How the World Works
Central Idea:
People use natural resources to survive.
Key Concepts:
Connection, change, perspective
Lines of Inquiry:
How knowledge of the environment is connected to survival (connection)
Environmental factors that cause migration (change)
How the environment is used by different people (perspective)
Planner:
Provocation
Students used their "resources" (toothpicks and marshmallows) to create things they need to survive-- shelter, a way to get food, etc.
Grid
This grid of different California Native American tribes and how they used their natural resources to survive helped the students compare the different tribes and regions.
Research
Students worked together to research different aspects of the local Native American tribes.
Key Concepts and ATL Skills
Students focused on two of the key concepts and three of the ATL skills during their research activity.
Completed Chart
The students helped to organize their information based on the key concepts.
Completed Research
Students wrote their information on their color-coded note cards.
Native American Notes
Students took notes on how each Native American tribe from different California regions used natural resources to survive.
Writing
Students wrote an opinion paper about which Native American tribe they would prefer to live with.