Time: at least three lesson periods for total activity

Ark. Hist. Framework: 1.1.2; 1.1.6; 1.1.9; 1.1.12; 1.1.13; 1.1.15; 2.1.4; 2.1.6; 2.1.7; 3.1.3; 3.1.4; 3.1.10; 3.1.12; 4.1.7; 4.1.13; 5.1.1.; 5.1.2; 5.1.5; 5.1.13; 5.1.17.

Objective: After the initial study of the Native Americans in Arkansas, the students will, by means of this game, become more familiar with the Native Americans of Arkansas and their culture.

Set: The students will have studied page 17 - 29 in their textbook: "The Mississippian Tradition" and will have seen the first part of the video ( up to the expedition of DeSoto), as well as have done several worksheets and activity on this subject.

Materials: : "An Arkansas History for young people" by T. Harri Baker and Jane Browning.

2. Video: "First encounters" Native American and Europeans in the Mississippi Valley.

3. Blackboard or Overhead projector to keep score.

4. 3 different colored cards with the names of the three major Indian tribes in Arkansas ( Osage, Quapaw, Caddo) on them.

5. A classroom set of the 25 questions. ( included)

Key Terms: No new terms. (Extension of understanding of the terms Quapaw, Caddo and Osage.)

Key Facts: 1. Tell students they will be playing a game to review and prepare for the test over this chapter.

2. Each student will be given three different colored cards with the terms "CADDO", "QUAPAW", and " OSAGE", on them, written in marker. These cards can be made at the beginning of the class or be made by the teacher in advance.

3. The students are to place these cards right side up, on their desks.

4. Depending on the size of the class; divide in two or more teams The team that scores the most point will be the winner.

5. Each teams takes a turn and answers a question. If correct point for that team. If incorrect or no answer the opposing team will get a chance to answer and win a point.

6. Answer the 25 question in order and/or at random.

7. The members of the winning team will be addressed, by the losers as "CHIEF" for a pre-arranged time period. The rest of the day, two days or until the next game is played.

1. Which Native American group gave Arkansas its name? (Quapaw)

2. Which Native American group lived in the Southwestern part of the state? (Caddo)

3. Which Native American group obtained most of their food by hunting? (Osage)

4. Which Native American group lived along the Mississippi, White and Arkansas rivers? (Quapaw)

5. Which Native American group was known as a "warlike" people? (Osage)

6. Which Native American group was originally called "Ugakhpah" (Quapaw)

7. Which Native American group lived in the Northwestern part of Arkansas?(Osage)

8. Which Native American group was called the "Roundheaded" people? (Caddo)

9. Which Native American group built their houses by putting up poles and branches and covering them with leaves, moss and grass? (Osage)

10. Which Native American group grew corn as their main crop? (Caddo)

11. Which Native American group was the only one that did not migrate to our state? (Caddo)

12. Which Native American was known as the "downstream" people? (Quapaw)

13. Which Native American group's village was arranged in a circle? (Osage)

14. Which Native American group originally came from the Wabash and Ohio river valleys? (Quapaw)

15. Which Native American group houses were shaped like "upside-down bird nests"? (Osage)

16. Which Native American group has houses like beehives? (Caddo)

17. Which Native American group of men decorated themselves by painting their faces, plucking their eyebrows and shaving their heads? (Osage)

18. Which Native American group had houses that were long and rectangular, with bark walls and dome-shaped tops? (Quapaw)

19. Which Native American group used mounds as their places of worship and built their farms around them? (Caddo)

20. Which Native American group believed that the land was for everyone to share? (Quapaw)

21. Which Native American group relied on farming to feed themselves? (Caddo)

22. Which Native American group used salt to season food and to trade for goods?(Caddo)

23. Which Native American group live in a village called "kappa", which was about 50 miles south of present day Helena?(Quapaw)

24. Which Native American group believed that lazy people should not get as much food as hard worker? (Osage)

25. Which Native American group used their environment to meet their basic need by creating shelter from plant life and clothing from animal skin? (Caddo)

Closure: N.B.1 This game can be adapted to other parts and items of Arkansas History

p.e. The Louisiana Purchase; origins of explorers and early settlers, U.S. presidents and the political parties they belong to.

N.B.2 A fieldtrip to the Parkin Archeological State Park (Casqui) will be a great culmination of the study of this subject in Arkansas History