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Track #113186: Seminole Tribe
Annotated by: Shari Meckna
1. How do You Spend Your Day?
http://www.ancientnative.org/anv.html

Pictures and captions can give us a lot of information. How did the Seminole Tribe spend their day? Study the pictures and captions from this website. Create a flowchart that shows how a Seminole child might have spent thier day. How is this different from your day?

2. Lining Up Time!
http://www.tampabayhistorycenter.org./seminoles.htm

Timelines can give us a written picture of how an area became settled. How did the Seminole Tribe settle Florida? Using the information on the website and your proior knowledge, create a pictorial timeline showing which five events played a large role in the Seminoles settling Florida.

3. Slavery and the Semimoles
http://worldbook.bigchalk.com/062890.htm

America is the land of the free...right? Durning slavery, were African slaves better off living a life of slavery or becomming a Seminole. Read the article on the this website. Create a persuasive letter encouraging an African-american to either stay a salve or join the Seminoles. Include facts to support your point of view.

4. What do Your Clothes Say?
http://www.seminoletribe.com/culture/clothing.shtml

What you wear can often tell other people a lot aobut you! What does the patchwork clothes of the Seminole Tribe tell? Read the website about patchwork and examine the pictures. Create a seminole patchwork shirt that tells about you. Be sure to include colors and designs the Seminoles would have used. Lable all the inportant parts of your shirt with expinations.

5. Chickee
http://www.seminoletribe.com/culture/chickee.shtml

We all nedd some type of shelter. The Seminole Tribe lived in a type of house called a 'chickee'! How did the chickee provide shelter for the Seminole Tribe? Read the website "chickee', create a graphic orginizer showing how the chickee provided shelter.

6. Animals Make Funny Sounds!
http://www.seminoletribe.com/culture/storyteller.shtml

"Tweet, Tweet!" The world is filled with different sounds. The Seminole Tribe had a special way to explain how different animals go thier sound.So, where do sound come from? Read this story Little Frog. Pick an animal sound, write a story explaining to your listners why your animal makes that sound. Practice telling your story, you never know when you will be askedto share it at campfire!

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