Native to Maryland
Oral Report Checklist
Steps Completed
Decide which group member will cover the physical characteristics,
which will cover social characteristics, and which will cover
economic characteristics for your tribe.
Make sure that each group member has covered his/her part of the
topic with adequate notes.
Create a draft of your oral report. Map out when each section will be
presented.
Make sure each section is focused on one main idea (such as food,
government, clothing, etc).
Create a group oral report (audacity or other recording device) to
present information and visuals on the physical characteristics,
social characteristics, and economic characteristics of your Native
American tribe.
Visuals can be created in a drawing software program such as Pixie,
mind-mapping software such as Kidspiration, Microsoft Word, or
student made illustrations.
Visuals can be found in the Library of Congress Web site and on
school databases such as NetTrekker, Work Book for Kids/Students,
and SIRS.
The pictures, props, or other visuals/graphics are related to the
information in your presentation.
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Information that needs to be in your oral report other than your tribe
specific information must include:
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the name of your tribe
group member names
information about your tribe’s habitat
social characteristics
political characteristics
economic characteristics
bibliography
Information in your presentation/oral report needs to be: (during
presentation)
 stated in your own words
 details are in order and make sense
 presenter(s) speak clearly, slowly, and can be heard by
audience.
 presenter(s) shows interest and enthusiasm on topic
Include a conclusion in your presentation that wraps up your
thoughts and ideas on your Native American tribe.
References are cited correctly on a separate document.
Overall Effect:
 Presentation is engaging and informative.
 Presentation focuses on the relationship between the Native
Americans’ habitats and their lifestyles.