Transcript The Plains Indians - Historical Enquiry Introduction In this Enquiry

The Plains Indians
- Historical Enquiry
Introduction In this Enquiry you must find out about the life of the
Plains Indians. You will be tested on what you know during the
Year 8 exams, so it is important that you keep your draft work for
revision.
You are encouraged to word process your Enquiry if you wish.
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How to use this Slide Show
First look through this
PowerPoint
You will get some ideas from
the PowerPoint but you will get
others….
Click on your
Mouse or press
the space bar
What do you
want to find
out about ?
•Sources of Evidence. Your textbooks have copies of primary sources that you ought to
include in your topic. We will mostly use secondary sources, such as your textbooks, the
Heinemann CDROM, web sites and library books.
•Your teacher will take you into a computer room. You may use a computer room again
with your teacher, but you should aim to use the internet as part of your homework
research after 3.15. This PowerPoint presentation is on the Learning Environment.
•Use the KBSHistory Links for web sites suitable for year 8. you can also use a
search engine, such as Jeeves, but some of the sites you will come across are very
difficult !
Carrying out your investigation
Plains Indian Village
This scene shows a Plains Indian village. Usually, the tipis would be arranged
in a circle, with a large council tipi in the centre. There would be one or more
tipis where the tribe’s societies met, and the ‘man of mystery’ would have a tipi
where he might perform rituals and healing.
Plan
1.
Design a front cover with your name on it. Decide which
programme to do it on -Publisher is recommended. Do the
rest of your Enquiry on Word.
2. Look out for interesting pictures and designs from this
Powerpoint and web sites, your teacher will give some
suggestions.
3. Do a contents page with the different chapters listed.
4.
Build up a glossary at the back of your Enquiry with
important words and their meanings.
5. Write down all the words books and web sites you use in your
bibliography at the back
Using links
Click on the blue hyperlinks to get to the
CDROM or web sites such as
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/luxton –
Then scroll down to further blue hyperlinks.
Then begin your research – find out about the Plains Indians!
Be sure to save any good pictures for
your Enquiry. Note down useful
information, but you need to use your
own words – avoid merely cutting and
pasting.
The Great Plains
click here
• Why are the Plains
Indians so well known?
• How did the ‘Indians’
first get to America?
• Write about the Great
Plains
• Tribes and bands – click
here
• Find out more – click
here.
Nomadic Life click here
To find out why the
coming of the horse
was so important click
here
• Nomadic means
wandering around and
not living in permanent
homes.
• Name some tribes that
lived like this.
• Find out about the
travois and the tipi –
click here
• Find out more on the
web –click here.
The Buffalo click here
• Find out different ways
how the buffalo was
hunted.
• Find out what it was
used for.
• Click here to go to
Canada!
• Find out about head
smashed in. Click here.
‘Men of Mystery’…
…are sometimes known as holy or medicine
men. The term medicine man is a ‘white man’s’
term referring usually to a person who healed
using spiritual means and herbal medicines. This
photograph shows a Sioux Indian medicine
man's bag and its contents.
Customs and Beliefs click here
• Why did they treat
nature with respect?
• Who was Wakan Tanka?
• What were visions?
• Find out about music
and dances here.
• Death and burial?
• Find out more click here.
Storytelling …
…was a popular and important activity, particularly
during winter when the evenings were long and cold.
They were often told by a storyteller, a special person who
was
looked on as an artist, a creator and a 'man of mystery'.
Find out more – click here
The Family
click here
• What jobs did men,
women, and children do?
• What age did they get
married at?
• Why was the family so
important?
• Find out about names,
education etc.
• Find out more from
Canada
Pipes
Both men and women
smoked pipes. Some
were used for
pleasure, others for
ceremony. All pipes
were said to contain
spiritual power so the
Indians treated them
with much reverence.
Art and Craft click here
• Why did it have to be
portable?
• What were tribal
patterns?
• What materials were
used?
• Which colours were used
before the white man
came?
• Find out about body
painting and more here.
• Find out about clothing
here
• Find out more click here.
Counting coup
– what was it ?
Warfare
• What reasons were
there for warfare?
• What was counting
coup?
• What else can you
find out about war?
• Go to Canada to find
out more.
Acknowledgements – thanks to
the following
http://www.plainsindianhistory.com/
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/luxton/
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8020/lakota.html
www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/plains.html
http://www.head-smashed-in.com
http://inkido.Indiana.edu/w310work/romac/plains.html
Heinemann Explore CDROM ‘The World before 1900’
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