Below are the PBL projects created by students as a result of their learning experiences related to the early civilizations of North America. First, we've included all of the student video documentaries that detail the daily life of early Native Americans in various cultural regions. While we were hoping to also share videos of the live presentations (reader's theater scripts - screenplays written by students), it looks like we won't be able to do so as the audio component of the students' presentations malfunctioned (we had no idea this would be a problem until we viewed the video footage afterward). Instead, at the end of the video documentaries, we've shared a video montage of the live readers' theater performances. You'll notice in the video montage that kiddos had constructed scaled longhouses, plank houses, canoes, chickee huts, quarries and more. In both the documentaries and the readers' theater presentations, portrayals of daily life in the regions accurately reflected how the native people utilized their land and resources, adapted to their climates, and benefited from their soil (or not). These learners truly understood the answer to our PBL driving question: How does where you live shape how you live?
Enjoy!
Northeast Woodland Cultural Region (above)
Great Plains Cultural Region (above)
Southeast Cultural Region (above)
Southwest Cultural Region (above)
Pacific Northwest Cultural Region (above)
Great Plains Cultural Region (above)
Southwest Cultural Region (above)
Southeast Cultural Region (above)
Video Montage of Readers' Theater Presentations (above)
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