Eastern Woodland Indians
Lesson 4: Tribal Villages

Subjects:  Social Studies, English/Language Arts, Art, Computer Technology

Learner Outcomes:

1. The students will identify ways of life of five Eastern Woodland Indian tribes, how they lived, and the products they made to help them survive.
2. The students will go an a scavenger hunt on the Internet to find answers to predetermined questions.
3. The students will make a diorama to show how their particular tribe lived and will create things that they used.
4. The students will create a collaborative Powerpoint presentation.

Materials:  multi-media computer,  printer, twigs, leaves, rocks or stones, soil, pieces of fabric, beads, fishing string, paint, clay

Technology/Tools/Courseware:  multi-media computer with Internet, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, printer, digital camera

Teacher Notes:

• A nature walk will be scheduled to collect additional materials for creating a diorama.
• Secure computer lab for three 60 minute periods.
• Allow lower ability students to pair with higher ability students for recreation of tribal villages.

Day 1: Introduce five Eastern Woodland Tribes (Iroquois, Delaware, Cherokee, Powhatan, and Algonquian) and discuss how each tribe lived and the products each tribe made to help them survive.  Go over goals, objectives, and activities for the lesson and a timeline for the next three days.

Activity 1: The students will go to QUIA and complete a scavenger hunt.  When they have completed all of the questions, they will print a hard copy to be turned in for a grade at the end of the lesson.

Activity 2: The students will be placed into five groups.  Each group will be assigned one of the five tribes to research (Iroquois, Delaware, Cherokee, Powhatan, and Algonquian).  The students need to bring their hard copy from the scavenger hunt with them.  They will compile a brief narrative of their assigned tribe.  Their narrative should include things that were used in everyday life and the materials that they used to make them.

Day 2: Discuss goals and objectives for the day.

Activity 1: The students will type their narratives on Microsoft Word.  After it is typed, they will print out a hard copy and turn it in.

Activity 2: Each group will report on the assigned tribe and tell what kinds of things they made that they used in everyday life.

Activity 3:  The class will go on a nature walk to collect needed materials to complete their diorama of the tribal villages.  The collected materials will be stored.

Day 3: Discuss goals and objectives for the day.

Activity 1: Assemble materials brought from home and list what is still needed.

Activity 2: The students will expand upon replicas of their dwellings and create a village that represents their assigned tribal group.

Activity 3: The students will give an oral presentation of their diorama of the tribal villages.

Day 4: Discuss goals and objectives for the day.

Activity 1: The students will take a picture of their diorama with the digital camera.

Activity 2: The students will create a collaborative PowerPoint presentation.

• Refer to any special education student's IEP for modifications.
• Groups of students should represent mixed ability levels (1 high, 1 average, 1 low) for creating a brief narrative of tribal groups.
• Allow lower ability students to pair with higher ability students for recreation of tribal villages.

Enrichment Activities:

• Students can add clip art to their narratives.
• Students can use PrintShop, Sierra PrintArtist, or clip art to add to their PowerPoint presentation.
• Students can add sound to the slides of their PowerPoint presentation.
• Lost Little Bear WebQuest

• The scavenger hunt will be graded by the teacher.  Teacher Answer Key
• This lesson will be assessed using a Rubric.

West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives (IGO's):

Listening/Speaking:  3.13, 3.14, 4.13, 4.14, 4.16, 4.17, 5.2, 5.4
Writing:  3.42, 3.43, 4.50, 4.51, 5.54, 5.56
Language:  3.57, 3.58, 3.64, 3.67, 4.69, 4.70, 4.75, 4.78, 5.95
Social Studies:  3.40, 4.31, 5.27, 5.33
Computer Technology:  3.84, 3.85, 3.91, 3.53, 4.94, 4.95, 4.99, 4.101, 4.52, 4.53, 5.59, 5.180, 5.183
Art:  3.7, 3.8, 3.20, 4.20, 4.22, 5.6

Social Studies
2.  Knows geographical settings, economic activities, food, clothing, homes, crafts, and rituals of Native American societies long ago (e.g., Iroquois, Sioux, Hopi, Nez Perce, Inuit, Cherokee) Language Arts

Writing
4.  Uses electronic media to gather information (e.g., databases, Internet, CD-ROM, television shows, cassette recordings, videos, pull-down menus, word searches)

Listening and Speaking
1.   Contributes to group discussions
7.   Makes basic oral presentations to class (e.g., uses subject-related information and vocabulary; includes content appropriate to the audience; relates ideas and observations; incorporates visual aids or props; incorporates several sources of information)

Technology
1.   Knows the basic functions of hardware (e.g., keyboard and mouse provide input;  printer and monitor provide output; hard and floppy disk provide storage; the cpu   processes information)

References:

Websites:

Native American Tribes
Creation of a Nation
QUIA
Powhatan History
Powhatan Indians of Virginia
Powhatan Indian Village
Native American Technology and Art
Cherokee Indians
Cherokee History
Delaware Tribe of Indians
Algonquian History
Algonquian and Great Lake Tribes
Eastern Woodland Indians
Lost Little Bear

Student Resources:

Computer

Internet

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

PrintShop (optional)

Sierra PrintArtist (optional)

Carol Rush
Lesa D. Hines
Lois Stewart
Glenville Elementary School
Glenville, WV  26351