1. What was life like for the Sioux tribe before the white settlers arrived?
a) As a class, we will watch 'A Man Called Horse'*. Complete the 'Discoveries and Wonderings' chart. Remember to look carefully at the chart's focus areas. ![]()
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b) Resources for additional research:
(Use powerpoints first)
(Use powerpoints first)
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WEBSITE 1 (location. timer period, buffalo, culture)
WEBSITE 2 (key point summary)
WEBSITE 3 (culture, beliefs, general information) etc
WEBSITE 2 (key point summary)
WEBSITE 3 (culture, beliefs, general information) etc
*Teacher note: from 46:53 stop just before the sun dance hoisting. freeze the screen when she goes into sweat lodge.
2. Were the Sioux a bunch of savages?
a) Adding detail: use the clip to develop your buffalo section from last lesson
b) Key skill! Inferring from a source
c) Savage or civilised?
CLICK HERE: MAKE A COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT i) Review the background of people like 'Horse' (the character from the video). Identify 5-10 things he would have found savage about the Sioux tribe when he first met them. ii) Now look back through your research & understanding. For each of the 'savage', things you have identified in the source, see if you can identify a way of defending them: - are they really different 'deep' down'? - is there something about their environment that makes it impossible to do anything else? - are you hypocritical? |
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3. Assessment 1: Encounter with the Sioux
(Showing your understanding of the concept of diversity)
This will be your first assessment - it is designed to give you a chance to show your understanding of the concept of diversity. Assessment Introduction |
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encounters_with_the_sioux.pptx | |
File Size: | 197 kb |
File Type: | pptx |
Level Descriptors

y8_assessment_mark_scheme.docx | |
File Size: | 14 kb |
File Type: | docx |
Sentence Starters
These are aimed to help those who are finding it difficult to access the task. If you are a confident writer, you may look at them for inspiration - remember, to obtain the top level you are also trying to identify deeper similarities as well as the surface differences (i.e. go beyond these sentence starters).
These are aimed to help those who are finding it difficult to access the task. If you are a confident writer, you may look at them for inspiration - remember, to obtain the top level you are also trying to identify deeper similarities as well as the surface differences (i.e. go beyond these sentence starters).

y8_na_encounters_with_the_sioux.docx | |
File Size: | 13 kb |
File Type: | docx |