Dwellings of the Seminole People

DESCRIPTORS

Curriculum Areas: Social Studies, Culture

Recommended Levels: High School

Time Frame: 4 days (30 minute lessons) 1-day chickee construction participation

Tribal Affiliation: Seminole Tribe

Geographic Location: Southeast

Developed by: Jessica Cohen, Leroy King, Renee Morales, Celesta Osceola, Lenora Roberts and Lee Zepeda

Email address for further questions: tribune@semtribe.com

Date lesson was developed: July 25, 2001

American Indian Standards:

Social Studies

Standard 1: Culture

Standard 3: People, Places and Environments

American Indian Language and Technology

Standard 3.1: Making Connections

American Indian Community Service

Standard 1.1: Interpersonal Communication

Standard 2.1: Practices of Culture

American Indian Language and Technology

Standard 5.1: School and Community

INSTRUCTION

Goal: To understand the history of chickee building

Behavioral Objectives: Students will:

• Research history of Seminole dwellings
• Describe functionality of chickees
• Photograph and document chickee-building process

Prior Knowledge Needed:

• Researching skills
• Photography skills
• Writing skills

Materials and Resources Needed:

• Digital camera
• Computer with photo program
• Guest speakers who are chickee builders

Culture Content and Strategies:

• The students will learn the history of chickee building
• Guest speakers who are chickee builders in the community will speak to the class
• Website related to Seminole dwellings: www.semtribe.com

Lesson Summary and Performance Tasks:

The students will brainstorm how to build a chickee. The students will discuss why Seminoles lived in chickees, leading to a discussion of the history of Seminole dwellings. A community chickee builder will visit the class and talk about how to build a chickee. Students can contact the Seminole Tribune (tribune@semtribe.com) and ask questions related to Seminole dwellings. They also can search the Internet for sites related to chickees. Then the class will visit the worksite where the chickee is being built and take pictures using a digital camera. A teacher-made essay test will be given at the end of the unit.

Assessment:

• Discussion/Participation (checklist)
• Teacher-made essay test

EXTENSION

Technology Integration:

• Individual students and/or groups of students can do research projects and present them to the class using a PowerPointÔ presentation
• Students can make a digital video of the chickee building process

Enrichment/Remediation:

• Students can take a QTVR of a Seminole chickee village. They will describe the function of the different chickees in the village (i.e. cooking chickee, sleeping chickee, etc…). Students can also participate in the construction of a chickee, if allowed.

Teacher Reflections

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