Objectives
- Students will use vocabulary related to the lives of the Tlingit Indians of the Pacific Northwest.
- Students will appreciate how the natural environment affects the lives of the Tlingit people.
- Students will recognize how the environment affects their own daily lives.
Materials
- Tlingit Indians of the Pacific Northwest worksheet
- Tlingit of the Northwest Coast website
(http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/north-south-east-west/tlingit/)
Procedures
- Introduce key vocabulary: canoe, climate, evergreen, lush, sacred, totem pole, vegetation.
- Have students work with partners to complete the Tlingit Indians of the Pacific Northwest worksheet after they visit the website.
- Set up a time when students can share the information they discovered.
Assessment
- Use students' worksheet responses to evaluate their ability to gather information about the relationship between the Tlingit people and their environment. Assign a point value for each response.
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