BToday we will be focusing on ways to avoid plagiarism as we research our Native American tribes. But first, what is plagiarism?
Plagiarism: the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person (Merriam-Webster).
It's OK to use ideas you find in other places, but you need to do two things: put them in your own words (paraphrase) and give credit to your source (cite). You'll notice both of these are included in your research assignment.
Using the Paraphrasing - You Try It! document I emailed you, we'll walk through a strategy to help you paraphrase the information you find in your research into words you can use in your report. Use these articles from Britannica School to start:
- Inuit of the Arctic (aka Eskimos)
- Kwakiutl of the Northwest
- Nez Perce of the Plateau
- Hopi of the Southwest
- Pawnee of the Plains
- Seminole of the Southeast
- Taino of the Caribbean
Remember, you need to find and organize information about your tribe for each of the following areas:
- Important dates
- Everyday life (family, tribal hierarchy)
- Lifestyle (food, clothing, etc.)
- Habitat and environment (and how it affected how they lived)
- Culture (beliefs, traditions, music, celebrations, etc.)
- Descendants today
To let you to focus on the process of taking notes, we're providing several sites for you to find this information. For more information after you have done the paraphrasing activity with the Britannica article, try these sites:
Inuit of the Arctic
- The Canadian Encyclopedia: Inuit
- How Stuff Works: The Inuit
- Ducksters: Inuit Peoples
- Windows to the Universe: Inuit Culture, Traditions, and History
- Access Genealogy: Eskimos
- Britannica: American Arctic Peoples
Kwakiutl of the Northwest
- Native American Facts for Kids: Kwakiutl Tribe
- The Canadian Encyclopedia: Kwakiutl
- Access Genealogy: Kwakiutl
- Britannica: Northwest Coast Indians
Nez Perce of the Plateau
- Native American Facts for Kids: Nez Perce Tribe
- Indians.org: Nez Perce
- How Stuff Works: Nez Perce
- Ducksters: Nez Perce
- Access Genealogy: Nez Perce
- Britannica: Plateau Indians
Hopi of the Southwest
- Native American Facts for Kids: Hopi Tribe
- Indians.org: Hopi Indians
- Access Genealogy: Hopi
- Britannica: Southwest Indians
Pawnee of the Plains
- Native American Facts for Kids: Pawnee Tribe
- Indians.org: Pawnee Indians
- How Stuff Works: Pawnee Indians
- Access Genealogy: Pawnee
- Britannica: Plains Indians
Seminole of the Southeast
- Native American Facts for Kids: Seminole Tribe
- Seminole Tribe of Florida: History
- Indians.org: Seminole Indians
- How Stuff Works: Seminole Indians
- Ducksters: Seminole Tribe
- Access Genealogy: Seminole Tribe
- Britannica: Southeast Indians
Taino of the Caribbean
- Indians.org: Taino Indians
- Tribal Directory: Taino Indians
- Kids.net.au: Taino
- Taino Tribe.org Brochure
- Taino Indian Culture (toPuertoRico.org)
- El Boricua: Tainos
- Smithsonian: What Became of the Taino?
- Britannica: Central American and Northern Andean Indians