Task 

 

Your task is to research a North American tribe and to make some things that depict the daily life of that tribe. You will add these things to the museum display of the Native Americans of one of five Native American cultures of the United States. The five cultures we will be considering are the Indians of the Northwest Coast, the Southwest, the Plains, the Northeast, and the Southeast. 

You might make:

• a diorama
• clothing  
• a house
• jewelry
• weapons
• baskets or pottery
• a miniature rug or blanket
• a map showing where your tribe lived
• anything that would show something interesting about their way of life

You will write an information display card for the objects you have made.  You will also give an oral tour of your particular section of the museum.

Process

 

• First, you will be placed in museum team groups of two or three.
• Each person in the group will use an information chart to record the facts you will need.
• Each person will have a checklist to insure  that all the work has been completed.
• I am the museum director.  I will allow your team to choose on which display you will be working.
  Choose one:
  
  Northwest Coast
  Southwest
  Plains
  Northeast
  Southeast
• Print out Note Pages (1) (2) (3) to record the information you find. (Remember notes do not have to be pretty or complete sentences.)
• Use your Checklist to stay on task!
• On lined paper, rewrite the information from your Note Pages in complete sentences.  This will be the script for the docent to use when taking visitors on a tour of the museum. Edit this copy with the help of your partner and the Museum Director.
• Choose a project to add to the display.
• Fill out a Project Plan Sheet for your project to be approved by the Museum Director (that's Ms. McIntyre)
• Gather the items you will need for your project.
• Complete the project.
• Prepare a display card for your project. You may use a 3X5 card, but remember to write large enough so that someone looking at a display case can see it clearly. Use your best handwriting, or enlist someone in the class who is artistic to help.
• When the display is complete, give the museum director and your teacher a tour of your display.

These tribes lived close to the Pacific Ocean and had a prosperous life of fishing and whaling.  They are famous for their totem poles.  You may choose from one of these tribes from this area. Be thinking about what things they all have in common.

  

  Indians of the Southwest 

These tribes were desert Indians who either lived in brush covered shelters or in adobe houses.  They had a hard life because of the lack of rain.  Find out about how they survived.  You may choose from one of these tribes from this area:

 

      Indians of the Plains 

These tribes were hunters and farmers.  After 1500, many turned to hunting as a way of life because they had acquired horses.  You may choose from one of these tribes from this area: Somethings are common to all tribes of the Plains. These links follow:

  

  Indians of the Northeast 

Tribes of this area lived in the woodlands or by the Atlantic Ocean in the Northwestern corner of the United States where there was fish and game. You may choose from one of these tribes:

  

  Indians of the Southeast 

These tribes were found in the woodland areas or by the Atlantic Ocean in the Southeastern corner of the United States.  You may choose from one of these tribes:

Additional Resources

On the Web

Famous Native American Quotes

These are Stereograph pictures of Native Americans at the turn of the century!

Native American Toys

Find Pictures of your TRIBE at the Library of Congress Website

 

Books in our Library!

A circle of nations : voices and visions of American Indians R973.0497 Cir

The Aztec / by Patricia McKissack 972.018 She

Aztec, Inca & Maya / written by Elizabeth Baquedano 972.01 Baq

Bearstone / by Will Hobbs F Hob

The birchbark house / Louise Erdrich F Erd

Bluebonnet girl / Michael Lind 398.2 Lin

Boat ride with Lillian Two Blossom / by Patricia Polacco E Pol

Bread is for eating [kit] Reading Rainbow - Kit 641.8 Bre

Brother eagle, sister sky : a message from Chief Seattle / by Chief Seattle 811.3

The captive / by Scott O'Dell F Ode

Code Talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / Joseph Bruchac. F Bru

Colonial times, 1600-1700 / by Joy Masoff. 973.2

Corn is maize : the gift of the Indians /Aliki 633.15 Ali

The courage of Sarah Noble / by Alice Dalgliesh F Dal

Coyote steals the blanket : an Ute tale Janet Stevens 398.2089 Ste

Crossing the Starlight Bridge / by Alice Mead. F Mea

Early settlers [videorecording] / 973.2 ear

Encounter / written by Jane Yolen ; illustrated by David Shannon. F Yol

Food and recipes of the Native Americans / George Erdosh. 641.5929 Erd

Footsteps in a new land : the first North Americans / by Anthony Aveni 970.01 Ave

The gift of the sacred dog / story and illustrations by Paul Goble 398.2089 Gob

The girl who chased away sorrow : the diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo girl / by Ann Turner F Tur

The girl who loved wild horses / Paul Goble E Gob

The Girl who loved wild horses [videorecording]. E Gob

Giving thanks [videorecording] : a Native American good morning message 394.2 Giv

Good hunting, Blue Sky / by Peggy Parish E Par

The good, the bad, and the goofy / by Jon Scieszka F Sci

The great race of the birds and animals / Paul Goble 398.2089 Gob

Hau kola : hello friend / by Paul Goble B Gob Gob

Hiawatha's childhood / by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 811.3 Lon

