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Summary and Objective
Students will understand some of the material differences between pre-contact and post-contact daily lives of Northeast Indian People. Using observations from the "Learning to Look" activity or the "Tools of Stone" lesson, they will understand that beads, metal and cloth were items that came from Europeans.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Before beginning this lesson, do the "Learning to Look" activity or the "Tools of Stone" lesson in the "Classroom Activities." Both of these are in the "In The Classroom" section of this web site.
Step 2.
Discuss the following question: How did the Northeast Indian people use the items presented in those activities? (preparing food, hunting, etc)
Step 3.
Have students examine the items from the museum collection on this page. Ask whether these items were used before or after the Indian people traded or worked with Europeans. Ask them to tell how they found this information.
Step 4.
Ask the students to make a list of the materials in these items.
Step 5.
Ask the students to consider what item that they looked at used metal and how else they think the Indian people might have used metal.
Step 6.
Ask students to think about how the Northeast Indians people's lives might have changed being able to use these materials. (tools, guns)
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