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Here are the teacher pack items for Case Study: An Indigenous Nation:
Overview In this experience, students create a case study of one of the three indigenous nations still living in Texas. First they develop inquiry questions and conduct research to answer them. Then they follow the writing process to create a written report. Next they work in small groups to prepare and deliver an oral report. Finally, they evaluate their presentation using a rubric. Note that the three indigenous nations— Alabama-Coushatta, Kickapoo, and Ysleta del Sur Pueblo—all arrived after the beginning of European settlement. You may teach this lesson as part of the Geography and Indigenous Peoples unit, or you may wait and teach it together with the closing of the frontiers or even modern Texas. Estimated duration: The duration will depend on how you choose to teach the ELAR skills addressed in this lesson: inquiry, research, the writing process, and oral presentations. You should break this lesson into multiple sessions. At each stage, give students a time framework for their tasks. Vocabulary words: Objectives
Each of the following scenes provides teaching strategies for incorporating this experience into an ELAR framework.
Students will collaborate in small groups for scene 5. Assign each of the small groups one of the three nations before beginning the lesson.
There is no quiz at the end of the experience. Instead, students will self-evaluate their work using a rubric. The rubric is available in the Student Pack for students to review before they begin work on the presentations.
A case study is a detailed examination of a single thing in order to understand a complex matter and to make generalizations. In this lesson, you will learn about some of the indigenous nations that live in Texas to this day. You will prepare a written report and you will make an oral presentation.
Objectives
Junior Tribal Princess Aaliyah Johnson is representing her nation at Gathering of Nations Powwow in Albuquerque, NM pic.twitter.com/ifiwICpWum
Indigenous nations in Texas today preserve cultural traditions and continue them in their communities
The U.S. federal government publishes a list of officially recognized indigenous tribal nations living in each state. How many recognized indigenous tribal nations do you think are living in Texas today?
According to the list, there are three federally recognized indigenous tribal nations in Texas:
All three of these indigenous tribal nations arrived in Texas after the beginning of European settlement.
