As a culminating activity for our Native American unit, students were asked to create a shoebox diorama. Students were expected to show the tribe that they chose (Powhatan, Lakota, or Pueblo), along with that tribe's region, habitat, food, climate, occupation, and method of transportation. Students were also expected to write a brief paragraph that summarized all that went into their diorama. To say that I was impressed would be an understatement. What walked through my door on the diorama due date (or even before) was quite a sight! The time and effort that went into these projects was amazing. It is clear to me that the students invested not only time, but a great deal of thought and effort as well. I commend all of them for the hard work they did! If you didn't get a chance to swing by the second grade hall and see these dioramas yourself, have no fear! Below you can see an up close and personal shot of each one. ENJOY! Jason - Pueblo Abby - Powhatan Myles - Pueblo Brennan - Powhatan Jackson - Pueblo Alex - Pueblo Sthefany - Pueblo Kalani - Pueblo Makala - Pueblo Kenia - Pueblo Mason - Lakota David - Lakota Leeya - Lakota Cabell - Pueblo Breelan - Powhatan Wyatt - Pueblo Aidan - Pueblo Jillian - Lakota Sasha - Lakota Andrew - Powhatan
Objective: Students will discuss the attributes of Native American dwellings. They will consider the portability, temperature requirements, and size of the dwellings to determine if the builders i…
Native American Home Etiquette by Jamie K. Oxendine, Lumbee/Creek PRELUDE Native Americans from the Atlantic to the Pacific and the Arctic to the Tropics
Last year while I was perusing through the wonderful teaching blogs, I came across Teaching in Room 6's blog. She has SO many great ideas and resources for 5th grade. I was in need of an engaging Native American activity and she had one! I bought her Native American Tribe Research Report Project at her TPT store. Last year and this year, my students seemed to be a little overwhelmed when given the research report project packet. However, this year my students have it a little easier because I put together a Power Point with photos and video footage of last year's student projects and the Native American Museum. So they have a better idea of what the final product looks like. I must say that both last year and this year the kids were BEYOND excited to participate in this project. I like how the packet includes a calendar. I use the calendar to break up the project for my students. We set different due dates for the different components. I give my students one month to complete the project. The packet also lists the different Native American Tribes within the different regions. There are more than enough tribe listed and I don't allow students to research the same tribe. This ensures that everyone will be engaged and learn about many different tribes during our Native American Museum. They all get to choose their top 3 tribes. I haven't had to many issues with students not getting any of their top 3 choices. But we do have a discussion beforehand about the possibility that they may not get any of their choices. The packet includes extra credit options, such as, dressing up the day of the museum, making crafts in relation to their tribe, making dolls, etc. The majority of my students did make the extra credit activities. My 5th graders never cease to amaze me! Yesterday, we had our Native American Museum and it was a BIG success! They have been so excited all week to debut their exhibits. The students have worked hard for the past month researching, building a home, and making crafts, etc. for their project. I was overjoyed by how many parents and family members came to our museum to celebrate the wealth of knowledge my students gained! We also invited the administrators, 4th, and 5th grade classes to come and learn about all the different Native American Tribes across the U.S. It was great to see the parents not only heading over to their son or daughter's exhibit, but they made sure to visit every exhibit which made my students so happy! The 4th graders were adorable! They asked some great questions and commented on how "amazing" the projects were. The project was completed at home and I told my students that they didn't need to spend a lot of money to create their projects. I told them to think outside of the box and be creative. I know that some of the students received help from their parents and back in my earlier years of teaching that would've bothered me. However, I now feel that having their parents help them is a great bonding experience for them. They both learn about the tribe together and if they child isn't used to working on projects like this, they need someone to model and show them how to do things. Last year, I had a parent tell me how much she enjoyed working on the project with her son and how nice it was to spend quality time with him albeit learning something new. It put a huge smile on my face! If you have any social studies ideas make sure you link them up with Fifth in The Middles Social Studies Linky. It is great to see all the social studies projects being linked up! Now for some photos of this year and last years