1. Draw a Plains Indian in your book and label it with stereotypes.
STARTER
Draw a Plains Indian in your book and label it with stereotypes.
Think about stereotypes in films and books.
Think about who they are today
Have stereotypes changed?
Stereotype: A widely held view of someone or something

2. Who were the Native Americans?
To identify the key aspects of the lives of the Native Americans
To use sources to evaluate Native American lifestyle
To evaluate ways in which the Native American Way of life would cause conflict with the Whites

3. TASK Use the green and white books to do further research!
In pairs you will be given images that show different aspects of the Native American way of life.
What you can see?
What does it infer about the Native American way of life?
You will then present your findings to the rest of the class (maximum 2 minutes)
The images were drawn by George Catlin, an artist who was fascinated with the Native Americans. In the 1830s he travelled West and lived and worked with Native American tribes

4. Example

5. Example

6. Band of Sioux moving camp1

7. Battle between Sioux and Sauk and Fox2

8. Breaking down the wild horse3

9. Chief and his family 5

10. Comanche Lodge of Buffalo Skins4

11. Sun Dance by Catlin 6

12. Dog feast by Catlin 1869 7

13. Buffalo Hunt Chase with bows and lances 1832-33

14. Comanche village, women dressing robes and drying meat 1834-18359
Comanche village, women dressing robes and drying meat

15. 10
Catlin and his Indian guide approaching buffalo under white wolf skins

16. 11
Buffalo Dance,  1845

17. Bear Dance by Catlin 12

18. Mandan Scalping an enemy13

19. Medicine man performing his mysteries over a dying man14

20. Scalp dance of the Sioux15

21. What key elements of Indian lifestyle may cause them to clash with whites?
Hunting?
Warfare?
Beliefs?
Culture?
Lifestyle?

22. TASK:
Complete lifestyle section of blue booklet p.22 – 26 of green book