1. The Native Americans  Lesson objective: to establish the basic facts about the Natives  A diary has to be kept of the events - do this in Word  Tepees have to be designed  A hunting plan has to be designed.  A way of life: rules for the society to live by (you will do this in lesson 3)  Starter: Use the internet to find definitions for these terms:  Native  Nomadic  Buffalo  Tepee  Try using google or dictionaries online such as  http://dictionary.reference.com/ http://dictionary.reference.com/  http://www.historyonthenet.com/Native_Americans/nativeamericans main.htm http://www.historyonthenet.com/Native_Americans/nativeamericans main.htm

2. Plain Indian’s are nomadic because they survive on buffalo for food shelter and clothes so where ever the buffalo go so do the plain Indians. There are other things to eat as well with the whites and kept all the weapons to themselves. Pupil Example

3. Map Work Task: Find an outline map of America and label it showing how the first people arrived in America Useful websites are: http://gloriastravelplace.wikispaces.com/ http://www.workingdogweb.com/Beringia.htm Image taken from www.bugbog.com/map s/maps.html

4. Timeline Task: Create a timeline showing key events in Native American history – a timeline has been started on the next slide Useful websites: http://www.legendsofamerica.com/NA-Timeline.html http://www.bluecloud.org/43.html

5. Timeline 1834 Great plains set aside as indian territory 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee

6. Lesson 2 - Time Travel Task Imagine that you have been travelling with your group to a destination in the past. The time machine has crashed in 1840 Native America: –Starter: describe where you were heading in the time machine? –What has happened? –Who is in your group? –Describe them. –Go and have a look around. –Where are you? –What can you see?

7. Villages Learning Objective To work in groups, creating a native village based on sioux tribal principles. Use a programme like ‘Paint’ or a programme of your choice

8. Use clip art Use paint and add labels

9. The plain Indians survived by making tepees out of buffalo skin and fur. The tepees were very well adapted for nomadic life it was easy to take down the fires are built inside the tepees in the centre and the smoke escapes through a hole in the top in the small space there are often crowded tepees with 8 or 9 people in them,teepees become really dirty because of this. The job of women was to make the tepees and collect wild fruits berries seeds and plants while the men searched for meat Pupil Example

10. Tepees The teepee opening always faced east. The outside of the teepee is sometimes decorated with paintings of animals, stars, or other objects. The plains Indians had little furniture. Their beds were made from buffalo robes, skins with the hair left on. They also had back rests. Food, clothes, and belongings were stored in par fleches. A par fleche was made of buffalo hide. Pupil Example

11. 3 Interesting Facts About the Pawnee Pawnee name derived from Caddoan pariki, meaning “horn”. Men were excellent hunters. They hunted quail, raccoons, skunks, and prairie chickens. Pupil Example

12. Lesson 3 – Native American Society Starter Using Word, produce a factsheet on the Sioux natives... the following website may be useful - h ttp://www.americanwest.com/pages/indians.htm h ttp://www.americanwest.com/pages/indians.htm How did they live? What did they eat? How did they dress? What belief did the have? Did women do the same jobs as men? Save the file in your folder.

13. Lesson 3 – Native American Society Development In your group produce a charter (a set of rules) for your society members to follow:

14. Lesson 3 Native American Society Plenary Create a chart comparing the different ways of life.. Sioux way of Life European Way of Life Suggested websites.. http://www.localhistories.org/19thcent.html http://www.historyonthenet.com/Lessons/worksheets/ americanwest/Indians_whites_lifestyles.doc

15. Lesson 4 – Buffalo Hunting Lesson objective To produce an account of a buffalo hunt Starter Find a picture of a buffalo and research how it was used by the native Americans

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18. Lesson 4 – Buffalo Hunting Development Design a hunting plan for your tribe (group); every member of the tribe must have a role in the Hunt. Use pictures/images to show what the Hunt will be like. Type detailed descriptions. Useful website: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ buffalo.htm

19. Lesson 4 – Buffalo Hunting Plenary Discuss in your group, the importance of the buffalo to the Native American Way of Life. Make a note of your discussion in word and save it in your folder. Share your discussion with another group.

20. Lesson 5 – Native American Women Learning objective To show the role of women in Native American society and how this compared to men. Google some images of native American women.

21. Lesson 5 – Native American Women Starter – Past vs modern Create and complete a simple table showing women’s roles Suggested website: http://photoswest.org/exhi b/gallery4/daily.htm Native American Women Modern Women

22. Lesson 5 – Native American Women Development – Diary entries Research native women’s lives and then create diary entries for the women within your group members [one day in their life] and what is expected of them... for example, looking after the tepee.

23. Lesson 5 – Native American Women Plenary – Find the evidence! Find some quotes from Native Americans on the Internet and compare them to your diary entries. Suggested website: http://www.sapphyr.net/natam/index.htm Swap with another group member compare your findings….

24. Lesson 6 – Native American Battles Lesson objective To write about a Native American battle Starter But first, make a glossary of key terms and definitions you have learnt so far in this unit. Look through your saved work and pick out key words.

25. Lesson 6 – Native American Battles Development Research Battles/Wars – for example, the Battle of Little Big Horn. Suggested website: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ battle_of_the_little_big_horn.htm Create a newspaper report on a Key battle, using text and images. Choose a suitable programme to design your report.

26. Lesson 6 – Native American Battles Plenary Type up a summary of what you have experienced whilst stranded in the Native American World.