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Primary Source Lesson Plan

Introduction Lesson topic – Compare and contrast two photographs of homes of the Pueblo

Indians of the southwest and the Powhatan Indians of the eastern woodlands. Length of Lesson – approximately 30 minutes VA Standards of Learning – “The student will locate and describe thee

relationship between the environment and culture of Powhatan, Lakota and Pueblo Indians” (SOL Standard 2.7).

Context – This lesson comes between social studies lessons on developing map skills using both united States and world maps (2.6) and describing natural, human and capital resources.

Global Themes – Themes of the lesson include primary sources, American Indians, and relations between different people groups.

Content ObjectivesStudents will:

Apply previous skills about analyzing photographs Compare primary sources Identify effects environment and culture of American Indians

Assessment Aligned to ObjectivesFormative

The teacher will lead a class discussion with questions about the two photographs.

Student will compare and contrast the home and environment of two Native American tribes using a graphic organizer (T-chart) and a venn diagram .

Summative Students will use a t-chart to list observations of natural resources and physical

characteristics from each picture. Students will then place those characteristics into a venn diagram and discuss

similarities between the different tribes.

Materials/Technology and Advanced Preparation Two large photographs of homes and environment of Pueblo and Powhatan

Native Americans Paper Pens, pencils, or markers

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Teaching and Learning Sequence

TIME TEACHER ACTIONS STUDENT ACTIONSIntroduction/Anticipatory Set

5 min. Ask students to sit at their desks.

Hand out pre-made t-chart to students

Sit at their desk Write names of two

Native American tribes on each side of chart

Lesson Development 20 min. Present image #1 and

lead the class in an observations and discussion

Present image #2 lead the class in an observation and discussion.

Handout venn diagram to students. Teacher will model completion of venn diagram on the board with student participation.

Answer the questions: What natural resources could be used to construct the shelters? What was the climate like? What region of the country did they most likely live in? What plant life is present? What natural resources were available to them for food, shelter, or daily living? Ask students to note any other observations about the photos

Answer the same set of

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questions listed above. Answer questions

specific to either Pueblos or Powhatan Indians. What are their similarities?

Closure5 min. Briefly summarize what

the class learned about the differences between primary sources and about the native American tribes.

Listen.

References

Indian Village. Digital image. Henricus Historical Park. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2016y. <http://henricus.org/photo-gallery/native-americans/>. Taos Pueblo today. Digital image. Uintah Basin Teaching American History Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2016y. <http://uintahbasintah.org/swest/swp8.jpg>

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Lesson Organizer

Prior Knowledge and NEW Instructional Content

Prior Knowledge: History of American Indian tribes and cultures How to analyze photographs

New Content: Different homes and environments of Native Americans

o Natural resources o Environmental characteristicso Pueblo:  the communal dwelling of an American Indian village of

Arizona, New Mexico, and adjacent areas consisting of contiguous flat-roofed stone or adobe houses in groups sometimes several stories high

o Longhouse: a long communal dwelling of some North American Indians (as the Iroquois)

Instructional Modifications to ASSIST Students

Main Events of Instruction

Instructional Modifications to

CHALLENGE Students

Provide definitions for key words throughout the discussion.

Include key words during brain storm such as environment, climate, land and plant life.

Compare and contrast the two photographs.

Ask students to create a venn diagram along with the teacher as part of class brainstorm.

Ask students to choose whether they would rather live as Pueblo in a pueblo house or Powhatan and live in a longhouse and explain why in a paragraph as well a picture they draw.

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Name:____________________

Pueblo Powhatan

Sample T-chart.

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Sample venn diagram

puebloPowhatan

How are they similar?

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