A WebQuest History Unit: Doing a Poster of a Native American Tribe
Hernandez, F., Sparks, N. & A. Vega-Candelario, UOP Online.
Students’ Tasks
Doing a Poster about an Indian Tribe
The materials used for creating the posters will be: poster board, construction paper, feathers, color markers/crayons/paints, scissors, glue, rulers, male and female figure cut-outs, different color and design cloth pieces that will make up the clothes for each figure; and maps, letter stencils, pictures from the website that best describe each tribe.
Poster Layout
The poster layout will be a design with sections for: 1) identification with title, team names, date, school grade, and teacher's name; 2) sections with information (printed pictures, labels, text) of a tribe’s people, culture, and customs; and maps of the tribe distribution, provided by the website or done by the students; 3) pasted figure’s cut-outs with custom clothes; 4) a sample of tribe’s language; and 5) a 5-10 line summary of the tribe history and culture.
ProcedureThe unit will have five sessions, Monday through Friday, one hour daily. The teacher will provide an introduction of the overall project. Teams will review the available material on the websites and links that are provided. Students will create posters and prepare oral presentations of those. Each team member will present a section of the poster. Students will introduce themselves, introduce the tribe, and present their findings