Health & Fitness
NATIVE AMERICAN EXPLORERS VISIT ORLAND PARK
The students of Ms. Carita Hall's fourth grade class researched a fictional member of a Native American tribe and then assumed the role of their fictional character.
A group of Native American explorers and Indian tribes recently held a peaceful conference at High Point School. The student explorers and tribe members held the friendly meeting to discuss similarities and differences that existed among Native American tribes and how the Native American way of life was impacted by the arrival of European explorers and colonists.
As part of their discussion, the explorers and tribes brought hand-made artifacts such as boomerangs, white pots, clay bowls, arrows, gold medallions, and tee pees to reflect each tribe’s culture, belief system, and the natural resources that were available in that time period.
The Native American Explorers project was a part of Ms. Carita Hall’s fourth grade class in which students researched a fictional member of a Native American tribe and then assume the role of their fictional character. The students presented their findings and defended their way of life to a visiting European explorer who had just landed on the American continent. Present for the meeting were John Cabot, Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain and members of the Ottawa, Apache, Cheyenne, Shawnee, Chinook and Hopi tribes.
