A WebQuest History Unit: Doing a Poster of a Native American Tribe
Hernandez F., Sparks, S. & A. Vega-Candelario
Content and Academic Standards Used
The history unit on Native American tribes for second grade students is a first step on developing their knowledge on the native inhabitants of the country, their organization, geographical location, and culture including housing, food, clothes, and other aspects. The unit content outline will be aligned with the national academic standards (Education World, 2010) for Social Sciences/History, American Indian Content Standards (BIA) for History, and Fine Arts/Visual Arts for second grade, within the national segment of kindergarten to 4th grade (K-4). The poster the students will build up for this unit from web information will be assessed in alignment with the outlined content and standards. A model of layout for the poster’s content will be provided, but the students could adjust or modify it to their convenience.
National Standards for Social Studies and History: K-4.
NSS-USH.K-4.1 Living and Working Together in Families and Communities, Now and Long Ago
NSS-USH.K-4.2 The History of Students' Own State or Region
American Indian Content Standards (BIA) for History: K-4
Topic 1: Living and working together in families and communities, now and long ago
Standard 1: Family life now and in the recent past; family life in various places long ago.1B: The student understands the different ways people of diverse racial, religious, and ethnic groups, and of various national origins have transmitted their beliefs and values. Grades K-4- Explain the ways that families long ago expressed and transmitted their beliefs and values through oral traditions, literature, songs, art, religion, community celebrations, mementos, food, and language. [Obtain historical data]
Fine Arts National Standards/Visual Arts: K-4.
NA-VA.K-4.4 UNDERSTANDING THE VISUAL ARTS IN RELATION TO HISTORY AND CULTURES
Achievement Standard:
Students know that the visual arts have both a history and specific relationships to various cultures. Students identify specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times, and places. Students demonstrate how history, culture, and the visual arts can influence each other in making and studying works of art
NA-VA.K-4.5 REFLECTING UPON AND ASSESSING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND MERITS OF THEIR WORK AND THE WORK OF OTHERS
Achievement Standard:
Students understand there are various purposes for creating works of visual art
Students describe how people's experiences influence the development of specific artworks. Students understand there are different responses to specific artworks.