not constant. Minimal completion of the task: ideas are clearly stated and construction of the research is not constructed correctly. Comprehension of Subject Located in the Report Text is remarkably comprehensible: Ideas are stated clearly with no questions apparent to the reader. Text is comprehensible: Ideas are easy to follow and stated clearly requiring little clarification on part of the reader. Text is mostly comprehensible: Topic requires some clarification on part of the reader. Text is scarcely comprehensible: Ideas are so poorly written causing the reader to question his/her interpretation. Grammar Excellent language structure: no grammatical errors. Good language structure: minor (less than five) grammatical errors. Fair language structure: some (less than 10 – more than 5) grammatical errors. Unsatisfactory language structure: too many grammatical errors to count. Group Presentation Presentation is above expectations; Shared extensive knowledge and details; well-organized and highly prepared. Informative oral arrangement; sharing knowledgeable information and prepared. Somewhat prepared for presentation; thoughts are there but not presented strongly. Lacking knowledge of the subject; unprepared and uninformative. Group Work Team work extremely well together; shared responsibilities and ideas; stayed on task with no intervention from teacher. Collaborative teamwork; usually on task, sharing ideas and responsibilities; minimal teacher intervention. Got off task some of the time; difficulties sharing equal responsibilities and sharing ideas; frequent teacher intervention. Rarely on task; tasks and responsibilities were not shared equally; teacher intervention required on a daily basis. Visual Display Represents an excellent example of the tribe’s culture; very creative and original display. Model complete; presents a good representation of the tribal culture. Partial representation of tribal culture; lacking creative and detail. Incomplete display; lacking concept and does not present an appropriate cultural example.