Native AmericansPower Point Presentation

By

Kris Rone & Sara Wagner

Native Americans Level: Fourth Grade Unit includes:

Field Trip to Sunwatch

Village

Native American Legends

Totem Poles and Dreamcatchers

Mapping of Native American

Regions

Individual reports

including presentations

Objectives The students will study Native American

lifestyles by going on a field trip to Sunwatch Indian Village.

The students will learn about Native American culture by listening to and writing their own legend, making a totem pole, and creating a dreamcatcher.

Objectives cont’d The students will locate the various Native

American regions on a North American map.

The students will study all aspects of tribal life by researching and reporting their findings in presentation format to their fellow students.

Field Trip

Field Trip Objective

The students will study Native American lifestyles by going on a

field trip to Sunwatch Indian Village.

Sunwatch Indian Village National Historic

Landmark 800 year-old Indian

village Built by the Fort Ancient

Indians Located near the Great

Miami River http://www.sunwatch.org/

Field Trip Materials

Permission slips signed by parents Packed lunches (drinks will not be

provided) Cameras (optional) Notebook and pen or pencil

Field Trip Agenda Arrive at Sunwatch Village

at 10:00am. In small groups (4-5

students), tour village with a chaperone from 10:00am--12:00pm.

Lunch from 12:00pm--12:30pm.

Class discussion from 12:30pm--1:30pm.

Arrive back at school at 2:15pm.

Field Trip Foci Types of dwellings Artifacts--pottery,

drawings, weapons Cultural practices--

religious beliefs, family structure, tribal hierarchy

Legends and folklore

Field Trip Assessment Active participation in

village tour (e.g. active interest, asking questions)

Contributions to class discussion

Written summary on field trip experience

Native American Legends

Legend Objectives Students will learn about Native American

culture by listening to and writing their own legend.

Students will learn about Native American culture by creating their own totem pole.

Students will learn about Native American culture by creating their own dreamcatcher.

Legend Materials Brother Eagle, Sister

Sky by, Susan Jeffers Writing paper and pen

Legend Materials cont’d.

For Totem Poles: Paper towel holders Markers, crayons Feathers, buttons and

other decorative items glue

Legend Materials cont’dFor dreamcatchers: Thin wood Colorful yarn Feathers Colored beads

Legend Assessment Students will be assessed on the neatness,

originality and creativity of their legends, totem poles and dreamcatchers.

Spelling and grammar will also be assessed, but to a lesser degree.

Native American LegendsRelated Websites

http://www.ocbtracker.com/ladypixel/legend.html

http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html

Native American Homelands

Homeland Objectives

Students will be able to locate the five Native American regions located in the present-day United States and list some of the tribes that inhabited those regions.

Students will study all aspects of life and culture of a tribe of their choice. They will be asked to research this tribe and present their findings to the class in presentation format.

Homeland Materials Research materials Native American clothing to dress up as a

tribe Computer to type report Native American visual aids for use during

report

Native American Regions Pacific Northwest

California Intermountain region

Northern coastal region Plateau region

Southwest Southeast Eastern Woodlands Plains

Pacific Northwest RegionPlateau region

Walla-wallaYakamaSpokane

Northwest Pacific CoastChinookHaidaNootka

Intermountain regionPaiuteUteShoshone

Southwest Region Hopi Navajo Papago Pima Zuni

Eastern Woodland Region Iroquois Huron Ojibwa Winnebago Algonquin Potawatomi Shawnee Delaware

Southeast Region

Cherokee Creek Seminoles Chocktaw Chickasaw

Plains Region Sioux Cheyenne Arapaho Comanche Omaha Pawnee Crow Osage

Homeland Assessment Students will be

assessed on their accuracy of mapping the Native American regions.

Students will be assessed on the completeness of their tribal research and presentation.

Native AmericansRelated Websites

http://www.nativetech.org/ Native American arts and crafts

http://www.channel-e-philadelphia.com/nattopics.html : Native American timeline

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/pacific/pacintro/html : Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest