Looking for Native American crafts for kids to celebrate Thanksgiving or Indigenous Peoples' Day? Check out this easy spin drum craft!!
Energy bars are for amateurs. Jerky is lame. If you want a real snack for the wilderness, you've got to try this Native American pemmican recipe.
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Learn more about totem poles with this fun cardboard tube craft for kids.
Looking for Native American crafts for kids to celebrate Thanksgiving or Indigenous Peoples' Day? Check out this easy spin drum craft!!
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Turtles can live up to 150 years, which is why they symbolize good health and a long life. The shell of the turtle represents perseverance and protection.
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Native American Totem Pole designing Native American studies fascinate and educate no matter what the age. Kids love to learn about fascinating tribes and peoples. What would enhance a native American study more than having your students design their own Totem poles? This drawing pack utilizes b...
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This blog post outlines Native American activities to teach in the classroom. There are read alouds, technology activities, and more!
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!
Are you ready to crochet a traditional Native American Style Afghan? Navajo Afghans by Katherine Eng includes patterns with bold geometric shapes, shells,
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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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Are you and your kids making a Native American diorama? Here are tips and step-by-step directions on how we made ours. There's no better way to combine social studies and art than making a diorama. We LOVE making dioramas!
Celebrate the rich heritage and traditions with these 20 Native American coloring pages, all available for you to download and print for free! Through these sheets, you'll have the opportunity to appreciate the diverse cultures, arts, and history of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
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****Archived and transplanted from my old blog**** As a new homeschooling mom in the modern world I honestly feel blessed. Not only by the wonderful moms and teachers who go out of their way to create worksheets, lessons plans and crafts but also the fact that they share their knowledge and wisdom online for those of us who find ourselves clueless on where to start with all of this. And as someone who has been blessed with the gift of drawing and is moderately tech savvy I want to share resources with you guys as well. This month we are focusing our geography lesson on North America and our history lesson on mainly the Native Americans and some on the early European settlers this is the first month I feel like I have a solid lesson plan worked out and I am already a little bit ahead of the curve. I took some time last week to design this teepee template that was a simple and fun craft that my daughter (age 5), my niece (age 7), and my nephew (age 10) all enjoyed doing it. The link to the print is available down below. Enjoy!
We've been busy homeschoolers! I wanted to take the time to journal a unit we've been working on, and one that we have big plans for: Native Americans. We are using Evan-Moore History Pockets as a foundation, but I'm having a lot of fun planning additional activities. I want to share what the History Pockets are like, and other ideas I've come across that'd be great for homeschoolers! Our assembled pocket book. The first pocket: Introduction to Native Americans. This pocket has a map of the different tribal regions, and she adds a "shelter stamp" for each tribe that we learn about. There is also a comparison chart to compare food, clothing, and shelter of each tribe; and a Native American Picture Dictionary. I am really surprised, and impressed with how much she's taken part in these activities! She even cut out all 24 sheets for her picture dictionary by herself! The Seminoles The tribes are presented in a certain order (as you can see on the cover of our pocket book), but I chose for us to work "backwards." The worksheets are easily customisable so that you can study the tribes in any order that you'd like. I chose to start from home, and work our way back; and I have another surprise reason for working backwards that I will reveal later on! Pocket Activities We assembled our recipe cards, and I attempted to make hominy. I probably would've stuck it out had I been feeling my best at the time; but I was sick so I demonstrated all the steps for Laken and we discussed how the women would've worked together to get it done. We will do this again when Laken is old enough to help! Each tribe has an informative booklet; and the headdress also fits nicely in its pocket, but it is usually out being played with right now. Neither of us were feeling very well so she chose not to color most of her projects this time. Seminole headdress Laken in her headdress she finally decided to complete from her history pocket, and her finished beads. Well, almost. We learned that a Seminole girl would receive a strand of beads for every year of her life until middle age when she would begin taking them off again to end up with a single strand. I read this somewhere else, but I found the info here too; and it also says here that they were given the first strand at birth so Laken needs another one still! Additional Activities Beaded necklaces Working on the beaded necklaces, made with dyed penne noodles. The black was my favorite! Stickball The Seminoles were originally members of the Creek Tribe; and the name Seminole means "runaway." Stickball was a common sport at gatherings, in which a ball was thrown at a skull mounted on a stick. Read more about stickball here. The Iroquois For each tribe, we begin by placing the shelter stamp on the map, and adding the three vocabulary words to her picture dictionary. She also writes a short definition for each. Then, we move onto the fun stuff! Pocket Activities Wampum wish list Iroquois booklet, and wampum wish list. The Iroquois traded wampum (beads carved from shells) for items they needed or wanted. Three Sisters Poem Additional Activities Construct a longhouse Iroquois shelter, and vocabulary word. We had fun looking for bark in wood piles on our nature walk, but watch out for ants! We need a few more small pieces for our roof, but she takes them off to put people inside anyway. Overall, very pleased with our project! Make a wampum belt Find the directions here Yes, even a four year old can do this! She liked to count them each time she finished a row. Counting by threes practice! We did a very simple, alternating pattern that was easy for her to follow. She did this for a good half hour, and then I gave it a go too. Fun for all ages! She wanted another turn that evening when she saw that she could do a whole row at once, instead of adding the beads individually. Completed wampum belt! I just used some additional hemp cord to loop through both sides, and tied it in the back. Three Sisters sensory bin Invitation to play with the Three Sisters (dried corn, beans, and pumpkin seeds)! Happy Thanksgiving! I hope our next couple weeks are as fun as the first couple! Next up are the Navajo of the Southwest, and the Sioux of the Plains.
