IEARN Learning Circle 2014

Early Peoples Symbols Cultural Revealation Project

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Students in the U.S., Pakistan, Moldova, Belarus, and Egypt

did research to learn about Early Peoples and their culture

around the world. Students created PowerPoint presentations

and created artwork repesenting cultural symbols.

A Webquest was created to outline procedures and tasks

for the students and resources were also provided.

Students were instructed as follows:

Choose an early people from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, or Europe from the chart below to research. Your research will include the following information:

• Indigenous or Native Peoples Tribe or ancient people’s name and geographic location (map image)

• Food gathering baskets, pots, nets (description and images)

• Identify at least three animals hunted (description and images)

• Tools and weapons (description and images)

• Homes (description and images)

• Clothing (description and images)

• Crops planted (description and images)

• Musical instruments (description and images)

• Games/sports played (description and images)

• Myths (brief description as it relates to culture)

• Important animals (these could represent clans or be part of cultural myths or stories)

• Identify tribal clan Names and organizational structure (describe how the people were organized)

• Identify a cultural symbol that you could use to create artwork painting, seals, pottery, jewelry or a mask

 

Your project research will be documented in a PowerPoint presentation of at least 6-8 slides, poster board, or a project board. Completed artwork will be displayed at the school or local library for family, friends, and community members to view.

Early Peoples to research

 Celts, Romans, Greeks, Ancient Europeans, Indigenous peoples of Ancient Russia, Norse, Vikings

 

African & Mid- East: Sumerians, Egyptians, Hebrew, Babylon, Berber, Kush, Axum, Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Bantu, Swahili

 

Asian & Far East: Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Ancient India, Nepal, Tibetan, Mongols

 

Inuits, Eskimo

 

North American: Native American Indian tribes of North America from different regions (NE, SE, SW, NW, Mid-Atlantic, plains)  such as Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole, Seneca,  Mohawk, Cheyenne, Pawnee, Hopi, Navajo, Zuni, Tlingit, Haida, Blackfoot, Ojibway, Cree, Huron, Micmac, Passamaquoddy, Beothuk, Slavey

 

Central & South American: Aztec, Inca, Olmec, Maya

 

Australia & New Zealand: Aboriginals of Australia, Maori of New Zealand

Projects are shown on the Country Pages. We hope you enjoy the students' work and learn about a culture you did not know about previously.