American West L2 & L3 – The Plains Indians

This double lesson contains:
A starter to consider some images of Plains Indians doing a buffalo dance and what we can learn.
An introduction into the lives of the Plains Indians. Students can have a copy of the worksheet. This has always been most effective as an A3 organiser. For the tribe structure, this is done on the PPT, teacher led. The importance of horses and buffalo uses the information sheet provided. The Plains Indians beliefs is done by a YouTube video and student take notes in the relevant boxes. Then for attitudes to war, this is a YouTube video and the information sheet in combination. This will spill over from lesson 1 into lesson 2 on this topic.
A final activity in which students connect the problems Indians faced on the Plains with the solution they found.
A plenary quiz drawing on both lessons of this topic.
 
Attachments:
1 x Powerpoint Presentation
1 x Word Files
2 x Publisher Files