NATIVE AMERICANSNATIVE AMERICANS OF OHIO OF OHIO

A Web Quest for 4th grade students.

Designed by Mr. Price

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Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher Page

IntroductionIntroductionHow much do you know about the very first inhabitants of Ohio? What were their homes like? What did they eat? How did they dress? How was their family life similar to yours? How was their tribe’s culture similar to ours today?

TaskTaskYou are going to research one of Ohio’s historic tribes of Native Americans and discover every aspect of its culture: homes, clothing, food, daily life, etc. Your task is to share your findings with the class in some way. You will have the option to use your writing, artistic, or multi-media skills. To formally present your tribe’s culture, you will choose one of the following tasks:

TRIBE POSTER Illustrate a poster

showing the culture of one of the tribes of Ohio.

TRIBES POSTER Illustrate a poster

showing information about all of Ohio's tribes.

DIORAMA Create a model of a

village of one of Ohio's tribes.

VENN DIAGRAM Create a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast

the culture of two of Ohio's tribes. (For extra credit you can attempt to include a third circle

of today’s culture)

POWER POINT PRESENTATION

Create a Power Point presentation describing

the culture of one of Ohio's tribes.

COMMERCIAL Create and record a commercial to entice people to visit one of

Ohio's tribes.

REPORT Write an informational report describing the

culture of one of Ohio's tribes.

FICTIONAL WRITING Write a fictional story

about a character visiting a village of one of Ohio's

tribes.

OPINION PAPER Write an opinion paper to convince someone why one tribe is the

best in Ohio.

ProcessProcessFirst, go to the following websites and your textbook to learn about the different historic tribes of Ohio’s Native Americans.

Ottawa Ottawa

      Ottawa Indian Fact Sheet       Native Languages: Ottawa      One State, Many Nations (Ottawa)

Wyandot Wyandot

      Wyandot Indian Fact Sheet      One State, Many Nations (Wyandot)

Mingo Mingo

     One State, Many Nations (Mingo)

Miami Miami

      Miami History Miami Indian Fact Sheet

     One State, Many Nations (Miami)

Shawnee Shawnee

      Shawnee History Shawnee Indian Fact Sheet Shawnee Dress      One State, Many Nations (Shawnee)

DelawareDelaware

      Delaware History   Delaware Indian History Delaware Indians.Com Delaware (Lenape) Indian Fact Sheet      One State, Many Nations (Delaware)

MISCELLANEOUSMISCELLANEOUS

OHIO NATIVE AMERICAN INFORMATION

Then, decide which tribe you would like to focus on for your project.

Next, print off and fill in the Native American Graphic Organizer.

Finally, complete your task and be ready to share your project with the class.

EvaluationEvaluationThe following rubric shows how you will be evaluated on your presentation.

Beginning

1

Developing

2

Accomplished

3

Exemplary

4Score

 

Historical Accuracy

 

Very little of the historical information

was accurate.

Most of the historical

information was accurate.

Almost all historical

information appeared to be

accurate.

All historical information appeared to be accurate.

  Several Most of the All required The product

Required Elements

 

required elements were

missing.

required elements are

included in the product.

elements are included in the

product.

includes all required

elements as well as

additional information.

 

Effort Very little

effort went into the product.

Some effort and thought went into the

product.

A good deal of effort and thought

apparently went into creating the

product.

Obviously a great deal of

effort and thought went into creating the product.

 

Product 

(report, Venn Diagram, poster, or Power Point) 

Product is somewhat

attractive, but does not show

an understanding of the topic.

Product is acceptably

attractive and shows a good understanding of parts of the

topic.

Product is attractive and shows a good understanding of the topic.

Product is exceptionally attractive and shows a full

understanding of the topic.

 

Conventions

Product has many errors in

spelling or grammar.

Product has several

misspellings and/or

grammatical errors.

Product has several

misspellings and/or

mechanical errors

Product has very few

misspellings or grammatical

errors.

ConclusionConclusionUpon completing this web quest, you will have gained an insight into the lives of some of Ohio’s first people. There some other tribes that you can learn about though. These people were here in Ohio’s prehistoric times. How similar are they to the tribe that you researched? Follow the links below to find out for yourself.

Woodland (Mound Builders)Woodland (Mound Builders)

Infoplease: Mound Builders Ohio History Central: Woodland Culture

Adena PeopleAdena People

Adena.com Comparative Archaeology

Adena Period

Ohio History Central: Adena Culture

Hopewell PeopleHopewell People

Hopewell Peoples National Park Service

Ohio History Central: Hopewell Culture

Worthington Historical Society

Fort Ancient PeopleFort Ancient People

Ohio History Central: Fort Ancient Culture Wikipedia

Minnesota State E-Museum

Credits & ReferencesCredits & ReferencesInformation used in the evaluation rubric was found at: http://rubistar.4teachers.org

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