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8.2-C: Identify and describe how community and change have influenced
Pennsylvania history.
8.4-A: Identify individual and groups who have made significant political
contributions to world history.
8.4-D: Identify how conflict and cooperation among social groups and
organizations affected world history.
Objectives:
Students will use the computer lab to research more information about the lives of
the Haida and Iroquois Indians.
Students will write in their journals about differences between their life and that
of the Haida and Iroquois Indians.
Students will create a model of either a wigwam or a longhouse.
Activity 1: Students will take turns on the one classroom computer to research
information about the wigwams and longhouses that the Haida and Iroquois
Indians lived in. They will be permitted to print out any useful information that
they find and use it to create their own model of either a wigwam or longhouse.
Activity 2: Groups of students will work on the six classroom computers to create
a PowerPoint presentation on the differences between their life and that of the
Haida and Iroquois Indians. The PowerPoint will include six to 10 slides and they
will be permitted to use the Internet to look up information about specific
clothing, food, housing that the Indians had. They will then attach any pictures or
links to websites that they find in order to create a more visual effect.
Activity 3: All students will work on their own individual computer and visit Our
World Our Way of Life an exploration of the cultures of the Inuit and Haida
a Virtual Museum of Canada. The teacher will lead the tour as the field trip
guide. Students will be permitted to ask questions and make comments as they
take the tour.