The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian Webquest Remember to earn full credit, you must:
Answer all questions using complete sentences (30 pts)
Cite your source (the website that you got the information from) (5 pts)
Paraphrase the answers you find or quote your source—DO NOT PLAGARIZE! (15 pts)
Presentation with no grammatical mistakes and pictures (50 pts)
Wellpinit High School
The book starts off with Arnold attending the Wellpinit School District in Washington State. One of Arnold's teachers approaches him and says his school cannot serve him, that everyone around him has given up, and the teachers are all defeated. Your first task is to research the Wellpinit School District to find out how true-to-life this is. Here are some questions to consider: 1. How do their test scores compare against other schools in the state, or other Indian Reservations? 2. Do they do well in sports or extracurricular activities? 3. What sort of technology and resources do they offer? 4. What kind of qualifications and education levels do their teacher have? 5. What's the high school graduation rate? Is this above average, average, below average? 6. What is the typical education level of the tribe? (High school? Bachelor's? Master's?)
1. Compare Native Americans living in poverty with other demographic groups? What is the trend? 2. What are the trends for Native American children when it comes to absenteeism? 3. What are the trends for Native American children when it comes to suspension and expulsion? 4. Compare their graduation rates vs. other races/ethnicities. 5. Compare their dropout rate against one other race/ethnicity. 6. What do you notice about Native American's average reading score compared to everyone else? 7. What about their average math scores? 8. What is the trend of Native Americans in advanced courses? 9. Under "Education and Social Environment" click on all the links and explain trends you notice for each. 10. Look at the unemployment rate of 16 years old and over by education attainment:
Native American Social Issues
Use the websites below to report on social issues that face Native Americans.
Spoken Indian Tribe 1. Who are the Spokane Indians? Where are they located? 2. Where in America is the Spokane Reservation located? How big is the reservation? How many people live there? 3. What is the history of the Spokane Indians? What are their customs and traditions? 4. What is the Spokane Powwow?
What is the Bureau of Indian Affairs? What is its purpose (reason for existence)? What is the Native American Rights Fund? What is their purpose? Why were they started? How have they helped Native Americans thus far?