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Written by: Jamie Jennings, Lesson title: Texas Indians Time: 45 min. / Days: 1 Content Area: Social Studies Grade: Seventh TEKS Language Arts 7.13(E) summarize and organize information from multiple sources by taking notes, outlining ideas, and making charts (4-8); Social Studies 7.2(A) compare the cultures of Native Americans in Texas prior to European colonization; Marzano Strategies Identifying Similarities and Differences Summarizing and Note Taking Questions, Cues and Organizers Interactive Teaching and Learning BigSix Elements Task Definition Information Seeking Strategies Location and Access Use of Information Materials: chart paper markers matrix of Texas Indians Resources: books of Texas Indians Nettrekker Procedure: 1. Separate students into 7 groups (one for each tribe). *This can be done before the lesson...I had them randomly pick one* 2. Brainstorm as a group for 2 to 3 minutes "stereotypes" of Texas Indians. Tell students they are going to be experts on their tribe and teach the other tribes about their tribe. 3. Have students work together in groups to fill out the information on their tribe. (I assigned roles, speaker, writer, time keeper, etc.) They will have about 20 to 25 minutes to fill out information. (I set a timer and give a countdown at 5 minutes) 4. Have tribes come up, one by one. Have the one speaker tell about their tribe so that the others can fill in their information on the chart. 5. If time at the end, have students compare/contrast the tribes and sum-up Attached Files: find your way @ your library An NEISD Library Services Page