Introduction

You are a member of the 'Super Sleuths Gang'. Five Native Americans have just walked into your office. Tribal Trouble exists! Each of them has lost their tribe. They are hiring you, the Super Sleuths Gang, to help them find their way back to their tribe.

The Quest

Your job is to gather information on the 5 Native American tribes, who each lived in a different region of the United States. Next, based on your internet research and what you know about each of the lost Native Americans, as a members of the Super Sleuths Gang, you must place each lost Native American back into their correct tribe.

The Process and Resources

PART 1: Setting Up for Solving the Tribal Trouble Mystery
1. First you will be assigned to a 'Super Sleuths Gang' consisting of 4 students.
2. Each in the gang will need to choose a role:Tribal Chef, Tribal Seamstress, Tribal Construction Worker or Tribal Specialist.

Phase 1 - Background: Something for Everyone

PART 2: Preparing for Solving the Tribal Trouble Mystery
The sources listed below are available for all of you to use to gather information on your topic.

• Southwest Indians: Navaho - This is a great site to get general information on the Navaho tribe who were Indians of the Southwest.
• The First Americans - This is a super site to get general information on Native Americans of the different regions. A MUST SITE TO VISIT!
• The Study of Native Americans - This easy to read site provides great information for Indians of the Southwest, Plains, and Northwest.
• First Americans - This site provides information on food, clothes, housing, art, and medicine for different tribes in the United States.

Phase 2 - Looking Deeper from Different Perspectives

PART 3:Individual Roles in Solving the Tribal Trouble Mystery
1. Open the internet sites provided and find information related to your topic.
2. Read the information and take notes on your notesheet.
3. Use the questions under your job description to guide you on what notes to take.

Tribal Chef

As the TRIBAL CHEF, your job is to research each Native American tribe to discover the foods each used. Use the following questions to guide your search.

1. What was the major meat source for each tribe and how did they prepare it?
2. How did each tribe use the land for food?
3. What foods were common to each tribe?
4. Were the people of the tribe farmers?

Tribal Seamstress

As the TRIBAL SEAMSTRESS, your job is to research each Native American tribe to discover the clothing they wore. Use the following questions to guide your search.

1. What materials were used to make clothing?
2. What clothing did the men wear? Women? Children?
3. Were shoes worn? If so, what did they look like?
4. Was the clothing decorative or plain?
5. Did clothing change with the seasons?
6. What family member made the clothing?

Tribal Construction Worker

As the TRIBAL CONSTRUCTION WORKER, your job is to research each Native American tribe to discover the shelter they lived in. Use the following questions to guide your search.

1. What type of shelter did the tribe live in?
2. What materials were used to make the shelter?
3. What did the shelter look like?
4. How would you describe the inside of the home?
5. Did anything surround the shelter?
6. Did more then one family live in the shelter?

• First Americans: Indian shelters - This site will give information on the different shelters used by Native Americans.
• Settlements in North America - This site provides information and pictures on Native American shelters.

Tribal Specialist

As the TRIBAL SPECIALIST, your job is to research each Native American tribe to discover interesting facts about it. Use the questions below to guide your search.

1. What were the religious beliefs of the tribe?
2. Were the Indians of this tribe crafty? In what?
3. Did this tribe participate in any tribal dances?
4. Were the Indians of this tribe wealthy/poor?
5. What did the Indians of each tribe do for fun?

Phase 3 - Debating, Discussing, and Reaching Consensus

Part 4: Solving the Tribal Trouble Mystery
1. After the research is completed, meet with your group.
2. Each member shares with the group information they found on their topic. Group members should take notes on their notetaking sheet.REMEMBER: Notes should be neatly written and organized!
3. Next, your Super Sleuths gang must solve the mystery.
a) Read the description on each lost Native American.
b) Using clues from the description and your researched information, place each Native American back into their tribe.
c) Your gang must come to a consensus. Remember: only one Native American per tribe!
d) Have fun!
4. Choose 1 tribe and create a hyperstudio project using the the information from your research.

Phase 4 - Real World Feedback

You and your teammates have learned a lot by dividing into different roles. Now it's time to put your learning into a multimedia project. Here's the task:

1. As a group, choose 1 tribe you researched to create a hyperstudio project.

2. Partner with a member of your group.

3. As a group, you will be creating 1 hyperstudio stack: each pair making at least 3 cards. The work should be divided as follows:

Partners 1 & 2
a. Title Card
b. At least 1 card on Partner 1's researched topic
c. At least 1 card on Partner 2's researched topic

Partners 3 & 4
a. A card showing a map on the location of your tribe
b. At least 1 card on Partner 3's researched topic
c. At least 1 card on Partner 4's researched topic


You will be receiving 2 grades for your webquest project: one for the work in completing the Tribal Trouble Mystery. A second grade will be given for the hyperstudio project. To determine your grade, Mrs. Shappell will be using the rubrics she has given you.

Your Contact is: the designated contact

Conclusion

So is an elephant smooth, rough, soft, or hard? Well, when you're only looking at one part, it's easy to come up with an answer that may not be completely right. It's the same for understanding a topic as broad or complex as Native Americans: when you only know part of the picture, you only know part of the picture. Now you all know a lot more about Native Americans: ways they were alike and different. Super Job!! You should be proud of yourselves! What other parts of Native Americans could still be explored? Remember, learning never stops.