Unit 4: Early Peoples of Louisiana and a Meeting of Different Worlds Activity 1: Louisiana's Native Americans (GLEs: 11, 12, 70, 78)
CC: Divide students into groups to conduct historical research, using a variety of sources, on Louisiana's Native Americans during the historical period to 1800. The website http://www.louisiana101.com/hotlinks.html includes links to Internet resources on tribes in Louisiana (e.g., Natchez, Tunica, Houma, Chitimacha, Caddo, Coushatta, Choctaw, Atakapa) and is a good starting place for research.
Have each group consider the following historical questions (add others): Where did this people live? How did they get their food? How did they interact with the environment? What were the main features of their culture? What were the effects of cultural diffusion and cultural diversity on this tribe during this time period?
Web Resources: The suggested web link to the tribal sites is at: http://www.louisiana101.com/hotlinks.html. An extensive site dealing with the Louisiana Tribes: http://www.snowwowl.com/peoplelouisiana1.html ULL Links to Louisiana Indians: http://ccet.louisiana.edu/03a_Cultural_Tourism_Files/01.02_The_People/Native_Americans.html Poverty Point sites: http://www.lpb.org/programs/povertypoint/pp_transcript.html http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/video/poverty.html
Log in to United Streaming and locate the video titled: Gumbo Island: The First Louisianans http://www.unitedstreaming.com
CC: Have each group present its findings using appropriate visuals (e.g., maps, pictures or drawings of artifacts, PowerPoint. Have the groups also comment on the types of sources they used and tell which were most valuable in their research. Teacher should create a state map and allow students to create a symbol (with tribe name) to represent a unique quality of the tribe (e.g., Caddo: rider on horseback, Natchez: flatheads or "Great sun", Atakapa: warrior). Students could expand on the relationships they perceive would have existed between the tribes considering their geographic proximities and characteristics.
Use PowerPoint software to create a presentation for each of the tribes of Louisiana. Add more slides if needed. Using a blank map of Louisiana, have students locate clip art images to represent their chosen tribe and paste the image in the correct location on the map.
Web Resources: A Louisiana outline map is available at: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/louisiana/outline/map.GIF. Students will then locate the required points on this map. They may use text books or the websites below for the location of these items.
http://www.netstate.com/states/maps/la_maps.htm http://wwwlamap.doa.state.la.us/ |
