Learner+activity

Ahmad Shilleh

It is the 15th century, and you and your group are a Native American family. there is 4 of you. each take a role of the family member, i.e. father, mother, daughter, son. One day while hunting, you notice huge ships coming to shore. News has already spread of the new comers to other parts of North America. While researching pick an area of the United States your group is from. North west, North East, South, North, West, etc... Each of you should write a journal about how your role in the family was like before the new comers came and how life was like after they settled. (Remember if your a father you must discuss what your day to day life is like). What changed?

Collectively- share each others journals and findings. together figure out What was the impact of European settlers on your life?

Use the links that I have provided to guide you through the day and the life of a Native American. Remember, based on your research you should pick out important events that were turning points for your people.

//To perhaps make this a little broader, how about expanding this to Native American tribes within the United States as well. The assignment limits the research to cultures only in the Caribbean and there may not be that much information about the lives of these island people as they were eradicated pretty quickly by disease. Give them a time frame of when the first settlers came to the Virgina colony, the Massachusetts Bay colony etc. This will make the projects more interesting for you to grades because each group will pick a different tribe/colony to focus on. Plus, you could use each group to present when you cover each colony in your study. The students can essentially become the teacher for the day. - Danielle//