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Lesson
6: Exploring the On-Line Timeline of Wabanaki
History
Class
time needed: Four 40-minute class periods
- Materials
One to one on-line computer access
Timeline Entry Worksheets Parts
A & B (five for each student)
Timeline Entry Example (one
for each student)
List of Possible Topics for Your
iMovie (one for each student)
Multimedia Rubric (one for
each student)
Flip chart and markers for debriefing
- Introduction
Using the Timeline Entry Worksheets
provided, students will choose five
timeline entries. They will explain
the core elements represented by their
entries and how their entries promoted
or threatened Wabanaki cultural continuity.
- Procedure
1. Explain to students that they will
be exploring the Abbe Museum’s
On-Line Timeline of Wabanaki history
in order to find examples of cultural
continuity, or how Wabanaki people have
maintained their cultural identity while
adapting to change over time. Write
the following statement on the board:
“Wabanaki people have maintained
their cultural identity while adapting
to changes over time.”
2. Hand out five blank Timeline
Entry Worksheets and one Timeline
Entry Example to each student.
Use the Timeline Entry Example
to explain exactly what is expected
of each student.
3. Hand out and go over the List
of Possible Topics for your iMovie
with the class. These topics will give
students some direction when researching
the on-line timeline. This will make
the next step—writing a movie
synopsis—much easier for your
students
4. Give students time to spend exploring
the On-line Timeline of Wabanaki History.
Encourage them to explore each section,
including all the bright red “read
more” links. To help with understanding,
any blue word may be moused-over to
reveal a definition.
5. Students should complete five Timeline
Entry Worksheets. Teachers should
periodically review these entries to
check for student’s understanding
of the process and concepts.
6. At least one event must
be from the timeline section “A
New Dawn.”
7. Students must have examples that
both promote and threaten Wabanaki culture
and/or the core elements.
- Debriefing
Once students have completed their Timeline
Entry Worksheets, discuss their
results as a class. You may want to
capture their answers on a flip chart.
1. What entries did you choose that
promoted Wabanaki cultural continuity?
2. Which core elements did they promote?
3. Did they also threaten? If so how?
4. What part did Wabanaki people play
in these events? How were Wabanaki people
both adapting to and causing change?
5. What entries did you choose that
threatend Wabanaki cultural continuity?
6. What core elements did they threaten?
7. Did they also promote? If so how?
8. What part did Wabanaki people play
in these events? How were Wabanaki people
both adapting to and causing change?
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