Native American Research Project

Native American Research Project

Part I: Choose a Native American group for your research project from among the names on this list:

WampanoagPowhatanIroquois

Muskogee (Creek)Leni-Lenape (Delaware)Ojibwa (Chippewa)

ChumashPawneeHuron

ApacheChoctawZuni

CherokeeCreekSeminole

Other (a Native American group that lived in your area/or where you are from

Europeans first arrived).

Part II: (5 points) Create a map that shows where this group lived when its first meeting with Europeans occurred and where the members of the group live now.

Part III: (5 points) Research and describe the natural environment of the region where this group lived, its way of life, and how the environment conditioned its way of life.

Part IV:(10 points) Research and describe the history of this group’s interactions with Europeans to 1763. Explain how its way of life was changed by contact with European explorers, and settlers. Describe aspects of the group’s culture such as clothing, housing, food, transportation, and language that were adopted by European explorers and settlers.

Part V: (5 points) Research and describe how this group lives now (today). If it no longer exists as a group, explain why.

Part VI: Presentation

Creativity/Neatness/Effort of Final Product (5 points)

Final Product needs to be in the form of a PowerPoint presentation/movie/ or poster or some other creative display.

Native American Research Project Rubric

______Part II: (5 points) Create a map that shows where this group lived when its first meeting with Europeans occurred and where the members of the group live now.

______Part III: (5 points) Research and describe the natural environment of the region where this group lived, its way of life, and how the environment conditioned its way of life.

______Part IV: (10 points) Research and describe the history of this group’s interactions with Europeans to 1763. Explain how its way of life was changed by contact with European explorers, and settlers. Describe aspects of the group’s culture such as clothing, housing, food, transportation, and language that were adopted by European explorers and settlers.

______Part V: (5 points) Research and describe how this group lives now (today). If it no longer exists as a group, explain why.

______Part VI: Presentation

Creativity/Neatness/Effort of Final Product (5 points)

Final Product needs to be in the form of a PowerPoint presentation/movie/ or poster.

______out of 30 A: 27-30B: 24-26C: 23