United States Native Americans
The first big project this year is on a Native American tribe, in which students will have to become "experts" as they will need to teach the rest of their class what they discover. This is a group project where the students may choose to work with from 1 to 5 other people, however their individual grade is not based on what the other group members produce. Each person in a group will sign up for 1 or more specific areas of research for the tribe and they will be graded solely on what they themselves produce.
Each 5th grade group will choose a tribe from a different region to research: Southwest, Plains, Northeast Woodlands, Pacific Northwest, Southeast, Arctic, Mexico or Pacific Islands. The 4th grade groups will choose a Wisconsin tribe. The project consists of two parts: a report and a presentation. The group report will contain a title page, table of contents, information pages produced for each section and a bibliography to be turned in within a report folder.
All members of the group will need to participate in the presentation, speaking about their area(s) of expertise. There should be a poster to hang up during their presentation with a title (their tribe's name) and a picture for each sub-area, along with any necessary captions.
Please see the downloadable project directions located at the bottom of the page.
These links may provide useful information to help students with the project:
Native American Resources - http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Thanksgiving/Native.html
Kid Info Native American History - http://kidinfo.com/american_history/Native_americans.html
Native American Tribes - http://native-languages.org/languages.htm
Index of Native American Nations on the Internet - http://hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAnations.html
Individual Native Nations - http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/nations.html
Native Web Database - http://nativeweb.org/resources.php?type=1
Native American Website for Kids (only has info on Cheyenne, Inuit, Navajo and Kwakiutl) -http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/ALVE/NativeAmerhome.html/nativeamhome.html
The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian - http://nmai.si.edu/home/
The Hawaiians - http://www.hawaiihistory.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ig.page&CategoryID=305
The Aleut - http://www.aaanativearts.com/alaskan-natives/aleut.htm
The Official Seminole Tribe Website - http://www.semtribe.com/Culture/
The Seminole - http://www.indians.org/articles/seminole-indians.html
Seminole Tribe Museum - http://www.ahtahthiki.com/Permanent-Exhibits-Seminole-Tribe-FL-Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki-Museum.html
Facts for Kids: The Wyandot/Huron - http://www.bigorrin.org/wyandot_kids.htm
Wyandot/Huron - http://www.nanations.com/wyandot/history.htm
The Huron - http://native-american-indian-facts.com/Northeast-American-Indian-Facts/Huron-Indian-Facts.shtml
The Haida - http://www.angelfire.com/ca/janechaos/haidapaper.html
The Encyclopedia (Haida) - http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Haida.aspx
The Pomo - http://www.bigorrin.org/pomo_kids.htm
Pomo Indians of Northern CA - http://www.mendorailhistory.org/1_redwoods/pomo.htm
The Pomo People - http://www.kstrom.net/isk/art/basket/pomohist.html
The Mojave - http://www.bigorrin.org/mojave_kids.htm
Mojave Indian Tribe Facts - http://native-american-indian-facts.com/California-American-Indian-Facts/Mojave-Indian-Tribe-Facts.shtml
Mojave Fact Card - http://factcards.califa.org/cai/mohaveandquechan.html
Yokut Fact Card - http://factcards.califa.org/cai/yokuts.html
Yokuts Indians - http://www.tularecountyhistory.org/Yokuts/Index.htm
Yokuts Culture and History - http://www.native-languages.org/yokuts_culture.htm
Many Native American Resources - http://www.kstrom.net/isk/mainmenu.html
Each 5th grade group will choose a tribe from a different region to research: Southwest, Plains, Northeast Woodlands, Pacific Northwest, Southeast, Arctic, Mexico or Pacific Islands. The 4th grade groups will choose a Wisconsin tribe. The project consists of two parts: a report and a presentation. The group report will contain a title page, table of contents, information pages produced for each section and a bibliography to be turned in within a report folder.
All members of the group will need to participate in the presentation, speaking about their area(s) of expertise. There should be a poster to hang up during their presentation with a title (their tribe's name) and a picture for each sub-area, along with any necessary captions.
Please see the downloadable project directions located at the bottom of the page.
These links may provide useful information to help students with the project:
Native American Resources - http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Thanksgiving/Native.html
Kid Info Native American History - http://kidinfo.com/american_history/Native_americans.html
Native American Tribes - http://native-languages.org/languages.htm
Index of Native American Nations on the Internet - http://hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAnations.html
Individual Native Nations - http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/nations.html
Native Web Database - http://nativeweb.org/resources.php?type=1
Native American Website for Kids (only has info on Cheyenne, Inuit, Navajo and Kwakiutl) -http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/ALVE/NativeAmerhome.html/nativeamhome.html
The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian - http://nmai.si.edu/home/
The Hawaiians - http://www.hawaiihistory.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ig.page&CategoryID=305
The Aleut - http://www.aaanativearts.com/alaskan-natives/aleut.htm
The Official Seminole Tribe Website - http://www.semtribe.com/Culture/
The Seminole - http://www.indians.org/articles/seminole-indians.html
Seminole Tribe Museum - http://www.ahtahthiki.com/Permanent-Exhibits-Seminole-Tribe-FL-Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki-Museum.html
Facts for Kids: The Wyandot/Huron - http://www.bigorrin.org/wyandot_kids.htm
Wyandot/Huron - http://www.nanations.com/wyandot/history.htm
The Huron - http://native-american-indian-facts.com/Northeast-American-Indian-Facts/Huron-Indian-Facts.shtml
The Haida - http://www.angelfire.com/ca/janechaos/haidapaper.html
The Encyclopedia (Haida) - http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Haida.aspx
The Pomo - http://www.bigorrin.org/pomo_kids.htm
Pomo Indians of Northern CA - http://www.mendorailhistory.org/1_redwoods/pomo.htm
The Pomo People - http://www.kstrom.net/isk/art/basket/pomohist.html
The Mojave - http://www.bigorrin.org/mojave_kids.htm
Mojave Indian Tribe Facts - http://native-american-indian-facts.com/California-American-Indian-Facts/Mojave-Indian-Tribe-Facts.shtml
Mojave Fact Card - http://factcards.califa.org/cai/mohaveandquechan.html
Yokut Fact Card - http://factcards.califa.org/cai/yokuts.html
Yokuts Indians - http://www.tularecountyhistory.org/Yokuts/Index.htm
Yokuts Culture and History - http://www.native-languages.org/yokuts_culture.htm
Many Native American Resources - http://www.kstrom.net/isk/mainmenu.html
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