Title: American Indians_

Subject/Course: Social Studies & Technology

Topic: Native Americans in California
Grade: Third
Designer: Janet Gutierrez_

Stage 1 Desired Results

Established Goals:
3.1 Students describe the physical and human geography and use
maps, tables, graphs, photographs, and charts to organize
information about people, places, and environments in a spatial
context.
3.2 Students describe the American Indian nations in their local
region long ago and in the recent past
California History-Social Science Content Standards
Common Core State Standards
Writing
W.3.7 Students conduct short research projects that build
knowledge about a topic.
ISTE.NETS
1. Creativity and Innovation
b. Students create original works as a means of personal or
group expression.
3. Research and Information Fluency
c. Students evaluate and select information sources and digital
tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
International Society for Technology Education

Understandings:
Students will understand that:
Long ago, American Indians developed cultures in which they used
the land to meet their needs.
Indian groups differed in their languages and customs.
Many of their traditions survive today.
Students will know:
the names of early American Indians in California
how geography affected the ways early Americans Indians lived.
what the beliefs, customs, and stories of early California Indians
were.
Essential Questions:
Who were the early American Indians in California and how did
geography affect the way they lived?
What were some beliefs, customs, and stories of early California
Indians?
How has life changed for the California Indians and how do they
preserve their culture?
Students will be able to:
Identify early American Indians of California
Compare & contrast tribal groups in California
Analyze how geography and climate influenced the way of life of
the early California Indians
Examine American Indian folklore, including games, stories, and
art.
Apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
Demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop
innovative products and processes using technology.

Stage 2 Assessment Evidence

Performance Tasks:
Match the four geographical groups of tribes with their
locations on the map of California.
Use a table and interpret information to compare and contrast
tribal groups
Analyze a picture to write a paragraph of how tools were
used.
Examine a diagram to describe a Gabrielino shelter.
Complete a graphic organizer to show cause and effect

Other Evidence:

Pre-test
Practice Book pgs. 21,22,23,24,25,26,27
Ch. 3 Study Guide
Technology based project

Stage 3 Learning Plan

Learning Activities:
View chumashculture on Youtube
View maidu art

Conduct research on a specific tribe and show how the tribe

made use of the land and its natural resources to survive

CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE PROJECT

Introduction: Choose a California Native American tribe
(Chumash, Mojave, Pomo, Luiseno, Maidu, Shasta, Serrano) to
research and show what you learned about how the tribe used the
land and its resources to survive. Use internet images or
illustrations, and other internet sources to show your information.
Visual Presentation:
Using Meograph or Educreations, show your learning within
5 minutes using 5-7 slides.
Information Requirements:
Your presentation should include:
Name of the tribe
A California map showing from what region the
tribe was located.
Images and text and/or audio of how natural
resources were utilized for their everyday lives.
Tutorial:
View the tutorial to learn about the use of Educreations or
Meograph

Resources:

Images of Serrano Indians

Images of Chumash Indians
Images of Mojave Indians
Images of Pomo Indians
Images of Luiseno Indians
Images of Maidu Indians
Images of Shasta Indians
Sample Project:

Sample Educreations

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Requirements

All requirements are All requirements are One requirement

met and exceeded. met.
was not completely
met.

More than one

requirement was not
completely met.

Content

Covers topic
in-depth with details
and examples.
Subject knowledge
is excellent.

Includes essential
knowledge about the
topic. Subject
knowledge appears
to be good.

Includes essential
information about
the topic but there
are 1-2 factual
errors.

Content is minimal
OR there are
several factual
errors.

Attractiveness

Makes excellent use

of font, color,
graphics, effects,
etc. to enhance the
presentation.

Makes good use of

font, color, graphics,
effects, etc. to
enhance to
presentation.

Makes use of font,

color, graphics,
effects, etc. but
occasionally these
detract from the
presentation
content.

Use of font, color,

graphics, effects
etc. but these often
distract from the
presentaion content.

Originality

Product shows a
large amount of
original thought.
Ideas are creative
and inventive.

Product shows some

original thought.
Work shows new
ideas and insights.

Uses other people\'s Uses other people\'s

ideas (giving them
ideas, but does not
credit), but there is give them credit.
little evidence of
original thinking.

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