projects (I apologize for the amount of photos! It was just so hard to pick a few). I smudged out any names and faces to protect people's identities. This student used an old shirt to make her teepee. I love the doll she created! Another great home! This year I had quite a few students dress up! She put so much time into her project. I love her headdress and her crafts/dolls! This student brought in her tablet in which she had images on a slideshow?!?! Amazing...right?!?! Another headdress and a bow Love the totem pole in the front of this home. This home looked exactly like the photo she brought in! Again, very creative...no need to spend a ton of money. Super cute A doll made out of play dough! This teepee was made out of canvas and even had a canvas door cover! This house was made from an old basket! Another great example of a Native American home I like how this student made a scene and had two homes I loved how all the headdresses were so different! So much detail! Another student dressed in her attire. He did such a wonderful job with discussing his tribe! Made me one PROUD teacher! Love the colors! Getting creative with the letters. Lots of information and photos...even a replica purse Such great drawings! We decorated the hallways with totem poles they created. A poster one of my students made. Last Years Projects Love how she backed her information with construction paper. He made so many craft items! Very creative and it looks EXACTLY like the photograph. Full house! These 3rd graders were so intrigued! She made the headdress and her display board is beautiful! She made mortar and pestle out of construction paper! Love it! Another scene (definitely adds to the project) Lots of pop with the colors She made her teepee out of a paper towel and twigs. It looked great! It was a full house! Wow! She even constructed a basket out of the same material used for the home!!! A couple of long houses I know this was a long post! I'm just a proud teacher, what can I say!
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As a culminating activity for our Native American unit, students were asked to create a shoebox diorama. Students were expected to show the tribe that they chose (Powhatan, Lakota, or Pueblo), along with that tribe's region, habitat, food, climate, occupation, and method of transportation. Students were also expected to write a brief paragraph that summarized all that went into their diorama. To say that I was impressed would be an understatement. What walked through my door on the diorama due date (or even before) was quite a sight! The time and effort that went into these projects was amazing. It is clear to me that the students invested not only time, but a great deal of thought and effort as well. I commend all of them for the hard work they did! If you didn't get a chance to swing by the second grade hall and see these dioramas yourself, have no fear! Below you can see an up close and personal shot of each one. ENJOY! Jason - Pueblo Abby - Powhatan Myles - Pueblo Brennan - Powhatan Jackson - Pueblo Alex - Pueblo Sthefany - Pueblo Kalani - Pueblo Makala - Pueblo Kenia - Pueblo Mason - Lakota David - Lakota Leeya - Lakota Cabell - Pueblo Breelan - Powhatan Wyatt - Pueblo Aidan - Pueblo Jillian - Lakota Sasha - Lakota Andrew - Powhatan
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On special request, this Native American Unit Study is for the more advance readers or approximately grades 4-6. I hope you and your children find this Unit Study to be useful and enjoyable. As always please screen these resources for yourself before showing them to your children. Follow this link to the accompanying Notebooking Pages before you begin your adventure. First off start by reading up on Native American History. There is a lot here so pick and choose what you are most interested in or do it all. (scroll down to the American-Indian heading) The titles in brown are Intermediate and the titles in read are Advanced. Take a Virtual Field Trip to a Longhouse. Native American History Video Part 1 Native American History Video Part 2 Native American History Video Part 3 Native American History Video Part 4 Watch these videos and learn everything there is to know about the dreamcatcher! The Dreamcatcher Part 1 The Dreamcatcher Part 2 The Dreamcatcher Part 3 The Dreamcatcher Part 4 The Dreamcatcher Part 5 The Dreamcatcher Part 7 Now make your own dreamcatcher. Learn about Native Americans contributions to Science. Learn the science behind constructing a canoe and build your own. Native American Virtual Field Trip (even includes a pdf worksheet to go along with your adventure) Math Lesson: Take your time to go through this amazing resource for Native American Geometry. Make your own Tepee craft. Or make a Tepee Diorama If you are really adventurous make an outdoor Tepee that you actually fit in. Listen to American Indian Fairy Tales and learn their culture. Book of IndiansAuthor: Holling C. Holling Unit Study at HomeschoolShare Here are some more resources from HomeschoolShare. Native American Coloring Pages (most geared for older children and including educational value.) Here are some more The Homeschool Mom