Format
1. Open discussion with visual analysis of 19th century Hudson River School paintings depicting wilderness and settlements.
2. Contrast perceptions that Native Americans and settlers held about each other.
3. Compare survival needs of Native Americans and early settlers by examining artifacts owned by each group.
4. Conduct bartering interactivity in which students take the role of either Native Americans or settlers and trade items representing, for example seeds, animal skins, and cloth.
5. After bartering, students discuss issues such as fair exchange, communication and mutual dependence which affected relations between the two groups.
Objectives
1. Students will gain an understanding of Native American ways of life through selected cultural artifacts.
2. Illustrate the differing perceptions that Native Americans held of settlers and that settlers held of Native Americans.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
All programs are aligned with the National Education Standards, Ohio Department of Education Academic Standards, and New York State Learning Standards.