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:

·         If you choose to work with a partner, you MUST share the work equally.  If you don't think that you can do this, then do it on your own.

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

Due date: Tuesday, December 14 at 3:05 pm.

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 can be signed out of the library).   Each explanation should be a separate page in voicethread.

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

3.      A map showing where the group lived.

4.   A title page that includes the name of the tribe you are studying, your first name and last initial ONLY (this is for security/safety issues), and a graphic.  When you create this title page, use a word document, but save it as a pdf file so that it will upload.

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

First Nations groups to choose from:

INUIT

Nunamiut                                      Yeonju                                                                                           

Mackenzie Inuit                          Kristen

Caribou Inuit                              Kayla & Chyanne          

Baffin Island Inuit                     Laura         

Greenland Inuit                          Warwick & Clayton              

IROQUOIS

Ojibwa                              Cora and Dylan                   

Nipissing

Huron                                  Jake & Hayden                            

Erie                                        

Seneca

Onondaga                         Julian                         

Oneida

Mohawk                                 Nathan & Eric                                 

St. Lawrence Iroquois          

PEOPLES OF THE PLAINS

Sarcee (TsuuT’ina Nation)

Blackfoot                                    Tomos & Kaleb,  Sean                 

Assiniboin                          

Plains Cree                             Cole                         

Blood (Kainai)                             Taylin     

PEOPLES OF THE PLATEAU

Shuswap (Secwepemc)          

Chilcotin (Tsilhqot’in)                                                                           

Lillooet (St’at’imc)

Nicola

Okanagan                            Maddy & Alannah                                                                   

Ktunaxa                                                                                                    

PEOPLES OF THE NORTHWEST COAST

Haida                                Mark & Ronnie                                

Tlingit                              Josh                                                                                            

Nishga                                                                                                            

Tsimshian

Gitksan

Kwakiutl

Coast Salish                        Mia & Miranda                                                               

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