Home to Medicine Mountain / written by Chiori Santiago E San

How to draw Indian arts and crafts / John Meiczinger 741.2 Mei

Indian captive : the story of Mary Jemison / written and illustrated by Lois Lenski F Len

The Indian in the cupboard / by Lynne Reid Banks F Ban

Indians / original story by Teri Martini 970.004 Mar

Island of the Blue Dolphins / by Scott O'Dell F Ode

The journal of Julia Singing Bear / Julia H. Grutman F Gut

Julie of the Wolves / by Jean Craighead George F Geo

Kiki's journey / story by Kristy Orona-Ramirez E Oro

Knots on a counting rope / by Bill Martin, Jr E Mar

The land of Gray Wolf / by Thomas Locker E Loc

The legend of Jimmy Spoon / by Kristiana Gregory F Gre

The legend of the bluebonnet : an old tale of Texas / Tomie DePaola 398.242 DeP

The legend of the Indian paintbrush / Tomie DePaola 398.2089 DeP

The legend of the lady slipper : an Ojibwe tale / retold by Lise Lunge-Larsen 398.2089 Lun

The Maya / by Patricia C. McKissack. 972.801 Mck

The Maya Indians / by Victoria Sherrow 972.8101 She

The mystery of the lost village / by Gertrude Chandler Warner F War

Native American life [videorecording] 970 Nat

Native Americans / by Jay Miller 973.0497 Mil

Native Americans / 970.0049 Nat

Native homes / Bobbie Kalman. 392.3608 Kal

Night of the full moon / by Gloria Whelan F Whe

North American Indian / written by David Murdoch 970.0049 Mur

One little, two little, three little pilgrims / by B.G. Hennessy E Hen

Our strange new land : Elizabeth's diary / by Patricia Hermes. F Her

Pow wow [videorecording]. 394.26 Pow

Powwow / by Linda Coombs 394.268 Coo

Red fox and his canoe / by Nathaniel Benchley E Ben

Seeing the circle / by Joseph Bruchac B Bru Bru

Sees Behind Trees / by Michael Dorris F Dor

The sign of the beaver / Elizabeth George Speare F Spe

Skeleton man / Joseph Bruchac. F Bru

The song of Hiawatha : after the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 811.3 Lon

Sootface : an Ojibwa Cinderella story / retold by Robert D. San Souc 398.2089 San

The sun's daughter / by Pat Sherman 398.2 She

The tale of Rabbit and Coyote / by Tony Johnston 398.2089 Joh

Thanksgiving on Thursday / by Mary Pope Osborne F Osb

Through Indian eyes : the untold story of Native American people R 970.0049 Thr

Where the broken heart still beats : the story of Cynthia Ann Parker/ Carolyn Meyer F Mey

The Wonderful world of houses [videorecording] Video 392.3 Won

The worry stone / by Marianna Dengler E Den

Northwest:

       The Chumash / by Jill D. Duval 979.0049 Duv

The Kwakiutl Indians / by G. S. Prentzas 971.1004 Pre

       Brother Eagle, Sister Sky /Susan Jeffers 811.13 Jef

The Nez Perce / by Alice Osinski. 979.5004 Osi

The Nez Perce Indians / by Mark Rifkin 979.5004 Rif

People of the Northwest and subarctic / by Linda Thompson 979.5 Tho

Raven : a trickster tale from the Pacific Northwest / Gerald McDermott. 398.2089 Mcd

The Tlingit / by Alice Osinski 973.0497 Osi

Southwest:

The Anasazi / by David Petersen    979.01 Pet

Annie and the old one / by Miska Miles E Mis

The Apache / by Patricia McKissack 970.0049 Cla

The Apaches and Navajos / by Craig A. Doherty 973.0497 Doh

The Arapaho Indians : the Arapaho Indians / by Vicki Haluska. 973.0497 Hal

Arctic hunter / by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith 979.87 Hoy

        Arrow to the Sun (Gerald McDermott) 291.2 Arr

The California people / by Linda Thompson 979.4 Tho

The Comanche Indians / by Martin Mooney. 973.0497 Moo

The Hopi / by Ann Heinrichs Tomchek 979.1004 Tom

The Hopi Indians / by Bryan P. Sears 973.0497 Sea

Missions / by Lynn M. Stone. 973.2 Sto

The mud pony : a traditional Skidi Pawnee tale / Caron Lee Cohen E Coh

The Natives of the Southwest [videorecording] 970.1 Nat

The Navajo / by Alice Osinski 973.0497 Osi

Navajo code talkers [videorecording] 940.5 Nav

Navajo long walk : the tragic story of a proud people's forced march from their homeland / by Joseph Bruchac 979.1004 Bru

The Pawnee / by Dennis B. Fradin 978.0049 Fra

The Pawnee / by Elizabeth Hahn 978.0049 Hah

People of the Southwest / by Linda Thompson 979 Tho

The Pomo / by Mary M. Worthylake 973.0497 Wor

Projects about American Indians of the Southwest / Marian Broida. 978.004 Bro

The Pueblo Indians / Liza N. Burby. 973.0497 Bur

Pueblo storyteller / by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith 978.957 Hoy

