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Put Away Your Phone and Go to Your Seat

You do not need your notebook today

Take out a pen or pencil

Take out your chromebook and leave it closed

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Native American Veterans

We will be starting a research project today

You will need to choose what veteran or group of veterans you want to research

Circle the ones you are most interested in on your worksheet as you learn about them

You will need:

1 Native American Veterans worksheet
2 Native American Veterans Project Planning Sheet

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World War I��Joseph Oklahombi��Choctaw code talker and war hero who led a successful attack, despite being outnumbered 10:1��Play World War I Level of Warrior Vets to learn more about him

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World War II Women Veterans

Ola Rexroad, WASP

Pilot

Marcella Le Beau , Nurse

Minnie Spotted Wolf

1^st Native American Woman Marine

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More World War II Veterans

Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow Navajo Code Talkers Clarence Tinker Joe Thornton

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Play Warrior Vets game

https://sandbox.7generationgames.com/warrior_vets/

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When finished with the game, open your Chromebook and search for information on Native American veterans

You may search for information on one of the veterans in the game or research other veterans

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Suggested reliable sources

Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/collections/veterans-history-project-collection/about-this-collection/
Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian https://americanindian.si.edu/why-we-serve/
U.S. Army Center of Military history - https://www.history.army.mil/html/topics/natam/natam-moh.html

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To Do:

Fill out the project planning sheet, selecting whether you will be working with a partner or alone, the name of the veteran(s) you will research and the conflict(s) in which they served

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Put away your phone and go to your seat

Take out your chromebook and keep it closed

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Take out your research and planning sheet

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Take out a pen or pencil

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Complete your Native American veteran research sheet

This will require you to continue your online research from the previous class
List your sources at the end. For example:

Joseph Medicine Crow:War Chief, Historian and Mentor https://mhs.mt.gov/education/Montanans/JMedicineCrow.pdf

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Create a slide presentation teaching about your veteran

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Criteria	4 - Excellent	3 - Proficient	2 - Needs Improvement	1 - Unsatisfactory
Research Quality	Thorough research using multiple reliable sources, covering all categories.	Good research with some reliable sources, mostly covering categories.	Limited research with few sources, missing key categories.	Minimal or no research conducted.
Content Knowledge	Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of events; answers questions confidently.	Shows good understanding of events; answers most questions.	Limited understanding of events; struggles to answer questions.	Lacks understanding of events; cannot answer questions.
Organization & Clarity	Presentation is very organized, clear, and engaging; easy to follow.	Generally organized and clear, with minor issues in flow.	Some organization present, but difficult to follow at times.	Disorganized presentation; hard to understand.
Visuals & Engagement	Exceptional visuals that enhance the presentation; highly engaging.	Good visuals that support the presentation; fairly engaging.	Some visuals, but they do not add much; limited engagement.	No visuals or poorly chosen visuals; not engaging.
Extra Facts & Effort	Includes multiple extra facts and shows significant effort.	Includes some extra facts and shows good effort.	Minimal extra facts provided; effort is lacking.	No extra facts or effort evident.