Native American WebQuest
Process
Your teacher will
divide the class into small groups. Each
group will be responsible for a Native American group.
Your group will:
Research your
Native American group using the following resources:
The Internet –
use the Native American links
Social Studies
book – Chapter 4
Encyclopedias
Microsoft
Encarta
Books from the
library
Be sure to site each resource you use!
Describe and
draw the different display items including but not limited to:
Housing (where
the Native Americans lived)
Clothing
Food
Life style
Transportation
Artifacts
Draw a map and
label the location of the tribes located in your Native American group. (This map will be used at the entrance of
each museum wing)
Use PowerPoint to
prepare a compelling presentation of your findings.
The presentation
will include slides covering all aspects of your Native American group.
NO clipart is
allowed in the PowerPoint presentation.
ONLY original work will be accepted.
Use the digital
camera to take pictures of your drawings, sketches, and illustrations. Insert these pictures into the PowerPoint
slides.
Check out the PRESENTATION RUBRIC for the scoring
guidelines.
Present your
presentation to the class.
Near the end of
the unit, your group will present your PowerPoint presentation to the class.
ALL group
members MUST participate in the presentation.
Compare your
group to the other Native American groups
Listen closely
while the other groups give their presentations. You will be completing a compare/contrast worksheet.
LITERATURE – PROCESS
During this unit you will be reading and doing
activities involving Native American legends
Working with
your group, you will answer some key questions about each legend. You will also be listing and defining new
vocabulary words.
As you read the
legends, keep in mind that they usually explain a happening, teach a
lesson, or tell how something came be.
You and your
group will spend TWO days on each legend.
Day 1 – Your
group will choose a legend to read. Take
the legend home.
Evening 1 – Read Legend
Read the legend
AT LEAST two times.
Underline each word
in the legend that is new to you or is interesting. (Minimum 5)
Circle key
information in the legend.
In the margins,
jot down notes explaining the legend in your own words.
Day 2 – Meet with your group.
Discuss the
legend with the other members of your group.
Talk about the
vocabulary words you have underlined.
Discuss each of
the key questions.
Evening 2 – Summarize
Use your own
sheet of paper to list the vocabulary words with definitions and answer the key
questions.
·
What did this
legend explain, teach, or describe?
·
What Native
American group told this legend? (Guess)
·
How does this
legend different from what you believe?
Write a summary
of the legend. (In your own words)
On the back of
the paper or on another sheet of paper draw an illustration for the legend.
Day 3 – Meet with your group.
Share vocabulary
words, key questions and summary with the other members of your group.
Score each
member of your group according to the Legend Scoring Rubric.
WRITE A LEGEND
Near the end of
the unit, you will write a legend based on one of the legends you have read
Some steps you
might take to write your legend are:
Decide what
characters you will use. You
can get ideas from the legends you read.
Share your ideas
with others to get suggestions.
Write a draft of
the story. Use exciting vocabulary to add feeling (a thesarus helps). Some
techniques you might try are:
·
Include a
dialogue between characters that tells how they feel.
·
As the author,
tell how the character is feeling.
Show your draft
to a friend and ask for ideas to improve the story.
Write a final
version of the story, adding any ideas your friend suggested that you like.