Plains Indians

Let's first define the word CULTURE: Culture is the activities and ideas that a group of people share including beliefs, traditions, values, dress, behaviors, attitudes and more.

Can you brainstorm some ideas of what our culture is like? You may write down some ideas if you'd like!

After you have thought about our modern culture, your first task will be to go through the PowerPoint presentation on the Plains Indians and read through the slides to learn about the culture of the Plains Indians. As you go through it, think of ways modern Pueblo is the same and which ways it is different than the Plains Indians and their culture from ideas you brainstormed and new ideas you come up with as you go through the PowerPoint. Also, think of what the Plains Indians did that may have lead to our modern culture! Use the COMPARE and CONTRAST Venn diagram worksheet to organize ideas of how our cultures are the same and different. As you compare can contrast the two cultures, be sure to include ideas about the location they lived, what they lived in, how they were transported, what they did for fun, foods they ate, how they got their food, how they communicated, clothing, tools and instruments and if our culture is the same or different than that.  

Next you will make a poster book filled with pictures that show the similarities and differences of the two cultures that you outlined in your Venn diagram. The front and back cover will be the differences of the two cultures and the inside will be the similarities. You can get the images from the internet, out of news papers, out of magazines, or you may draw them if you cannot find a picture anywhere else. However, it must be colored if you do so.

The last step of this project will be to write a compare and contrast paragraph to go with your poster book. This will include ideas that show the two cultures are different, how they are the same and how the culture of the Plains Indians lead to the modern culture of Pueblo. You will write 3 drafts, a rough draft that a partner will edit, a second draft that the teacher will edit and a final draft that you will type.