First Nations – Voicethread Project

 

You and a partner are to research a First Nations tribe of North America (only one partner group per tribe) and show how that group relied upon their environment for their survival.  The form that your final product will take will be a voicethread with explanations and graphics that demonstrate your understanding of the connection between the environment and tribe in question.

Please keep the following in mind:

·         When you sign up with voicethread, use your first name ONLY.  (If you were away when we did this, go here to find the instructions.)

·         You need to invite me to view your voicethread.  My email address is jessicam@sd69.bc.ca

 

Your voicethread must include the following:

 

1.        Explanations/ discussions showing how the tribe used the environment in the areas of: food,  shelter, clothing, transportation, tools, artwork, spiritual beliefs.

       These explanations can be typed or, better yet, recorded onto the voicethread (headsets with microphones will be provided). 

2.      Graphics – you should easily be able to find several on the internet

3.      A map showing where the group resided.

4.   A title page that includes the name of the tribe you are studying, your first name and last initial ONLY, and a graphic. 

*** This should be aesthetically pleasing (colourful, neat, attractive to the eye)

  

First Nations groups to choose from:

                                                                                              

 

INUIT

Nunamiut                                                                                               

Mackenzie Inuit                    

Caribou Inuit                         

Baffin Island Inuit               

Greenland Inuit                    

 

IROQUOIS

Ojibwa                                  

Nipissing

Huron                                     

Erie                                        

Seneca

Onondaga                              

Oneida

Mohawk                                        

St. Lawrence Iroquois          

 

PEOPLES OF THE PLAINS

Sarcee (TsuuT’ina Nation)

Blackfoot                                 

Assiniboin                          

Plains Cree                             

Blood (Kainai)                        

 

PEOPLES OF THE PLATEAU

Shuswap (Secwepemc)          

Chilcotin (Tsilhqot’in)                                                                           

Lillooet (St’at’imc)

Nicola

Okanagan                                                                      

Ktunaxa                                                                                                    

 

PEOPLES OF THE NORTHWEST COAST

Haida                                       

Tlingit                                                                                                      

Nishga                                                                                                            

Tsimshian

Gitksan

Kwakiutl

Coast Salish                                                                        

Nuu-chah-nulth

  

There are many places on the web where you can find information, but these two sites might help you to get started:

 

The Canadian Encyclopedia

First Peoples of Canada