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Project Outline

 

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In this assignment we will be looking at the concepts of power, authority and decision making in the world’s oldest democracy: The Iroquois Confederacy. Through this activity students will develop an appreciation for and understanding of the structure of the Iroquois Confederacy as a model of democracy that has influenced modern applications of democracy.

 

It is assumed that this lesson comes well into the year and follows a significant amount of discussion regarding the concepts of decision making and democracy, so these concepts are not included in the lesson.

 

 

Lesson Outline

 

This project could be approached in a variety of ways. It may be approached as critical inquiry project in which students explore the concepts of political and social structure for a particular people and learn how to use specific technology tools to help support inquiry, or it could be used as a culminating activity following instruction on the topic of the Iroquois Confederacy to check for understanding of the interaction between political and social structures in the Iroquois Confederacy. In either case, feel free to pick and choose which elements best suit your classroom situation.

 

There are a number of technology outcome embedded in the project, but not all of them need to be included. I have included hyperlinks in the text (the blue underlined text) which will connect you to websites that address the topic identified or to other files you will need to use as part of the lesson.

 

 

 

Critical Inquiry Question:

 

How did the social structure (the roles, responsibilities, beliefs and values) of the Iroquois Confederacy impact its political structure (the way in which they organized themselves to make decisions as a group)?

 

If this is the first time students have engaged in a critical inquiry, you may want to generate a list of sub questions with students that they need information about in order to answer the big question. Otherwise, have them generate their own lists before beginning their research.

 

Depending on what has already been covered in prior lessons some questions might include:

 

 

  • Who are or were the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee is the politically correct name for this First Nations People)?

 

  • What is a confederacy?

 

  • What are beliefs and values?

 

  • What are roles?

 

  • When and where did/do they live?

 

 

Encourage students to identify as many questions as they can think of to help them in their research. Provide guidance to encourage development of questions that can lead to significant inquiry (not yes and not question or rote detail recall questions).

 

 

ICT inquiry

 

 

What software applications, websites and communication tools can help me in locating, collecting, evaluating and using information to solve the critical inquiry?

 

 

Steps in the research process:

 

In the process of inquiring students will engage in a number of skills tasks as they collect and organize their information to solve the problem. For management/tracking purposes, it may be a good idea to build in checkpoints where students check in with the teacher with regards to their progress. It may also be useful to have students use the self/peer assessment instrument at various stages in the process to ensure they are on track.

 

 

  • Generate a list of questions they have regarding the larger inquiry question.

 

  • Identify resources that they will use to try to answer their questions.

 

  • Plan and generate a database in which to record research notes and their sources (What is a database? How do you plan a database? How do you construct a database? How do you input data in a database?).

 

  • Develop a plan that will guide their approach to the inquiry.

 

 

  • Locate information regarding the major elements of the Iroquois Confederacy

 

  • Determine which factors in your research are part of the social structure and which are part of the political structure.

 

  • Use their database to organize and sort information (How can you use a database to organize and sort data?).

 

  • Use the gathered information to create either a traditional print graphic organizers, webbing software, or online webbing service to generate a visual representation of the structures that make up the Iroquois Confederacy. (What are graphic organizers? What are the benefits of the different options available? How do the software applications work?)

 

  • Use the filter option to analyze the information in order to identify connections and relationships (How can you analyze data using the filter features built into the databaes?).

 

  • Indicate the connections, relationships, or impacts the various political and social structures of the Iroquois Confederacy have on each other.

 

 

 

 

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