Overall Module:
Language Arts: Reading
Goal 1: Read with understanding and fluency

Standard A: Apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to comprehend selection.

Standard B: Apply reading strategies to improve understanding.

Standard C: Comprehend a broad range of reading materials.

Language Arts: Research
Goal 5: Use the language arts to inquire, assess, and communicate information.

Science: Science, Technology, and Society
Goal 13: Understand the relationships among science, technology, and society in historical and contemporary contexts.

Standard B: Know and apply concepts that describe the interaction between science, technology, and society.

Social Science: History
Goal 16: Understand events, trends, individuals, and movements shaping the history of Illinois...

Standard A: Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.

Standard D: Understand the development of social history.

Standard D: Understand Illinois social history.

Early Elementary: 16.D.1: Describe key figures and organizations (tribes) in the social history of local communities.

Late Elementary: 16.D2b: Describe the ways in which participation in the westward movement affected families and communities (of Native Americans).

Middle/Junior High: 16.D.3a: Describe the characteristics of different kinds of families in Americans during the Colonial/frontier periods and the 19th century.

Early High School: 16.D.4b: Describe the unintended social consequences of political events in the U.S.

Late High School: 16.D.5: Analyze the relationship between an issue in U.S. Social history and the related aspects of political, economic, and environmental history (The Illinois Decline)

Social Science: Geography
Goal 17:

Standard C: Understand relationships between geographic factors and society.

Early Elementary: 17.C1a: Identify ways people depend on and interact with the environment.

Late Elementary: 17.C.2b: Describe the relationships among location of resources, population distribution, and economic activities.

Middle/Junior High: 17.C.3c: Analyze how human processes influence settlement patterns including migration and population growth.

Late High School: 17.C.5c: Describe geographic factors that affect cooperation and conflict among societies.

Social Science: Social Systems
Goal 18: Understand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States.

Standard A: Compare characteristics of culture as reflected in language, literature, the arts, traditions and institutions.

Early Elementary: 18.A.1 Identify folklore from different cultures which became part of the heritage of the United States.

Late Elementary: 18.A.2 Explain ways in which language, stories, folk tales, music, media and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture.

Middle/Junior High: 18.A.3 Explain how language, literature, the arts, architecture and traditions contribute to the development and transmission of culture.

Early High: 18.A.4 Analyze the influence of cultural factors including customs, traditions, language, media, art and architecture in developing pluralistic societies.

Late High: 18.A.5 Compare ways in which social systems are affected by political, environmental, economic and technological changes.

Online Interactive Activities:

Activity: What's in a Name: Native American Place Names in Illinois
Grade Levels: Grade 4-6

Social Science: Geography

Goal 17: Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society,with an emphasis on the United States

Standard A: L ocate, describe, and explain places, regions, and features on the earth.

Late Elementary: 17.A.2b: Use maps and other geographic representations and instruments to gather information about people, places, and environments.

Standard D: Understand the historical significance of geography.

Late Elementary: 17.D.2b: Identify different settlement patterns in Illinois...and relate them to physical features and resources.

Goal 18: Understand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States.

Standard A: Compare characteristics of culture as reflected in language, literature, the arts, traditions, and institutions.

Late Elementary: 18.A.2 Explain ways in which language, stories, folk tales, music, media and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture.

Middle/Junior High: 18.A.3 Explain how language, literature, the arts, architecture and traditions contribute to the development and transmission of culture.

Early High: 18.A.4 Analyze the influence of cultural factors including customs, traditions, language, media, art and architecture in developing pluralistic societies.

Activity: The Essential Deer
Social Science: Geography
Goal 17:

Standard C: Understand relationships between geographic factors and society.

Early Elementary: 17.C1a: Identify ways people depend on and interact with the environment.

Late Elementary: 17.C.2b: Describe the relationships among location of resources, population distribution, and economic activities.

Activity: Native American Identity: Teens today
Interview (Real Audio segments) with James (Jimi) Marshall Roberts, age 18.

Social Science: History
Goal 16: Understand events, trends, individuals, and movements shaping the history of Illinois...

Standard A: Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.

Language Arts: Listening and speaking
Goal 4: Listen and speak effectively in a variety of situations.

Standard A: Listen and speak effectively in formal and informal situations.

Early Elementary: 4.A.1d: Use visually oriented and auditorily based media.

Late Elementary: 4.A.2a: Demonstrate understanding of the listening process by summarizing and paraphrasing spoken messages orally and in writing.

