Lesson 4# Dwelling's of
the Pacific Northwest Coast People
SUBJECT: Arts Education and Social Studies
TOPIC: The Pacific Northwest Longhouse
TIME FRAME: 1-3 classes
COMMON ESSENTIAL LEARNING'S:
Communication - Students' will discuss with the other students' in their group
the completion of
the first stage of their building of a longhouse together.
Critical and Creative and Creative Thinking - Students' will have to find a
solution to the different problems
of constructing a longhouse.
Personal and Social Values - Students' will work harmoniously with members of their
group to accomplish the task.
MATERIALS: Books of the longhouse, pencils, worksheets, maps and pictures,
Popsicle sticks, glue, cardboard.
1. OBJECTIVES:
Saskatchewan
Arts Education Objectives
Saskatchewan Social
Studies Objectives
Cognitive: Students will...
- research and discuss the unique structure and design of the Pacific Northwest longhouse.
Affective: Students will...
- appreciate the uniqueness of the two different First Nation groups that used the
longhouse.
Physical: Students will...
- construct a model of a longhouse using Popsicle sticks in the time provided.
Spiritual: Students will...
- demonstrate a respect for First Nation peoples and their culture by observing the construction of the Pacific Northwest Coast longhouse.
2. RESOURCES:
http://www.civilization.ca/membrs/fph/nwca/nwcam04e.html
A description of a small isolated Haida (Pacific Northwest Coast) village called
Ninstints.
http://www.civilization.ca/membrs/fph/nwca/nwcad1e.html#skedans
Drawings of Pacific Northwest Coast longhouses and village.
http://www.chinook-art.com/hstory/shelters/note1.html
A description of a longhouse.
http://www.cowboysindians.com/content/issue/may98/feature_totems.html
A description of the relationship between First Nation peoples of the Northwest
and Cedar Trees.
http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/northwest.html
A description of the Northwest Coast peoples culture.
http://www.hallman.org/indian/house.html
A description of a Haida house.
3. PURPOSE/TEACHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The purpose of this lesson is to have students learn about the construction, design and
use of the longhouse. The Pacific Northwest peoples built longhouses as they lived
in a region that housed some of the largest trees in the world. Several families
lived in one longhouse at a time. Depending on the size of the longhouse, up
to a thousand people could live in one. The Pacific Northwest First Nation People were
located on the coast of British Columbia.
4. ACTIVITIES/IDEAS:
Research Project: Have the students' research different
websites to find out more information about the Pacific Northwest longhouses. In the resource section of this unit there are additional websites presented.
Building A Model longhouse - Using Popsicle sticks, have the
students build their own longhouse together in groups or individually.
5. EVALUATION:
