Iroqouis Debate Assessment
Grade six curriculum asks students to look at the earliest forms of democracy including the Iroqouis Confederacy. In this assessment, while students read and research historical cultural information they are preparing for a debate which takes place in the context of a traditional held Iroqouis Confederacy meeting. Students are given specific roles in table groups and learn the importance of their matriachal decision making system.
When the debate is complete, over the subject of a new clan potentially entering the confederacy, students individually gather their research and listen back to audio recordings of the debate. They use the information gathered as a journalist who must prepare and write an article which delivers news of the debate results to other members of the confederacy not privy to these details.
Iroqouis Confederacy Messenger Summative Assessment Organizer