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First Nations Webquest- Intermediate Grade Levels

Introduction

You are a group of journalists and have to research about First Nations people in British Columbia.  You can research using offline materials such as books, but you must use the internet as well.

Task

Your group will:

• examine First Nations people's culture and history

• look for information on traditional practices such as hunting and the fishery

• write the information you find and the date

• write your references

• summarize what you found

• one person in your group write about traditional  fishing practices (Question 1)

• one person write about the impact of colonization (Question 2)

• one person write about the Potlatch or other traditional practices(Question 3)

• one person makes a timeline of all the information collected

• Your group will present the information to the class next class

Resources

http://www.northwest-connection.com/nations.htm

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/time/galler07/frames/totems.htm

http://www.mother.com/~gorga/rccstory.html

http://www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html

http://www.cariboolinks.com/ctc/history.html

http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/nisga1/index-e.html

http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/menu-e.html

http://edwina.cprost.sfu.ca/~cybervil/native.html

http://www.moa.ubc.ca/Collections/FNBCpom/map.html

http://www.moa.ubc.ca/FirstNations/FNBCpeoplesmap/FNBCpeopleslang.html

http://www.wetsuweten.com/

http://www.britishcolumbia.com/history/

http://www.prcn.org/sliammon/index/

http://www.tbc.gov.bc.ca/culture/schoolnet/pacific/

http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/timemach/galler05/frames/furfortc.htm

http://parkscan.harbour.com/ggc/

• You can also search for other links using:

http://www.excite.ca or http://www/altavista.ca

Procedure

1. You will be placed into groups of four people

2. Each member of your group will numbered 1-4.  You can look at the sites listed above and other resources in your classroom for information on First Nations people of British Columbia. 

3. You will each need information to answer the questions below (Please read).  Person one answers question one, person two answers question two... and so on.

4. You will rate each website and vote which is your favorite.

5. The information you each collect must be written in point form and referenced (I will discuss more about this in class). 

6. You will then take your notes and summarize your findings relevant to the question you are each answering.

7. Your information will be presented next class.

Questions

For each question, you are welcome to use historical or contemporary information.  You are also welcome to draw some of the information that find from the internet or any other resources.  Make sure to reference your information.  For questions one to three, write down your findings first in note form and then summarize it in sentence form later.  For question four use examples of timeline formats from your resources, however, do not copy.  You are also welcome to come with your own creative idea of a timeline.  HAVE FUN!!!

1. Summarize your findings on First Nations people in British Columbia and the Fishing. 

2. Summarize your findings on the First Nations people in British Columbia and the impact of European settlement (e.g. Fur trade). 

3. Summarize your findings on the First Nations people in British Columbia and the ceremonies such as the Potlatch and the First Salmon Ceremony.

4. Your job is to gather the information from the rest of your group and design a timeline. 

Group Work Score Sheet

Name:

Circle Yes or No

I assisted my partners when they needed help                        Yes  No

I listened to my partner's ideas                                                 Yes  No

I referenced my findings                                                            Yes  No

I summarized my notes and used correct spelling and grammar     Yes  No

I discussed with my partner's when I needed assistance          Yes  No

I tried my best                                                                             Yes  No

Teacher Check Sheet

Circle 1,2,3,4, or 5    Student Name:

Worked cooperatively with group        1  2  3  4  5

Referenced their Information              1  2  3  4  5

Used correct spelling and grammar for summary or timeline  1  2  3  4  5

Utilized the internet for the assignment      1  2  3  4  5

5=  Superior work!  Referenced information, cooperative, extra effort involved in completing the assignment, correct spelling and grammar

4= Excellent job!  Referenced information, cooperative, correct spelling and grammar with few mistakes

3= Good job, referenced most information, helped your group somewhat when help was needed, most spelling and grammar was correct

2= Completed your assignment

1= Incomplete assignment

Closure

Now that you know how to collect information from the internet and other resources, you can do this for any research topic.  You learned that it is important to acknowledge the people or organizations that wrote or collected the information in the resource.  You learned to do point form first before venturing into writing a summary.  After collecting all your notes you learned that the information you collected can be put into your own words.  The person that made a timeline learned that it is important to collect the information from your group members and design a timeline that is clear to everyone.  Most of all, this assignment emphasizes the importance of cooperative learning and how much more you can accomplish by working in groups.  I am looking forward to hearing your presentations next class.

My Resources:

Micrsoft Office. 2001. Design Gallery Live. http://dgl.microsoft.com/?CAG=1 (Not a workable website)

Wagner, Marge. 1999. Be a Website Sleuth!. http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webqwagner/webqswagner.html