Indigenous Americans in the Archaic Period

Assign a group of students to each region of Native peoples who lived in the present-day United States during the Archaic period (roughly 8,000 to 1,000 BC), well before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Each group is to research the people in their region--Great Plains Bison Hunters, Great Basin Cultures, Pacific Coast Cultures, or Eastern Woodland Cultures. Instead of doing a write-up on their findings, students will play a theater game called "Slideshow" to act out 5 scenes (either frozen like photos or short skits like gifs) that best represent the people of that region. Then a student can narrate as students act out those scenes in front of the class. Or students can post photos and captions of their slideshows either into the discussion feature of your LMS directly or via a slide deck.