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1 An introduction to American Indians L/O To understand that the tribes of American Indians in the United States are diverse

2 Key Words Aboriginal American Indian Tribe Diverse Homogenous

3 What is an Indian? Make a spider diagram listing the characteristics of an Indian. American Indian

4 How Society sees the Indian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGYFRzf2 Xww https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGYFRzf2 Xww https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSJKoOa RZmE (up to 1 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSJKoOa RZmE

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6 Indians as a homogenous group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSJKoOa RZmE (3:30) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSJKoOa RZmE Why are ‘Indians’ called Indians?

7 Tribes / tribal groups South Western Pueblo: Zuni, Hopi etc. Northern Plains: Sioux, Cheyenne, Pawnee etc. Pacific Coastal: Haida, Salish etc. Eastern Woodlands: Iroquois

8 Pueblo

9 Sioux

10 Haida https://www.youtube.com/watch ?feature=player_embedded&v=N _gYjQw9Bf4

11 Iroquois

12 Group Task Read through the fact sheets on your Tribe/Tribal Group Make a table of the key features of your Tribe Imagine you are a member of that Tribe and you have just met Columbus. Write a speech to Columbus telling him about your tribe. Be prepared to present your speech/letter to the rest of the class Class discussion: what differences/similarities can you see between the different tribes?

13 Extension Pick another groups tribe Q1: What are the differences/similarities between your Tribe and on of the others? Q2: Does this mean that American Indians are all the same (a homogenous group)? One/two paragraph(s)


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