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Process As you work through this task you need to remember to do several things.  First, you need to define your task.  This means that you need to decide what type of information you need to find.  As a group talk about what information each person will be looking for.  Brainstorm together a list of things to look for under each area listed above.  Write down the lists.  Each of you copy the items that you are looking for.  This will give you a checklist to keep track of what you have found and what information you still need to look for. Next, you need to look through the websites listed below, to decide which ones might be the most help.  You can also use your path finder to find books, or other search terms to use when searching the web, that also might be of assistance. After that, begin to collect your information.  Archeologists must learn to decide what information is important and what is trash.  Gather your information and then begin to sort it.  Get rid of the trash but keep your treasures.  Read through all of your material, takes notes, and then begin to organize your material. Finally, plan the way that you want to present your information.  Be sure that you include  a map that shows the area you tribe settled or roamed.  A few ideas are:  a game, a play, a diorama, a book, a living history museum/oral presentation, a power point presentation, or even an interview.  Work together as a team to make a plan. After you are finished, you will evaluate your work together.  As you work, think about how your team is working with each other.

Resources The Websites listed below: http://www.texasindians.com/ This site has it all.  Everyone of the tribes can be found with a great deal of information.  Very important site. http://www.friendswood.isd.tenet.edu/ba/texas/indians.html This site has some information about almost all of the tribes.  Not much else available here. http://www.cam-info.net/cyberindians.html This is a great site.  There will be a great deal of information for each of the tribes.  Be sure you look here. http://sf.factmonster.com/spot/aihmnations1.html This site has all of the tribes with good information.  Be sure to check this one out.  Basic information. http://courses.unt.edu/ttaylor/Denton%20etc/txind.htm Only a little information about the Caddo and Comanche tribes.  Not a major source. http://www.rra.dst.tx.us/c_t/indians/CADDO%20INDIANS.cfm Excellent information about the Caddo.  This is a lot to read.   http://www.geoblox.com/comanchetipi.pdf This is an excellent site about the tipis of the comanches. http://hotx.com/missions/indians.html This site has some good information about the Coahuiltecans.  Check this out. http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/index.html This is an excellent site on the Caddo.  Check it out.  Lots of information. http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu/mystery/mystery.htm This site is an excellent web quest dealing with the disappearance of the Indians.  It is a great deal of fun.  Try it out. http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/ecc/plains.html This site has a great deal of information about the Comanche and several other tribes.  There are several good biography items.  This is one that you need to check out.  It takes a few minutes to load. http://www.brown.edu/Administration/George_Street_Journal/v22/v22n8/food.html Great information about food.  Take a look if you need to understand what the Native Americans ate and how the cooked or prepared their food. http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Past/Teach/les4.html This is a great site dealing with information about the Coahuiltecans.  Have a look. http://www.comanchelodge.com This has some good information about the Comanche tribe.  Take a look. http://www.mayalords.org/    You will need to click on the page from the error page.  It should open.  Use this link.  Then click on North American.  Finally click on the article that has to do with the Caddos.  This is another site that is looking at the Caddos.   http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/edu/indian/groups.htm   This has a wonderful map that shows the areas covered by different tribes in Texas.  You will need this one.  Great coloring pages.  Click on the arrow at the right lower corner to get to the coloring pages. http://www.rockart.org/gallery/index/html  You will need to click on the page from the error page.  It should open. Native American Rock Art. http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/forts/1.html This is the story of a Tonkawa scout and his interaction with the Army as a scout.  It recounts his leading the army to attack a group of Comanche warriors. http://www.famoustexans.com/quanahparker.htm The biography of Quanah Parker.  An interesting site. http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/giants/cherokee-1.html   Interesting link.  A copy of a treaty between Texas and the Comanches. http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/indians/parker.html   Copies of a letter from Quanah Parker to the governor of Texas.  Interesting. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/II/bzi4.html   This is a prime website.  You will have to look and do some search.  Excellent resource.

 

Native American Web quest CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 0 Brainstorming Excellent teamwork in brainstorming. Everyone has a list with 4 or more items to search for. Brainstorming as a group. Some items on the list. Some brainstorming. A list but few items. Very little brainstorming. No lists created. No brainstorming. No lists. Defining the task Each team member is sure of their job and responsibilities. Well thought out and discussed. Each person has some idea about their tasks. Read directions with some discussion. Read the directions. Nothing further. No definition of task. Finding information Went well past the information provided in the web quest and pathfinder. Found information independently. Utilized the links provided. Investigated a few of the items on the pathfinder. Looked at most of the links. No further investigation. Used 3 - 8 links to look as some information. No work to find information. Trash or Treasure Very clear that sorting occurred accurately. Well developed information. Easy to understand what information was treasure and what trash. Few errors. Some work at sorting material. Clear what is trash and what is treasure. Small effort to sort information. Not complete and errors made. No effort to sort information. Creativity of Presentation Clear that much thought went into presentation. Interesting and creative. Clear effort, above average work. New and novel approach to presentation. Effort made to use a creative idea for presentation. Interesting ideas. Very basic effort on presentation. Some interest and creativity. No creativity. Little effort. Clarity of Presentation Very clear presentation. Easy to understand. Well presented. Excellent use of voice. Clear presentation. A few errors or mix ups. Some difficulty in understanding. Presentation understandable. A variety of errors in presentation. Some difficulty understanding the presentation. Difficulty understanding the presentation. Not prepared. Confusing presentation. Accuracy All material and information accurate and complete. No factual errors. No errors in presentation. Most material and information accurate and complete. A few errors in fact or presentation. Some major errors found in either facts of presentation. Many errors in either fact or presentation. No effort towards accuracy. Team Work Excellent team work. Everyone helped each other and gave each other ideas. We all worked together well. Good team work. We helped each other and shared some ideas. We tried to work together. Some team work. We talked about what each person was doing. Not much working together. Very little team work. Discussed different jobs. No sharing of ideas or helping each other. We worked by ourselves. No team work at all. Creativity of Mat Map created and completed well with creativity and attention to details. Mat created and completed well. Mat created and completed. Attempt made but not complete. Poorly done. No attempt. Completion of Plague Plague created and completed well with creativity and attention to details. Plague created and completed well. Plague created and completed. Attempt made but not complete. Poorly done. No attempt. Date Created: October 27, 2004