has ton of stuff to pick through so pick and choose. Learn everything you ever wanted to know about Totem Poles. Make sure you explore this site! There is a ton to see and learn here. Craft Activity: Soap Totem Pole Use these free totem pole designs to create a soap totem pole. Decide how many soap bars high you will want your totem pole. Next, draw your design in pen on your soap bars. Make sure they aren't too detailed. After you have your design then you will want to gather some carving tools (tooth picks, butter knife, a finger nail kit) Follow your design and carve into the soap with your carving tools. After your design is carved you can paint it with finger nail polish or leave it plain. Lastly use tooth picks to stack the bars of soap into a totem pole. You may need more then one tooth pick to secure each layer. Or you can cheat and do this easy Paper Totem Pole Craft. ONLINE AMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUMS Learn about different kinds of Native American Headdresses. Now make your own Native American Headdress (not the cheesy construction paper feather kind) Indian Heroes and the Great Chieftains (Baldwin Project Free Online Book) Indian Boyhood (Baldwin Project Free Online Book) The Soul of the Indian (Baldwin Project Free Online Book) Blackfeet Indian Stories (Baldwin Project Free Online Book) Red Indian Fairy Book (Baldwin Project Free Online Book) Take A Virtual Tour: A Virtual Tour of the National Museum of the American Indian ExhibitionsCreation’s JourneyandAll Roads Are Good Watch this video of a Native American Pow Wow Use the picture dictionary below to make your own American Indian Fairy Tale. First you need a paper grocery sack or for a mini-version a paper lunch sack. Then crumple up the paper sack. The more the better! For the best results use charcoal (or substitute with black crayon) and write your Native American Picture Story on your crumpled sack. Thank you for visiting Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy's Upper Elementary Native American Unit Study.
We have been focusing on the 20th Century for Blaze's history lessons this year. We are currently learning about the Great Depression, but we spent quite a bit of time learning about World War 1. The causes of WW1: We read the following two novels: When Christmas Comes Again was about a young military telephone operator during the war. After the Dancing Days was about a girl dealing with the loss of a beloved uncle during the war and the injured and deformed soldiers who returned to the United States after the war. Blaze was particularly interested in aviation during WW1. We found a simple model of the Red Baron's plane that Blaze was able to assemble without help, at a local hobby shop. We watched two movies about German pilots, The Blue Max and The Red Baron, along with some short documentaries about WW1 planes on YouTube. We then focused our attention on trench warfare. We also watched War Horse. Blaze used a shoe box to make a diorama of a WW1 trench with American soldiers. The soldiers were paper dolls that were originally printed in 1918 and can be found here. We didn't use the paper stands for the dolls, but instead glued them onto 1-inch wooded blocks, so they wouldn't tip over so easily. To give the shoe box diorama a real "hole in the ground" look, Blaze painted the entire box with school glue and sprinkled it with dirt. After the glue was dry, I sprayed the whole thing with clear coat, so the dirt wouldn't fall off. The sandbags were made from Crayola Model Magic. The culmination of all of our WW1 studies was Blaze's display for the Tallahassee Homeschool Group's International (Social Studies) Fair. Here is a recipe for the donuts that were passed out by the Salvation Army to soldiers during WW1: http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/bread/sweet-bread/original-salvation-army-world-war-1-donut.html
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This is a paper helicopter STEM engineering project with a fun nursery rhyme twist. Create a helicopter to help Little Bo Peep rescue her lost sheep. This activity is designed to encourage critical thinking and scientific reasoning skills, as well as, problem solving and teamwork. Don't be fooled by "Nursery Rhyme!" These activities are designed for grades 3-5. Students will get a kick out of the twist on well-known nursery rhymes. Included: -Student recording sheets (four options) -copy of the rhyme -grading rubric -parent letter -extension menu -detailed notes to teacher -printable helicopter pattern -copy of the poem Additional resources you will need: -paper -paperclips -stopwatch It can be completed in one class period of an hour or less. Great for use in a STEM or gifted classroom! Note: This has been updated in July 2016. If you purchased this before then, go back and re-download. All of the new features will be there for you! ★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★ This activity is part of a Bundle! Save money by purchasing 10 Nursery Rhyme STEM Challenges! Nursery Rhyme STEM Bundle! There is a Fairy Tale Bundle, too!! Fairy Tale STEM Bundle! Can't Get Enough STEM? Try these: Seasonal STEM Mega Bundle!