Early High School: 4.A.4b: Apply listening skills in practical settings.

Activity: Predicting the Past
Grade Levels: 6th - 12th grade

Science
Goal 11: Understand the processes of scientific inquiry and technological design to investigate questions, conduct experiments, and solve problems.

Standard A: Know and apply the concepts, principles, and processes of scientific inquiry.

Late Elementary: 11.A.2d: use data to produce reasonable explanations.

Early and Late High School: 11.A.4a and 5a: Formulate hypotheses, referencing prior research and knowledge.

Social Science
Goal 16: Understand events, trends, individuals, and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States, and other nations.

Standard A: Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.

Late Elementary: 16.A.2b: Ask questions and seek answers from historical documents, images, and other literary and non-literary sources.

Middle/Junior High: 16.A.3b: Make inferences about historical events and eras using historical maps and other historical sources.

Early High School: 16.A.4a: Analyze and report historical events to determine cause and effect relationships.

Late High School: 16.A.5b: Explain the tentative nature of historical interpretations......serve as expressions of culture.

Activity: The Plum Stone Dice Game
Grade Levels 4-8

Mathematics: Data Analysis and Probability

Goal 10: Collect, organize, and analyze data using statistical methods, predict results, and interpret uncertainty using concepts of probability.

Standard A: Organize, describe, and make predictions from existing data.

Late Elementary: 10.A.2c: Make predictions and decisions on data and communicate reasoning.

Standard C: Determine, describe, and apply the probabilities of events.

Late Elementary: 10.C.2a: Calculate the probability of a simple event.

Middle/Junior High: 10.C.3a: Determine the probability and odds of events using fundamental counting principles.

10.C.3b: Analyze problem situations (board games, etc,) and make predictions about results.

Activity: Someone's in the Kitchen
Grades 4-12

Learning Application: Working on a Team
Language Arts
All Levels: Goal 1: Comprehend a broad range of reading materials.

Standard A: Apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to comprehend selections.

Standard B: Apply reading strategies to improve understanding and literacy.

Mathematics
All Levels: Goal 7: Estimate, make and use measurements of objects, quantities, and relationships, and determine levels of accuracy.

Standard A: Measure and compare quantities using appropriate units, instruments, and methods.

Social Science:
All Levels: Goal 18: Understand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States.

Standard A: Compare Characteristics of culture as reflected in language, literature, the arts, traditions, and institutions.

For ESL students:

Goal 28: Use the target language to communicate within and beyond the classroom setting.

Standard A: Understand oral communication in the target language.

Stage 2: 28.A.2b: Follow instructions in the target language, given one step at a time.

Stage 3: 28.A.3b: Follow instructions in the target language as given in multi-step segments.

Standard B: Interact in the target language in various settings.

Stage 1: 28.B.1b: Imitate pronunciation, intonation, and inflection including sounds unique to the target language.

Stage 2: 28.B.2a: Pose questions spontaneously in structured situations.

28:B.2c: Produce language using proper pronunciation, intonation, and inflection.

Stage 3: 28.B.3a Respond to open-ended questions and initiate communication in various situations.

28.B.3b Produce language with improved pronunciation, intonation, and inflection.

Goal 30A: Use the target language to make connections and reinforce knowledge and skills across academic disciplines.

Stage 2: 30.A.2b: Use the target language to make, use, and estimate measurements.

Stage 4: 30.A.4d: Use the target language to describe and compare daily diet, nutrition in areas where the target language is spoken.

Activity: With a Little Help from Our Friends
Grade Levels 5-6

Science: Inquiry and Design

Goal 11: Understand the processes of scientific inquiry and technological design to investigate questions, conduct experiments, and solve problems.

Standard A: Know and apply the concepts, principles, and processes of scientific inquiry.

Late Elementary: 11.A.2a: Formulate questions on a scientific topic and choose the steps needed to answer the questions. (Extension activity)

Model Wigwam Lesson Plan:

Illinois Goals and Standards addressed:
Social Science
All Levels: Goal 18: Understand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States.

Standard A: Compare Characteristics of culture as reflected in language, literature, the arts, traditions, and institutions.

Mathematics: Estimation and Measurement
Goal 7: Estimate, make and use measurements of objects, quantities, and relationships and determine acceptable levels of accuracy.

Standard A: Measure...using appropriate units, instruments, and methods.

Middle/Junior High: 7.A.3b: Apply the concepts and attributes of length, ...perimeter, ...and angle measures in practical situations.