THE NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM PROJECT

Scavenger Hunt

This activity is to be completed at the State Museum.  With a partner or in small groups, students search the exhibits in the Native Peoples Hall for the items listed and answers to questions about Native American content.

Scavenger Hunt

Names (s)  _______________________________

Mastadont

1.  Where does this scene take place?

2.  How long ago?

3.  Find the bird (California condor) in the sky.

4.  What other kind of animals do you see behind the mastadont?

5.  What mountain is pictured in the distance?  (you will have to read the text accompanying the display.)

6.  What did mastadonts feed on?

Ice Age Hunters

1.  Where does this scene take place?

2.  How long ago?

3.  What kind of birds are flying in the background?

4.  Find two other objects in the sky.

5.  What is the family's clothing made of?

6.  What kind of stone is used for their tools?

7.  What is the older son pointing to?

8.  What animals in addition to caribou does this family hunt?

9.  What types of bones are in the bundle by the mother's feet?

10.  Why is there no family dwelling structure in this scene?

Forest Foragers

1.  Where does this scene take place?

2.  How long ago?

3.  What is draped over the outside of the hut in the foreground?

4.  List several items found in the village "landfill" to the right of the hut.

5.  Find a frog in this scene.

6.  Inside the wigwam, what is the grandmother doing with the stone and two sticks?

7.  What are the coiled objects on the bed?

8.  There is a chipmunk somewhere in the wigwam.  Find it.  There are also four turtle shells.  Look carefully and you will see them.

9.  What is the woman grinding outside?

10.  There is a lady slipper somewhere in this scene.  See if you can find it.

11.  What kind of fish has the man in the center of the scene caught?

12.  Do these people live in this village all year round?

13.  How is their life style different than the Ice Age Hunters?

The Growing Field
1.  Where does this scene take place?

2.  How long ago?

3.  There are lots of little animals in this scene.  Look carefully for a spider and web, grasshopper, chickadee, garter snake and a toad.

4.  What are the three sisters?

5.  What is the grandfather using to remove corn from the cob?

6.  What structure is in the background of this scene?

7.  Why is the grandfather the only man in this scene?

8.  What is the boy on the platform on the lookout for?

9.  Do these people live in this place all year round?

10.  How is their lifestyle different than the Forest Foragers?