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Discovering Native Americans and their culture (virtual classroom tour)

Discovering Native Americans and their culture (virtual classroom tour)

Students see the "big picture" in a study of Native American culture: Who were the Native Americans? Where did they live? How did their environment influence their lifestyles? And what did they contribute to our nation?

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Discovering Native Americans and their culture

"As the project progressed, each student became an expert in some aspect of it, and could teach his or her classmates about that aspect."

Jeanette Hoessel, Clinton Middle School

Objectives

  • Identify Native American beliefs and values in stories and folktales.
  • Research one region of Native Americans using a variety of resources, and summarize the knowledge gained from that research into a PowerPoint presentation.
  • Construct a simple newsletter and/or design a Web site to keep parents involved and informed.
  • Use technology to obtain information as well as present it.

Learning areas

  • Social studies
  • Language arts

Levels

  • 11 to 16 year-olds

Software

  • Microsoft® Office (Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint)
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • Microsoft Publisher

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