Lesson plan
This plan is designed for one 45-minute lesson. It
includes vocabulary and comprehension activities.
Topic:
The Culture of Native Americans
The first
ones there
Warm-up –
vocabulary, pronunciation
5 min.
Whole class/pair
work
HANDOUT TASK 1
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Write the phrase “Native Americans” on the board.
Explain to the students who they are (The
people who lived in North America before the first Europeans came). Don’t
give them more details.
Give students
Handout Task 1 with the names of some Native American tribes and their
pronunciation. Ask them to match the names with the correct pronunciation.
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Pre-reading
5 min.
Pair work
HANDOUT TASK 2
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Students should read
the questions in Handout 2. In pairs, they discuss the questions and try to
find the answers. They share their answers with the whole class. Don’t give
the students the right answers yet.
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Reading
15 min.
Group work HANDOUT TASK 2
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Break the class into
three groups. Each group should read one paragraph: “Indians”, “Tribes”, “Are? Or Where?”. When they are finished,
ask them to form new groups of three students who read different paragraphs.
Each group tries to answer the questions in Handout 2 again. Check the
answers in class
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Activities
10 min.
Pair work HANDOUT TASK 3
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Ask students work in pair. Pair gets one of
pictures of Handout 3. Pair has to play a pantomime and other students guess
what is on the picture.
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Follow - up
10 min.
Pair work
HANDOUT TASK 4
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Write the following
example on the board:
Agreement: show finger up
– means: “That´s true., I agree., You are right.”
Disagreement: show finger down – means: “That´s not
true., I don’t agree., I think it´s wrong. I don’t think it´s right.”
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The
first ones there
INDIANS?
When Christopher Columbus
came to the America, he thought he
was in the East Indies and called
the people “Indians”. But that was wrong.
Some people still call them Indians”,
but it is not the best word. You can call
them Native Americans in the US, or First
Nations in Canada, but the best way is to
use their tribe name.
TRIBES?
Native
Americans are not one group. That is like saying all
Europeans
are the same. There are many different tribes.
For
example, the Mohawk tribe in the Northeast,
Cherokee
in the Southeast and Apache
in the
mountains.
They
have different houses, clothes, languages,
food –
everything.
They
are like different nations with different cultures.
ARE? OR WERE?
There are still many
Native Americans living in North American
today, and many live in small areas called
reservations. When the
Europeans came , they
weren´t very nice to the Native Americans there.
They made them ill,
killed many of them, and took their homes. Now the tribes are very small. Some of them live
in the traditional way, but many of them live in the modern American
way, with new houses and clothes.
HANDOUTS
HANDOUT TASK 1
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Match the names with their pronunciation
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Mohawk /ˈfɛðə/
Cherokee
/əˈpatʃi/
Apache /baʊ/
/ənd/ /ˈarəʊ/
Pueblo /ˈpwɛbləʊ/
Sioux /ˌtʃɛrəˈkiː/
Cheyenne /tɛnt/
Tent
/ˈməʊhɔːk/
Feather
/ʃʌɪˈan/
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HANDOUT TASK 2
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Read the questions. Do you know the answer?
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1.
Who was the first famous European
to meet Native Americans?
2.
Why Native Americans are sometimes
called “Indians”?
3.
Do all Native American groups understand
each other?
4.
Were the first Europeans and Native
Americans friends?
5.
Do Native Americans still live in
North America?
6.
What are teepeers?
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HANDOUT TASK 3 – pictures
HANDOUT TASK4
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Read the article quickly. Take turns reading sentences agreeing – show
finger up / disagreeing – show finger down.
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Students A
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Students B
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1. Sentence ( You
read it ):
Christopher Columbus thought he was in India.
2. Listen to
Students B:
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3. Sentence ( You
read it ):
Native American has many groups, like Europe has
many nations.
4. Listen to
Students B:
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5. Sentence ( You
read it ):
Most tribes didn´t live in teepees.
6. Listen to
Students B:
/
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1.
Listen to Students A:
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2.
Sentence ( You read it ):
In Canada, the tribes are called First Nations.
3.
Listen to Students A:
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4. Sentence ( You
read it ):
Today, all Native Americans still live in the
traditional way.
5.
Listen to Students A:
6. Sentence ( You
read it ):
All Inuit people live in igloos.
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Solutions:
HO2:
1. Christopher Columbus.
2. Christopher Columbus, he thought he was in the East
Indies and called the people “Indians”
3. No, they speak different languages.
4. No, when Europeans came, they weren’t nice to the
Native Americans there.
5. Yes, they do
6. Teepees are a type of Native American house.
HO4: 1. F, 2. T, 3. T, 4. F, 5. T, 6. F
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