Contributor
Information
Name: Rachael Swartz
E-mail address: Rachael_Swartz@places.pcsb.org
School: Fitzgerald Middle
Time Continuity and Change:
Standard 6 (SS.S.6.3) The student understands the history of Florida and its people.
~Knows how the environment of Florida has been modified by the values, traditions, and actions of various groups who have inhibited the state.
~Understands how the interactions of societies and cultures have influenced Florida's history.
People, Places, and Environments:
Standard 2 (SS.B.2.3) The student understands interactions of people and the physical environment.
~Understands how cultures differ in their use of similar environments and resources.
6-8 T.4.3.74.Technology productivity tools. 7. Collaborate with peers, experts, and others using telecommunications and collaborative tools to investigate curriculum-related problems, issues, and information, and to develop solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.
Lesson Plan
Title: Florida Native American Groups
Technology Resource Requirements:
Subject Area(s): Social Studies- Florida Choices and Challenges
Grade Level: Eighth
Short Description:
The students will learn about Florida’s Native American tribes by researching
one of the following tribes: Apalachee, Calusa, Tekesta, Timucua,Tocobaga, or
the Seminole Indians. In groups, they will create a HyperStudio presentation
for their tribe that will include the following topics: geographic location,
time period, customs, language, dress, food, tools, housing, accomplishments,
and social structure. They will also include a word processing document that
describes each card in detail. Finally, the groups will present their creations
to the class.
Approximate
Time Required: 2 weeks
Gain Attention:
Show
HyperStudio presentation of the Timucuan Indians
and the Power Point Presentation of the Seminole Indians.
Tasks:
The
students will be placed in groups of three, assigned a tribe, and choose which
topics (geographic location, time period, customs, language, dress, food, tools,
housing, accomplishments, and social structure) each group member will research.
Next, the students will research their topics on the Internet using the selected
web sites and use the listed books. After researching, they will each create
a word processing document that describes each card in detail. The document
will consist of one paragraph per card. Next, each student will use HyperStudio
and create at least 5 slides. Each slide must contain at least one graphic,
text information, and a button. Last, the groups will combine their HyperStudio
presentations and present their Florida Native American slide show to the class.
Interactions:
The
students will work in groups of three to research on the Internet and in books
their selected Florida Native American tribe. Next, they will create a word
processing document and a HyperStudio presentation. The groups will present
their project to the class.
Tools:
Computers
with internet access, word processing program, HyperStudio, Florida Native American
books, scanner
Web
Sites:
http://www.ancientnative.org
http://www.pelotes.jea.com/indian.htm
http://seminoletribe.com/
http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/flafacts/seminole.html
http://www.floridahistory.org/floridians/indian.htm
Print Resources:
Brown, Robin, C. Florida’s First People. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, Inc., 1994.
Faupel, W. John & Lawson, Sarah. A Foothold in Florida. England: Antique Atlas Publications, 1992.
Milanich,
Jerald T. Archaeology of Precolombian Florida. Gainesville, Florida:
University Press of Florida, 1994.
Milanich,
Jerald T. Florida Indians and the Invasion from Europe. Gainesville:
University Press of Florida, 1995.
Milanich, Jerald T. The Timucuas. Oxford, U.K. and Cambridge, MA.: Blackwell, 1996.
Milanich,
Jerald T. & Milbrath, Susan. (Editors). First Encounters - Spanish Explorations
in theCaribbean and the United States, 1492 - 1570. Gainesville:University
of Florida Press, 1990.
Milanich,
Jerald T. & Proctor, Samuel (Editors). Tacachale - Essays on the Indians
of Florida and Southeastern Georgia during the Historic Period. Gainesville:
University Presses of Florida, 1978.
Milanich, Jerald T. and Sturtevurt, William C. Francisco Pareja’s 1613 Confessionario - A Documentary Source for Timucua Ethnography. Tallahassee, Florida: Division of Archives, History, and Records Management, Florida Department of State, 1978.
Assessments: The students will be graded using the following rubric.