Sing down the moon / by Scott O'Dell. F Ode

United States expansion [videorecording] 973.4 Uni

The very first Americans / by Cara Ashrose 973.1 Ash

 

 

Plains:

The Blackfoot / by Elizabeth Hahn 970.0049 Hah

The blue roses / by Linda Boyden - E Boy

Buffalo before breakfast / by Mary Pope Osborne F Osb

The Cherokee / by Emilie U. Lepthien. 970.3 Le

The Cherokee Indians / by Nicole Claro 973.0497 Cla

Itse selu : Cherokee harvest festival / Joseph Bruhac 394.264 Pen

The journal of Jesse Smoke : a Cherokee boy / by Joseph Bruchac. F Bru

How Turtle's back was cracked : a traditional Cherokee tale / Gayle Ross 398.2 Ros

The Cheyenne / by Dennis B. Fradin. 973.0497 Fra

The Cheyenne Indians / by Elizabeth Sonneborn 973.0497 Son

The first strawberries : a Cherokee story retold by Joseph Bruhac 398.2089 Bru

Following the great herds : the Plains Indians and the American buffalo / Ryan Randolph 639.1164 Ran

The Kiowa Indians / by Terrance Dolan 973.0497 Dol

Life in a Plains camp / Bobbie Kalman 978.0049 Kal

Little Runner of the longhouse / by Betty Baker E Bak

The Mandans / by Emilie U. Lepthien 973.0497 Lep

The Menominee / by Joan Kalbacken. 973.0497 Kal

The Mohawk / by Jill Duvall 973.0497 Duv

The Mohawk Indians / by Janet Hubbard-Brown. 973.0497 Hub

My heart is on the ground : the diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux girl / by Ann Rinaldi. F Rin

Nations of the Plains / Bobbie Kalman 978.0049 Kal

Native American life [videorecording] / 970 Nat

People of the Great Basin / by Linda Thompson 979 Tho

The People of the Great Plains. 2 [videorecording] 978 Peo

People of the plains & prairies / by Linda Thompson 971.2 Tho

People of the Plateau / by Linda Thompson. 979.5 Tho

Plains Indians / Kate Hayden 978.0049 Hay

The Sioux / by Alice Osinski 978.0049 Osi

The story of Jumping Mouse : a native American legend / retold and illustrated by John Steptoe. 398.2 St

The story of Sitting Bull, great Sioux chief / by Lisa Eisenberg B Sit

Strawberry Thanksgiving / by Paulla Jennings E Jen

The Teton Sioux Indians / by Terrance Dolan 973.0497 Dol

Northeast:

The Algonquians / by Patricia Ryon Quiri.  970.0049 Qui   

The Cayuga / by Jill Duvall 973.0497 Duv

The Chippewa / by Alice Osinski 977.0049 Osi

The first Thanksgiving / Susan Whitehurst 394.2649 Whi

Flying with the eagle, racing the great bear ; stories from Native North America / told by Joseph Bruchac 398.2089 Bru

The Iroquois Indians / by Victoria Sherrow 973.0497 She

The Lenape Indians / Josh Wilker 973.0497 Wil

Life in a longhouse village / Bobbie Kalman 974.7004 Kal

The Nations of the Northeast [videorecording] 970.3 Nat

The Oneida / by Jill Duvall 973.0497 Duv

The Onondaga / by Jill D. Duvall. 973.0497 Duv

The Penobscot / by Jill Duvall. 973.0497 Duv

People of the northeast woodlands / by Linda Thompson 974 Tho

A Plymouth partnership : Pilgrims and native Americans / Susan Whitehurst 974.482 Whi

Pocahontas / by Jan Gleiter and Kathleen Thompson B Poc

The Sac and Fox Indians / by Melissa McDaniel 977.0049 Mcd

Sacagawea / by Jan Gleiter and Kathleen Thompson B Sac Gle

Standing in the light : the captive diary of Catherine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763/ by Mary Pope Osborne. F Osb

The star maiden : an Ojibway tale / retold by Barbara Juster Esbensen 398.2608 Esb

The Seneca / by Jill Duvall. 973.0497 Duv

The Tuscarora / by Jill D. Duvall. 973.0497 Duv

Mayflower 1620 : a new look at a pilgrim voyage from both perspectives 974.48

The Nations of the Northeast [videorecording] / 970.3

Southeast:

        The Creek / by Elizabeth Hahn 976.1004 Hah

The Creek Indians / by Ellen Scordato. 973.0497 Sco

People of the Southeast Woodlands / by Linda Thompson 975 Tho

The Seminole / by Emilie U. Lepthien 975.9004 Lep

The Seminole Indians / by Philip Koslow 975.8004 Kos

The Tribes of the Southeast [videorecording] / 970.04 Tri

 

Evaluation

 

You will be "paid" for your work on this museum project.  You can earn up to $100 in play money for the job that you do. $100 is worth a grade of 100 in my grade book. Here is how you will be evaluated for the pay you will receive:

We will have an exciting, interesting museum of Native American daily life when the WebQuest has been completed.