Native+Americans+in+the+News+(4th+Grade)

by Chris Pugh

Social Studies SPI 4.1.1.1"Identify pre-Colonial Native American groups (i.e., Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Aztec, Mayans, Olmec, Mississippi Mound Builders)."
 * Objectives**

ISTE NETS - Creativity and Innovation 1b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

Previously, the students have gathered research on several tribes of Native Americans including the Cherokee, Creeks (Muscogee), Mayans, and Aztecs. This lesson focus on publishing their findings in a multimedia format.
 * Lesson**

TSW... 1. Open Safari browser. 2. Type http://tinyurl.com/mtpanz into the browser address to go to http://cmcss-tech-lessons.wikispaces.com/Native+Americans+in+the+News+%284th+Grade%29. 3. Click the link to download the NewYorkTribune.odp file. 4. Double-click the file to open the template. The students will be using the 1 page presentation as a template to create a newspaper article with picture about the Native American tribe they studied. 5. Click on the OpenOffice icon to bring the document to the front. 6. Click the Green dot button on the top left of the OpenOffice window to maximize the window to fill the screen and see the details. 7. Click in the "Click to add an outline" box to begin typing the title of their "article" about the Native American group studied. Delete the bullet first. 8. Press the RETURN key. 9. Click to change the font size from 32 to 16. 10. Click on the bullet button to turn them off. 11. Type their topic sentence. (The rest will be typed after they retrieve an image.) 12. Click on the [] link to go to creative commons licensed images to use in their paper. 13. Type a search term into the search engine. Refine the search terms, as needed. 14. Click on links and/or thumbnails to see larger picture by itself. 15. Control-click on the picture and choose COPY IMAGE from the drop-down menu. 16. Click on the OpenOffice icon from the dock. 17. Control-click on the empty spot in the template and choose PASTE to put the picture. 18. Click and drag the green corner boxes to resize. Click and drag the center of the picture to reposition the picture. 19. Click on the Safari icon to bring it to the front. 20. Click and drag to highlight information beside the SOURCE. Then copy and paste it to the caption area below the picture. 21. While in the OpenOffice document, click in the text section and continue typing the information they know about their Native American group. 22. If finished, choose FlLE and PRINT to print their copy. If not finished, choose FILE and SAVE AS to rename and save their work with their name and tribe.