This is a collection of advance organizers designed for use with the text, The Iroquois. This is used wit 4th graders who are reading the text. Directions for how to

1. Advance Organizers
for The Iroquois
Blueprints for Learning

2. • Advance organizers, including graphic
ones, help students learn new concepts
and vocabulary (Stone, 1983). Presenting
information graphically as well as
symbolically in an advance organizer
reinforces vocabulary learning and
supports reading skills (Brookbank Grover,
Kullberg, & Strawser, 1999; Moore &
Readence 1984).

3. Advanced Organizers
1. Provide students with a visual outline of key
information. Use color, image, and geometric shape to
show the structure and relationships within a text.
2. Provide students with organizer 24 hours before
reading the chapter/text.
3. Guide students through the organizer by telling the
“story” of the chapter and explaining key concepts &
vocabulary.
4. Have students reread the organizer as they read, make
notes, and discuss the chapter.
5. Use the organizer as a means for studying what was
learned. Have students tell each other ‘the story’ of the
chapter using the organizer. Record using iPods as an
assessment.

4. Chapter 2: Traditional Life
How did they
share
responsibilities?
How do Iroquois
people live
together?
What did
they believe
and
observe?
They live as large families or
“clans” in longhouses
Men and
women work
together to
build them
20 ft. wide;
100-400 ft. long
Young and
old lived
together
Women and girls
cooked, made
clothing, planted
Men built
houses,
hunted,
fished
Boys
made
hunting &
fishing
gear
Older adults
cared for
the children
Respect for the
earth
Celebrated the
seasons
Learned to
trade with
Europeans
Held ceremonies
to honor the
Creator

5. Chapter 3: Europeans Bring Change
How did the
wars affect
the Iroquois?
How did trading
and diseases
affect the
Iroquois?
After the
Revolutionary
War, what was
the relationship
like between
the U.S. and
Iroquois?
Trading helped
bring the
Iroquois
essential items
that they used
for daily life.
Small pox
and
measles
killed many
Iroquois
because
they had
no cure.
Tuscorora
War
Tuscorora
became the
6th
Confederacy
Nation.
American
Revolutionary
War
Some Iroquois,
Onondaga, Cayuga,
Seneca, & Tuscarora
moved to Canada.
The Iroquois
lived on
reservations in
NY, Wisconsin,
Oklahoma, &
Canada.
Iroquois
Decided to
Not help
the British
or
Americans.

6. Chapter 4: The Iroquois Today
How do the
Iroquois help
their children
know what it
means to be
an Iroquois?
How do the
Iroquois support
themselves?
What work do
they do?
How have the
Iroquois
maintain their
independence?
Many work off reservation as there is
not enough work on the reservation.
Many are
steelworkers
who build
bridges and
skyscrapers.
George
Washington
Bridge
Some work in
gambling
casinos. This
controversial.
Some children
attend alternative
schools.
Children
learn
native
languages.
Children
learn
Mohawk
history &
customs.
Some play
traditional games &
participate in
customs.
Lacrosse
They live on
reservations with
their own laws.
Haudenosaunee
passports issued
in Canada is
recognized in 36
countries.
Ceremonies

7. Chapter 5: Sharing the Traditions
How do the Iroquois
share traditions?
1. Burn council
fires on
reservations as
a sign of clan
cooperation.
2. Continue to
have at least
one longhouses
per reservation.
3. Participate
in ceremonies
such as the
Midwinter
Ceremony.
4. Employ faith
keepers, like Oren
Lyons to maintain
knowledge of
history.
6. Create &
share native
crafts.
5. Speak &
preserve their
native language
& provide
opportunities
to learn it.
7. Establish
Iroquois
schools.