For the Teacher:
You will separate into 5-6 groups: Senecas, Cayugas, Onondagas, Oneidas, Mohawks, and Tuscaroras
In your group, you will create a presentation and diorama.
Presentation:
Each tribe member will take one of the categories below and use the questions and resources to help you answer
them. Please write or type your answers in complete sentences. Write your responses to the main (bold) questions as
though you are a member of an Iroquois tribe:
1. What will life be like for your clan (men, women and children)? (use 4-5 facts in your answer to this question)
Use the answers to the questions below to help you answer question 1.
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What roles or jobs did Iroquois men, women and children do in their villages? Families (Clans), Role of Men &
Women, Page 94, 96, and 97
What games and sports did Iroquois people play? Sports & Games
2. What type of dwelling (home) will you live in and how will you and your clan protect your village? (use 4-5 facts in your answer
to this question)
Use the answers to the questions below to help you answer question 2.
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In what kind of houses did the Iroquois live? What is this Iroquois dwelling a symbol of? Iroquois Dwellings
How did the Iroquois set up their villages to keep them protected? Protecting Their Dwellings, A Mowhawk
Iroquois Village
What does the name "Haudenosaunee" mean? Why do you think the Iroquois called themselves by that
name? Haudenosaunee Meaning
3. How will you use your environment to help you survive? (use 4-5 facts in your answer to this question)
Use the answers to the questions below to help you answer question 3.
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What kinds of tools and weapons did the Iroquois use? What objects from the environment did the Iroquois use to
make their tools and weapons? Iroquois Use the Environment
What were the main sources of food for the Iroquois? What were the "3 Sisters" and why were they called
that? Food, 3 Sisters
What is the Legend of the Corn Husk Dolls, also known as "No Face" Dolls? How are Corn Husk Dolls related to the
"3 Sisters?" Corn Husk Dolls
4. How will you organize your new settlement to gather enough food, help keep peace and work with with surrounding
tribes? (use 4-5 facts in your answer to this question)
Use the answers to the questions below to help you answer question 4.
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What is a clan? Page 90
What is the Iroquois League of Nations, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy? How was the League of Nations
organized? How can it help your clan? League of Nations, Iroquois Confederacy
What is the Hiawatha Belt? Hiawatha Belt
How will you gather enough food? Food
When you have completed your individual questions, work as a group to make a Word Cloud
containing important key words from the information you learned doing your research. Type
them into Word first and then copy and paste the words you chose into http://Wordle.net
When you finish your word cloud, print it out. Make sure you have chosen a white background (not a black
background) to save ink.
Your Settlement Poster or Diorama
Work with your group to draw or make your settlement to present to the other tribes.
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What Native American name will you give your settlement? Decide as a group.
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Draw your settlement or make a diorama including at least 5 the following parts:
o At least 2 dwellings (required)
o A water source (stream, lake...)
o Clearing
o Moat
o Palisade Wall or Stockade
o Platform (for archers)
o A Firepit
Your Presentation:
When you present, include your drawing or diorama, your map showing
where you will build your village, and present your answers to questions
1 through 5. All group members must present part of the information.
Tribe Member #1:
Name: _____________________________________________
Please write or type your answers in complete sentences. Write your responses to the main (bold) questions
as though you are a member of an Iroquois tribe:
Answer these questions first:
•
What roles or jobs did Iroquois men, women and children do in their villages? Families (Clans), Role of
Men & Women, Page 94, 96, and 97
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
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What games and sports did Iroquois people play? Sports & Games
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Then answer this question using the information you found: What will life be like for your clan (men, women and
children)? (Use 4-5 facts in your answer to this question)
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Tribe Member #2:
Name: _____________________________________________
Please write or type your answers in complete sentences. Write your responses to the main (bold) questions
as though you are a member of an Iroquois tribe:
Answer these questions first:
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In what kind of houses did the Iroquois live? What is this Iroquois dwelling a symbol of? Iroquois
Dwellings
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
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How did the Iroquois set up their villages to keep them protected? Protecting Their Dwellings, A
Mowhawk Iroquois Village
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
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What does the name "Haudenosaunee" mean? Why do you think the Iroquois called themselves by that
name? Haudenosaunee Meaning
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Then answer this question using the information you found: What type of dwelling (home) will you live in and how
will you and your clan protect your village? (Use 4-5 facts in your answer to this question)
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Tribe Member #3:
Name: _____________________________________________
Please write or type your answers in complete sentences. Write your responses to the main (bold) questions
as though you are a member of an Iroquois tribe:
Answer these questions first:
•
What kinds of tools and weapons did the Iroquois use? What objects from the environment did the Iroquois use to
make their tools and weapons? Iroquois Use the Environment
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
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What were the main sources of food for the Iroquois? What were the "3 Sisters" and why were they called
that? Food, 3 Sisters
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
•
What is the Legend of the Corn Husk Dolls, also known as "No Face" Dolls? How are Corn Husk Dolls related to the
"3 Sisters?" Corn Husk Dolls
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Then answer this question using the information you found: How will you use your environment to help you
survive? (Use 4-5 facts in your answer to this question)
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Tribe Member #4:
Name: _____________________________________________
Please write or type your answers in complete sentences. Write your responses to the main (bold) questions
as though you are a member of an Iroquois tribe:
Answer these questions first:
•
What is a clan? Page 90
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
•
What is the Iroquois League of Nations, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy? How was the League of Nations
organized? How can it help your clan? League of Nations, Iroquois Confederacy
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
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What is the Hiawatha Belt? Hiawatha Belt
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
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How will you gather enough food? Food
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Then answer this question using the information you found: How will you organize your new settlement to gather
enough food, help keep peace and work with with surrounding tribes?
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Work with your group to put a red X on the spot where you plan to settle. Think about which Haudenosaunee tribe
you belong to and how the environment of the location you choose will help you establish your village.
Image Source: Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iroquois_5_Nation_Map_c1650.png