Native American End of Unit Essay
Directions: Reread the literature that we read in class and the notes you took. Then write
a 4-paragraph essay that follows the requirements below:
Paragraph 1: A Hypothesis about Native American culture
You read a variety of stories and we hypothesized what they might tell us about their
beliefs, values, traditions, fears, etc.. What is one hypothesis you arrived at? Explain and
support your answer with evidence from the stories.
A hypothesis I have about Native American culture is ……………….
I believe this because in ______(story title)________, I read ___(quote)__.
(Write 3 sentences to further explain how this quote supports your hypothesis.)
Also, in __(story title)_________, it said_______(quote)_______.
This also supports ____(hypothesis)_____________.
(write 3 sentences to further explain how this quote supports your hypothesis)
Paragraph 2: Another Hypothesis about Native American culture
You read a variety of stories and we hypothesized what they might tell us about their
beliefs, values, traditions, fears, etc.. What is one hypothesis you arrived at? Explain and
support your answer with evidence from the stories.
Another hypothesis I have about Native American culture is ……………….
I believe this because in ______(story title)________, I read ___(quote)__.
(Write 3 sentences to further explain how this quote supports your hypothesis.)
Also, in __(story title)_________, it said_______(quote)_______.
This also supports ____(hypothesis)_____________.
(write 3 sentences to further explain how this quote supports your hypothesis)
Paragraph 3: Today’s society
After reading all of these stories, how do you think Native American values/beliefs are
similar to beliefs/values we hold today?
Explain all of your ideas.
There are similarities between some values/beliefs that Native Americans held and those
that we hold today. One similarity is _______________________________.
(Write 3 or more sentences to explain this similarity in detail.)
Another similarity is __________________________________________.
(Write 3 or more sentences to explain this similarity in detail.)
One last similarity is __________________________________________.
(Write 3 or more sentences to explain this similarity in detail.)
Paragraph 4: Today’s society
How do you think Native American values/beliefs are different to beliefs/values we hold
today?
Explain all of your ideas.
There are also differences between some values/beliefs that Native Americans held and
those that we hold today. One difference is _______________________________.
(Write 3 or more sentences to explain this difference in detail.)
Another difference is __________________________________________.
(Write 3 or more sentences to explain this difference in detail.)
One last difference that I noticed is __________________________________________.
(Write 3 or more sentences to explain this difference in detail.)