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HomeschoolHelperOnline.com Native American Vocabulary: treaty, natives, wigwam, moccasins, papoose, buffalo, Hogan, teepee, compromise, wampum, ceremony, clan, tribe, prairie, myth, legend, surrender, reservation, warrior, squaw, guide, interpreter, symbol, confinement, uprising

Native American People: For each of the following people, record what tribe they were from, death and birth if you can find it. Also, write about their role in history and any interesting facts you find about them. 1. Osceola 2. Tecumseh 3. American Horse 4. Crazy Horse 5. Red Jacket 6. Pontiac 7. Hiawatha 8. Washakie 9. The Bat 10. Red Cloud 11. Red Eagle 12. Cochise 13. Powhatan 14. Major Ridge 15. John Ross

Native American Biographies: Fill in a biography paper for each of the following person. Make sure to record any thoughts or impressions you have about their role in history or their character. What can we learn from them? *grammar/writing 1. Sequoyah 2. Sacagawea 3. Geronimo 4. Chief Joseph 5. Pocahontas 6. Squanto 7. Sitting Bull

HomeschoolHelperOnline.com Historic Events: Record the date, location, outcome of these events. Also note the causes of these events. There are a lot more events in Native American History, see how many more you can find out about. Make sure to record your thoughts about these events. (History is not worth studying if we don't learn lessons from it) 1. Treaty of Hopewell 2. The Revolt of the Young Chiefs 3. Creek War 4. Indian Removal Act of 1830 5. Wounded Knee Massacre 6. Red River War 7. Ute Wars 8. The Rogue River Treaty 9. Old Northwest Warfare 10. Starved Rock 11. The Great Giveaway of 1889

Ongoing activities: timeline, notebook pages, and vocabulary

Book & Movie Schedule Week: Read aloud: Kids read: Movie: 1 Book of Indians Indians, Native The Last of the Americans Mohicans 2 Sitting Bull Om-Kas-toe of the Dances with Blackfeet, Indian Wolves Captive 3 Blackfeet Indian Stories Double Life of Geronimo: An Pocahontas, American Legend Squanto 4 The Buffalo and the Indians: a If You Lived With The History Shared Destiny the Hopi, Crazy Channel Navajo Horse Code Talkers

5-6 Wigwam and the Longhouse Mean spirit, Windtalkers Hidden Roots

HomeschoolHelperOnline.com Week 1 Activities: Make a map of the Native American Tribes. *geography

Pick a Native American tribe and find out the type of home they had. Make a model of the home. Be creative with your choice of materials. Also keep it small because we will use it in a diorama in a later activity. *art

Choose two tribes and compare them using a Venn diagram

Week 2 Activities: Make a cornhusk doll

Native Americans use plants for many things among these are medicine. Your task is to find samples of as many of these plants as you can during a nature walk. You will then put the samples in your plant journal and record information about each plant in your journal. Make sure to record its scientific name, common name, location it was found, a description of the plant, and the use of the plant. You may not be able to locate many plants in your area so an alternative would be to locate photos of these plants and record where it grows. *science connection (this project should be done over the span of the rest of the study)

For this project you will need to make a plant journal, a list of plants used by Native Americans for healing, plastic bags, glue, pens

Week 3 Activities: Ball and triangle game

Word search *critical thinking

Find the census record for Native Americans in 1980 and 1990. What tribe has the largest population? Which has the least? What is the difference between these 2 populations? Look at the top 10 populations. Was there an increase or decrease in population in the 10 years? *math

Week 4 Activities: Come up with a secret message to give a friend. Make sure to give your friend the secret code so they can read the message. Then have your friend write you back using the code.

Find out about buffalo hide paintings. Then make one of your own. You could use a brown paper bag for the buffalo hide. Crumple it up and flatten it several times to give it more of a leather look. *art

HomeschoolHelperOnline.com Week 5 & 6 Activities: Finishing up Words in English with Native American roots

Can you think of other ways the Native American culture has influenced our culture? List them in your notebook.

Make a dream catcher

I bought a weaving loom set so they could practice some weaving.

Use self hardening clay to make some arrow heads.

Make a diorama of the way an Indian village would have looked. Use the Indian home you made earlier to use in it.

To finish up this unit make some Indian recipes to serve to your family and give a presentation of what you have learned.

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