Scope Site Lesson Plan s6

Third Grade Michigan’s Changing Inhabitants

Lesson 5

Title: Ojibwa

Grade Level: 3

Unit of Study: Michigan’s Changing Inhabitants

Abstract: Discuss the Ojibwa homes, sources of food, clothing, male and female roles, cultural heritage, etc.

GLCE: H3.0.5 Use informational text and visual data to compare how American Indians and settlers in the early history of Michigan adapted to, used, and modified their environment. G1.0.1 Use cardinal directions to describe the relative location of significant places in the immediate environment.

Key Concepts: Chippewa, Ojibwa, birch bark canoes, reservations, cultural heritage

Sequence of Activities: (This will take approximately 45 minutes.) 1. Review map from lesson 2 - use cardinal directions to locate the Ojibwa tribe. Discuss the tribes’ clothing, gender roles, food, and homes. The Ojibwa means “puckered up” and refers to the unique style of moccasins these Native Americans wore. 2. Share the Ojibwa legend, The Legend of Sleeping Bear by Kathy-Jo Wargin 3. Lead a discussion on how the first people used the environment to meet their needs. Make sure to point out that they were not wasteful, everything had a use. Discuss how birch bark was very important to the tribes. 4. Watch the United Streaming video: Life in the Ojibwa Tribe.  This video shows how birch bark was harvested, birch bark canoes, wigwams, etc. 5. Lead the students in a discussion on Native Americans today. Be sure to use the term “reservations” and discuss some of the components of these. 6. Have students observe two Native American photographs (past and present). The students will determine which is which and write a short paragraph depicting their reasons/evidence of how they knew the time period of each.

Connections:

English Language Arts: Have students write their own legends

Mathematics

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Student Resources: Map from lesson 2

Teacher Resources: Book- Legend of Sleeping Bear by Kathy-Jo Wargin

For more information on the Three Fires see The Mitten, Three Fires http://www.michiganhistorymagazine.com/kids/pdfs/mitten02.pdf

United Streaming video: Life in the Ojibwa Tribe

Buffalo Uses http://www.allsands.com/history/people/nativeamerican_zdc_gn.htm

Birch Bark Uses http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/whiteb.html

Reservations Today http://www.answers.com/topic/indian-reservation-2

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