My Indian Life: Pacing Guide

By the end of class today (Wednesday, October 1 st ) you should… -- …be finished gathering all of your research -- … start the introduction to your presentation -- OPTIONAL – start journal entry 1

By the end of class today (Tuesday, October 7th) you should… -- …be finished with your introduction -- … start Journal Entry #1 (tribe background)

By the end of class today (Wednesday 10/8/14) you should… -- …be finished with Journal Entry #1 (tribe background): -- Food -- Clothing -- Housing -- Tribe characteristics -- … start Journal Entry #2 (geography)

By the end of class today (Friday 10/10/14) you should… -- …be finished with Journal Entry #2 (geography) AND have started Journal Entry #3 (weather)

By the end of class today ( ) you should… -- …be finished with Journal Entry #3 (weather)

By the end of class today ( ) you should… -- …be finished with Journal Entry #3 (weather) AND have started your reflection -- …AND started your bibliography (Projects are Due: 10/24/14)

Two Reflections: Reflection # 1 Reflection # 1 – Your “epilogue”/ “future outlook” for you and your tribe. Either “fast forward” into the future and talk a little bit about how your tribe is doing OR Talk about how you THINK your tribe will do in the (not too distant) future.

Father has been coughing more and more, and Mother is worried. We have to assure the kids he is fine as they play games. Uncle, Aunt, and Cousin have been staying with us the last month or two. Aunt is a medicine women and tries to help Father but I get discouraged when she talks worriedly to Mother. I pray to the Great Spirit every night. The future will be OK, but I know I will miss Father if he passes on. When he does, I know he will be the Great Spirit’s special storyteller. and 

Life looks okay from now on. My reasons are: First: the white settlers that have traded with us are nice, but I don’t trust them too much. They only have killed a few buffalo, only that we know of, but they use them for selfish reasons and throw out most parts but the meat. Second: Like every winter, the buffalo migrate. But, when they came back there was not as many. Yesterday, we spotted some white men kill them. We were not very happy, but do not have any fancy guns or anything they have. Third: Father, as I said, has been getting even worse. His coughing is bad and he sits by the fire all night trying to warm up. At first we thought it was a fever but it has lasted too long. My aunt says when I get older I will look just like mother. She says, with a chuckle, I already look too much like her. And when that time finally comes I will be able to cook and “hang out with” with the older women. I am excited for this!!! I will be referred to as a “young woman” instead of a “little girl” FINALLY!!!

Reflection # 2 Reflection # 2 – Step “out of character” and write how you think you did on this project. Some questions to help guide you: -- What are some things you learned from this assignment? -- What aspects of this assignment did you like the most? What aspects of this assignment did you like the least? Why? -- What grade would you give yourself on this assignment? -- What might you do differently if you had to do this assignment again?

I think I will do fine on my project. I know I could improve, but I think I will score an A or a B+. I think I put too many details, but I feel like I got all the important information down. I could improve because I think my story got a little confusing. I was a little disappointed when my work didn’t save.  I had many good resources because the Sioux are pretty popular. A lot of websites featured the Sioux and books, too. It seemed like Mr. Barber could get information on them without too much trouble! I am glad Mr. Barber gave us those templates—they really helped!!!

Finally! This is my last journal entry and I want to thank you for reading my journal. My journal went pretty well but it was really frustrating how it was really hard to find information. I think I did well on this project and hope to get an A because I put a lot of time and effort into this. I even stopped playing on weekends and worked till I finished.