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I tried something new this year during my introduction of Native American Indians. New. Favorite. Intro. Period. A big focus, according to our standards, is on how the different Native American groups (and people in general) adapted to their regional environments. Starting at the beginning, we talked about how groups of hunter/gathers crossed the land bridge and began settling across the continent. I then gave my groups a tube with different pictures of natural resources found in their "region". I also added a larger picture of the natural environment to help them visualize it. If you are interested in this activity, check it out HERE at my TPT store! They had to come up with adaptations for shelter, food, transportation, and clothing using the natural resources provided in their tubes. It was SO cool listening to them discuss how they would utilize the resources. Some of them came up with very innovative creations, while some of them were DEAD on with what the natives in that particular region used for shelter and clothing. The activity also allowed for great connection between what they already know about survival and Native American culture (for example, my arctic region immediately went to ice block houses and many of them chose animal skin clothing.) An active KWL if you will ;0) Students presenting their environment and adaptations As we learned about the different regions we traded out OUR adaptations for the actual adaptions by the different regional groups. The most profound impact for me was their internalization of HOW a group of people adapt. Throughout the rest of our unit, I was impressed at how often they connected what they were learning about the Native Americans to how THEY had decided to survive. "Look! They adapted by using a similar shelter to ours!" "Wow, they used cotton for clothing, we didn't even think of using that!" "I know why they raised their houses off the ground, there are poisonous reptiles and alligators roaming around!" Success. Teacher heart is full. If you are interested in this activity, check it out HERE at my TPT store! Here are some more Native American Activities:
Source: ASIDE Our third-grade students do a large unit on the Native Americans. It begins with the study of the Iroquois Indians in New ...
110125_tipi12 - - - 2012 note: If anyone in Bray happens to see a miniature tipi scene like this, IT WAS STOLEN from H, whose school project it was in 2011. She put lots of effort in making it, she won a prize with it, and then some inbred cunt went and stole it. (Because anyone normal would not do something that LOW!) If anyone happens to know who that cunt is, give them a slap or something.. - this note on Facebook -
The talking stick is used in many Native American traditions. Whoever holds the stick has the right to talk. The talking stick is used to make sure that each person in a group has a chance to expr…
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Some work by various members of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nation to start the new decade. An indigenous group who live on or near to Vancouver Island, they have a rich history of art and culture, and the images of the sacred creatures – ravens, bears, salmon, eagles, etc – their artists produce seem particularly bold and dynamic within the Native American tradition. The graphic simplicity of this work is really effective, and whilst the Kwakwaka’wakw’s traditions stretch back centuries, these contemporary serigraphs would be at home next to work by people like Charlie Harper, Otl Aicher or Paul Ibou. William Wasden, 'Bee', circa 2000 Jason Hunt, 'Kwa-guilth Bear', circa 2003 Tom Hunt, 'Kwa-guilth Raven', circa 2004 George Hunt Jr, 'Butterfly', circa 1999 Richard Hunt, 'Kwa-guilth Sea Eagle', circa 2001 Tony Hunt, 'Eel #1', circa 1996 Calvin Hunt, 'Cormorant', circa 2005 Debbie Hunt, 'Kwa-guilth Sun', circa 2005 William Wasden, 'Dragonfly', circa 2000 Richard Hunt, 'Eagle', circa 1998 All work © the artists
