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"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents,
it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our
Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children."
Ancient Indian Proverb
INTRODUCTION
We believe that the original people of North America arrived thousands
of years ago. Many names have been used to describe these people. We will
refer to them as Native Americans or Indians. During the last several
hundred years, these Native Americans have suffered many hard times, often,
unfortunately, when coming into contact with the "newly" arrived European
Immigrants.
As you explore the various activities included in this webquest, try to
get a sense of where the Indians were in their beliefs, what caused
differences in their lifestyles, how important the earth and nature were to
them, and their interactions with other groups of people.
Task
You will be working in pairs. Together you will gather information on the
Kwakiutl, Cheyenne, and Navajo tribes through internet sites that have been
selected for you. A worksheet will be provided for you to gather the
information about the Kwakiutl, Cheyenne, and Navajo tribes. The worksheet
will be filled out by one person in your team. The other person is
responsible for reading the material on the internet sites. Be sure to help
one another.
We will start with the Kwakiutl tribe. Find information and fill out the
worksheet and be sure to include an illustration. This will help you later.
After you have accumulated all of the information for the three tribes,
each student will write a poem called, "Kwakiutl, Cheyenne, and Najavo". Each
section will also have illustrations that you have created using a drawing
program on the computer.
Process
1. Have a worksheet, clipboard, pencil, and colored pencils at your
workstation.
2. Start with the links for the Kwakiutl tribe. Read over the material and
fill in the worksheet and include illustrations. The more detail you have,
the easier it will be to complete the activity later on.
3. Write the poem for the Kwakiutl tribe on the back of your worksheet. Use
the worksheet to help you with your ideas. The poem needs to be 6-8 lines
long. Lines 1 & 2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6, and 7 & 8 need to rhyme. See the link for an
example of the poem.
4. Type the poem in Microsoft Word. Be sure to save it in your folder. You
will be adding to it throughout the coming weeks.
5. Each team member will be using a drawing program to illustrate your tribe.
The illustration should include-clothing, shelter, food, habitat and tools.
You may include other illustration if you would like to. Each illustration
should be labeled as well.
6. Continue this process for the Cheyenne and Navajo tribes.
7. When you are finished, let your teacher know so that we can check over
your poem and illustrations. These will be printed out and assembled into a
book for open house. |
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