Grade5

You have been assigned one regional area (Pacific Northwest, Desert Southwest, Great Plains, or Eastern Woodlands). You will create an “album cover” for your region. You will make a list of the geographic characteristics (rivers, lakes, desert, mountains, etc.) and describe the climate of your region. This list will become page 1 of your album. http://nativeamericanrhymes.com/regions.htm

http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/curriculum/nativeamericans/index.html

http://www.nativetech.org/clothing/regions/regions.html

http://www.native-languages.org/states.htm

2. Who lived in my region?

Identify one or two American Indian groups who are native to your assigned region. Create one or two pages for your album describing groups from your region. Each page should be labeled with the name of the roup and have an illustration of a person or artifact important to that group. The illustration will include a caption (something that tells information about the group). You may print out images from the internet, but be sure to cite your sources (give the URL).

3. Customs and Traditions Paper

Select two customs or traditions of an American Indian group in your region (for example: folklore or religious ceremony). Write out that custom, tradition, or folklore on paper and illustrate it. Include a caption that answers the question: “Why is this custom or tradition important to this American Indian group?”

4. Trading and Economy

Select 3-5 items that American Indians from your region produce (examples: fur, buffalo products, corn, wood products). Either hand draw or find images (remember to cite the URL) and create a caption for each item.

Be prepared to share your album with the class and be able to describe what your native group’s geography, climate, customs and traditions, and trade and economy were. Think about this question, “If you were from this group, what things did you need and where would you get them?”

RUBRIC

4 - Exemplary (Exceeds the Standard):

· Contributed to the groups effort and discussions

· Created album cover with a page describing geographic and climatic conditions

· 2 pages describing the American Indian groups in their region

· Pages with 3 customs and traditions

· 2 pages illustrating American Indian products

· Work is accurate and well done, with no errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation

3 - Proficient (Meets the Standard):

· Contributed to the groups effort and discussions

· Created album cover with a page describing geographic and climatic conditions

· 1 pages describing the American Indian groups in their region

· Pages with 2 customs and traditions

· 1 pages illustrating American Indian products

· Work is accurate and well done, with few errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation

2 - Progressing (Progressing Toward the Standard:

· Contributed to the groups effort and discussions

· With encouragement, created album cover with a page describing geographic and climatic conditions

· 1 pages describing the American Indian groups in their region

· Page with 2 customs and traditions

· 1 pages illustrating American Indian products

· Work may have some error in content, with errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation

1 - Not Yet Meeting the Standard:

· Did NOT contribute to the groups effort and discussions

· Student required a lot of encouragement to create an album cover describing geographic and climatic conditions. One or more of the following may be missing:

· 1 pages describing the American Indian groups in their region

· Page with 2 customs and traditions

· 1 pages illustrating American Indian products

· Work may be inclomplete, with many errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation

Learn more about slave auctions school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/slavery/witness.html

Click "continue" and see if you know what will happen next!

and Capitals matching activity: www.quia.com/mc/4.html

heritagesites.us/index.php - Cool stuff about history

State Report All 5th Graders - State Report Powerpoint.ppt

State Reports Research

Open your Powerpoint with climate and population graphs
Create 8 more slides, choosing the most interesting aspects from your state report.
Re-name your Powerpoint "State Report - your name"

Goal - Make each slide communicate the essential ideas clearly. Focus on content first, them add pictures and limited animation. Follow this rubric:

5th Grade State Report PowerPoint Presentation

CATEGORY	3	2	1
Content	Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.	Includes essential information about the topic.	Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.
Text Information	Majority of text is accurate, uses proper grammar and punctuation, and flows well.	Uses short phrases. Grammar and punctuation are mostly correct.	Information is missing. Grammar and punctuation is misused.
Graphics & Fonts	Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation.	Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentation content.	Uses default fonts. Little or no color or graphics.
Sounds	Sounds enhance the presentation	Sounds are fairly effective	Sounds distract from the presentation
Overall Presentation	Project flows well and is interesting.	Majority of project is disjointed and interest level sporadic.	Project does not flow at all, is poorly presented and has no interest.

Ms. Hurd's Class

Heifer International Project - Explore the website, view videos, learn more about the project.

Mrs. Ihrig's Class

In addition to the list above for al 5th graders, my class can also do the following.

Send email to your epals. www.epals.com
Find out where our pennies will be going to help children go to school http://www.penniesforpeace.org/about_power.html

Subjects

Language Arts

Math

www.eduplace.com

Science

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html

Energy Information

Journey North

Past Assignments

Unit 3 Cooperation and Conflict Scrapbook (due December 16th, 2008)

Page 1 - Scrapbook Cover - Include: title, your name, an illustration of something that caused cooperation and example of something that caused conflict.
Page 2-5 - Artifacts - Select 10 or more events, documents, and people relating to the theme of "cooperation and conflict". Include your drawings or findings on index cards to glue into your scrapbook.

http://www.nps.gov/archeology/visit/map.htm

Page 6 - Speech: American Indian Viewpoint - After reading Chief Tecumseh's speech http://www.galafilm.com/1812/e/people/tec_speaches.html , consider his point of view and concerns. What was his opinion of land ownership? Write your own short speech (2-3 paragraphs) giving the point of view of an American Indian from one of the groups from this unit.
Page 7 - Art: Early Settler Viewpoint - Examine John Gast's painting "American Progress" cprr.org/Museum/Ephemera/American_Progress.html Do you think his painting shows cooperation or conflict? Based on what you have learned, create your own "American Progress" drawing. Be as detailed and clear as possible in your illustration. Glue into your scrapbook.
Page 8 - Rubric - This is where you will find information about how to do your BEST work.

Extensions:

Go to this site and learn about Pocahontas http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pocahontas/

November 17-21

Write a friendly letter.
BONUS: Use a font that depicts personal handwriting or was made with a quill pen.
Make sure you spell and grammar check your work.
Ask before printing.

Letters to England: Write a personal letter about your voyage to a friend or family member back in England. In your letters, describe your living conditions, daily activities, interactions with others, and any memorable events. Refer to "Voyage on the Mayflower" and "Pilgrim Timeline" to help organize the contents of your letter so that you follow the sequence of actual events. As you compose your letter, include your own opinions and feelings.