Developed by Tata Bagheri
Fourth Grade Social Studies WebQUest
"The First Americans" is a lesson in which you will be view
answering questions about the information presented in the slid
to match your questions and answ
Assessed QCC Standards:
Topic: Information Processing
Standard: Gathers information through reading, listening, observ
Topic: Geography: Human, Environment Interaction
Standard: Describes the impact of climate and physical environm
Indians - Plains - Eastern Woodlands - Southwestern, and - Pacif
Materials and Equipment
1. Internet
2. Copies of worksheet attachment
3. Large white construction paper
4. art supplies: markers, crayons, colored pencils
Introduction
THE FIRST AMERICANS
go North America was very different from the way it is today. There
s, or cities. There were no schools, malls, or restaurants. But even
l communities. A community is where groups of people work, live,
ple made their own homes, food, and clothing from the plants and
them. These first Americans descended, or came, from cave men i
people to live in North America. That is why we call them Native Am
have lived in North America for thousands of years, and there are
oday. This unit was designed to help us explore the Native Americ
e, and clothing.
Native
Americans
The
Northwest
Culture
The Five
Cultures
The
CaliforniaIntermountain
Culture
Indian
Shelters
The Plains
Culture
Indian
Legends and
Links
The
Southwest
Culture
Credits
The
Woodlands
Culture
Primary Learning Outcomes
Can I listen attentively to the slide show to learn about
Native Americans and answer the questions accurately?
What do I know about their food, shelter, culture, and
clothing?
Can I use the information I learned to create an
accordion book about Native Americans?
What other interesting facts can I add to my accordion
Book?
Directions
Step One: Slide Show
You will be viewing a slide show that gives general
information about United States Native Americans.
You will answer a set of questions about each slide
AFTER viewing and listening.
You will be using this slide show to locate
information about food, shelter, culture, clothing,
and other interesting information, which you will
need to add to your accordion books.
This is the web site containing the slide show:
URL: http://indian-kids-r.us/
Open the attachment and answer the questions.
Step Two: Accordion Books
After completing step one, you and your partners
will use your questions and answers to create
pictures, which you will then use to create an
accordion book.
You can use the other attached Internet site and
have other reference books available for research as
well.
Your completed accordion book will include
pictures and brief descriptions of the pictures.
These descriptions need to be complete sentences.
How to Make an Accordion Book:
Get a large sheet of white construction paper.
Fold the paper in half length wise
Then make six accordion style folds, which should
make 4 inch pages (see example).
Process
These are the duties of the cooperative group members:
Person 1 will be in charge of retrieving supplies, folding
paper for accordion book, and cleaning up
afterwards.
Person 2 will sketch the cooperative plan for the accordion
book.
Person 3 will be the person in charge of revising, editing and
making final touches.
Each member of the group should share the
responsibility of writing descriptive sentences,
drawing, and coloring the pictures.
Assigning the positions should be done in a fair
manner (e.g. drawing names out of a pot, rock
paper scissors…)
Refer to the rubric for cooperative group
expectations.
You may share responsibilities to complete this
project. Just keep in mind that this is a group
project and you will be graded based on your final
project.
Resources
You may use the attached resources to complete
your tasks. Other resources may include:
URL Links:
http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/indians/intro.html
http://www.csulb.edu/projects/ais/nae/1875-1890.html
http://www.ohwejagehka.com/songs.htm
Classroom: Encyclopedias, Atlases, and Social
Studies Test Book
Videos:
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Great Plains
National Institute, 1988,
Hawk, I'm Your Brother by Southwest Series, 1988,
Annie and the Old One by Phoenix/BFA Films and
Video, 1980,
and The Indian in the Cupboard series, Columbia
TriStar Home Video.
Books:
The Gift of the Sacred Dog,
Annie and the Old One,
The Desert is Theirs,
Dancing Teepees,
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush,
First Came the Indians.
Present information to the Group
You will be presenting the information to the class by making
an accordion book.
When all books have been completed, you will switch and
read other groups’ books.
Evaluation
The attached rubric will be used to grade group work. Your
book will be graded for accuracy and complete information.
.
Conclusion
Now think about what you have learned!
Are there questions you still have about Native Americans?
You can extend you knowledge by researching the following
questions:
How have Native Americans influenced our culture
today?
What Native American artifacts have been retrieved
from past culture?
Are there active archeological digs? Where are they
located?
Extension
You can also use what you have learned to work with a
group and create a KidPix slide show that contains
information about the different lifestyles of the following
groups of Indians:
Plains
Eastern Woodlands
Southwestern
Pacific Northwest