Native American Unit Project

R.L. Clements Middle School
66 Jack Neely Road
Covington, Georgia 30016
Dr. Sylvia Jordan, Principal

Native Lands and Indigenous Peoples

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History and Culture of the North American Aboriginal People

Introduction | Task | Process and Guidance | Evaluation | Conclusion

Introduction

This research project involves the Native Americans of North America. During class, you will select one region of North America to focus upon. It is your decision to choose a tribe from this region to research.

Task	Part 1 of this project is a research paper. Part 2 consists of a project of your choice to be completed. You may choose an activity from the list in the Process and Guidance section. Your contract with all signatures is due by Friday September 9th. The project is due Tuesday September 27th.

Process and Guidance

Paper
The research paper is to be typed, 12 pt and double-spaced. It can also be written in cursive in black ink. Your paper must include a bibliography and an illustration. You must use at least two books for your paper. Consider the following questions:

What are the years in which your tribe's civilization flourished?
What was the geographic environment of your civilization? What climate or weather challenges did they endure? How did the environment influence your civilization?
Which contemporary countries, states or provinces exist today where your tribe originated?
What are some notable achievements of your civilization?
Describe unique and interesting cultural practices that you found in your research.
What has been the legacy of your tribe? (How did your civilization influence Native American history?)

Project
Select one item from the following suggestions. Your decision must be included on your contract due Tuesday September 27th.

Sand art picture
Write a creative story about Native American and European interaction in your region. Develop characters and setting.
Complete a timeline of treaties and land acquisition that the US government used in taking land
Create a poem about the Native American experience
Create a song, complete with music about the Native American experience
Build the type of home that Native Americans from your tribe would live in
Create an informational poster (Be careful here, and VERY creative)
Using clay or other material, recreate an artifact that would be found in your tribe's ancient civilization
Read a book and complete a book report. Once you have read a book about the Native American experience (fiction or nonfiction), you must respond in one of the following ways: 1. Create a storyboard of the major events. You must have at least 10 scenes, 2) Create a board game of the events, setting and main characters, 3) Create a diorama that depicts the main characters, setting, important events and outcome of the book, and 4) Pretend that you are interviewing the main character of the book. Write a story based on your interview.

References

Search Engines	http://hotbot.lycos.com/ http://www.yahoo.com/ http://www.google.com/ Encarta
Arctic	Inuit
Subarctic	Chippewas Cree Ojibwa
Northwest Coast	Haida Chinook Tlingit Tsimshian Nootka
Plateau	Nez Perce Walla Walla Yakama Flathead
California Intermountain	Ute Klamath Modoc Yurok http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761566289 http://www.qal.berkeley.edu/~kroeber/ http://curtis-collection.com/tribe%20data/yurok.html
Great Plains	Blackfoot Sioux Cheyenne http://www.mcn.net/~wleman/stories.htm http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language/ Arapaho Shoshone Comanche
Eastern Woodland	Delaware Micma Shawnee http://www.sunflower.org/~hdqrs/ Potawatomi
Southwest	Navajo Apache http://www.indians.org/welker/creation.htm http://www.indians.org/welker/apache.htm Mojave Hopi http://www.nau.edu/~hcpo-p/arts/bas1.htm http://www.hopi.nsn.us/ http://www.timesoft.com/content/hopi/pictures.asp
Southeast	Cherokee http://www.indians.org/welker/cherokee.htm http://www.ngeorgia.com/site/rosshouse.html http://www.ngeorgia.com/parks/new.html http://www.ngeorgia.com/travel/chieftan.html Choctaw http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/features/feature14/choctaw_removal.html http://www.choctaw.org/index/index1.html Chickasaw http://www.flash.net/~kma/ Creek Seminole http://www.nps.gov/fosu/sb/osceola/ Natchez

Evaluation

Coversheet	Include: name of author, name of tribe, region, illustration (picture or hand drawn), title 0 to 5 points
Bibliography	Included with paper and correctly formatted. Two books are included. 0 to 10 points
Research	There is clear evidence of research, paper is written in cursive with black ink or typed 12 pt, double-spaced. The paper is free of spelling and grammatical errors and contains information from the graphic organizer and questions in Process and Guidance. 0 to 65 points
Project	0 to 20 points

Conclusion

Once you have successfully completed this adventure, you will be promoted to Archaeologist status! Congratulations!

Introduction | Task | Process and Guidance | Evaluation | Conclusion

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Contact Information
Romonda L. Springs
Social Studies
Clements Middle School
66 Jack Neely Road
Covington, Georgia 30016