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Native American Resource Unit

Native American Resource Unit. Tara Geegan. Introduction. Native Americans have an important significance in American history. From the first Thanksgiving to the Trail of Tears, children can learn a great deal from the culture, customs, and history of the Native American people.

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Native American Resource Unit

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  1. Native American Resource Unit Tara Geegan

  2. Introduction Native Americans have an important significance in American history. From the first Thanksgiving to the Trail of Tears, children can learn a great deal from the culture, customs, and history of the Native American people. • This unit is a thematic unit based on Native Americans, and it is age-appropriate for first graders. For one week, students will explore a wide range of information and experiences based on Native American culture and history.

  3. Content • Content includes learning about the customs and traditions of Native American tribes. Students will learn about rain dances, dream catchers and jewelry. In addition, students will explore the different practices of tribes, such as the roles of men, women and chiefs.

  4. Vocabulary • dream catcher • tribe • chief • rain stick • rain dance • Iroquois • Sioux • population • teepee • buffalo

  5. Objectives • Students will learn terms and vocabulary that will enhance their knowledge of Native American culture. • Students will gain an understanding of the components of Native American tribes. • Students will experiment with art and dance influenced by Native American culture. • Students will compare and contrast Native American practices to their own lives.

  6. Activities • Activity One • Intro: Show rain stick and example of a rain dance. • Students will discuss how weather and nature impact economics. Teachers can tie in spirituality, rain dances and sticks, and the impact weather had on agriculture for Native Americans. • Students will write a story about how Native Americans used rain dances.

  7. Activities • Activity Two • Intro: As a class, read about Native American Chiefs. • Make a Venn Diagram comparing the roles of the President of the United States and the roles of a Native American chief.

  8. Activities • Activity Three • Intro: As a class, make a list of the their parents’ occupations. • Students will discuss the primary roles of men and women in Native American tribes. • Students will write a story about what their responsibilities would have been in the tribe, depending upon their gender.

  9. Activities • Activity Four • Intro: Write a list about things that people do to help one another. • Students will discuss the seven tribes of the Sioux and how they worked together to keep peaceful relationships. Then, the teacher will discuss classroom communities and student responsibilities in the room. • Students will help create classroom rules that they have agreed upon.

  10. Activities • Activity Five • Intro: Show students pictures of Native American jewelry and lead a discussion about the characteristics of the jewelry. • Students will explore Native American jewelry and discuss the use of jewelry in the Native American trade market. Also, different tribes’ artifacts can be explored and compared. • Students will design/draw their own piece of Native American jewelry.

  11. Activity • Activity Six • Intro: Read Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola. • Discuss Native American art and the materials they used. • Students will paint or draw a scene that connects to the story.

  12. Activity • Activity Seven • Intro: Show students a dream catcher. Ask them questions about it such as: What does it look like? What is its purpose? • Students will make a dream catcher using twine, thin wire, beads and feathers.

  13. Activity • Activity Eight • Intro: Use a map to locate the Midwest and Ohio. • As a class, locate several tribes in the Midwest region. • Students will make a list of five tribes in Ohio.

  14. Activity • Activity Nine • Intro: Read Wise Owl: An Iroquois Creation Myth. • Have students complete a graphic organizer of the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

  15. Activity • Activity Ten • Intro: Discuss the term populations and talk about the United States and world population. • Students will learn about the term populations and explore various populations of Native American tribes throughout the United States. • Put the populations of the tribes in order from highest to lowest.

  16. Evaluation • Native Americans lived in ________. • Log cabins • Igloos • Teepees • Boat houses

  17. Evaluation • The leader of a tribe is known as a _____. • President • King • Sultan • Chief

  18. Evaluation • A man’s main role in Native American tribes was to _________. • Cook the food • Hunt • Raise the children • Clean the teepee

  19. Evaluation • Rain dances were used ________. • To keep the buffalo away • At birthday parties • To pray for rain • To entertain the chief

  20. Evaluation • One thing Native Americans used for trade was _________. • Jewelry • Teepees • Paper money • Diamonds

  21. Evaluation • Write down the names of two Native American tribes. • Name one tribe that was located in the Midwest.

  22. Evaluation • Short Essay Questions • Explain on big difference between the role of a man and a woman in a Native American tribe. • Explain the role of a chief in a Native American tribe.

  23. Teacher References Collaborative Thematic Units http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/native.htm Native American Tribes by Region http://www.proteacher.com/090018.shtml Native American Wall Maps www.maps4u.com Lessons for Specific Regions and Nations http://www.mrdonn.org/nativeamericans.html#Lessons Chart of Native Americans http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/navigation/native_american_chart.htm

  24. Student References Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker Buffalo Woman by Paul Goble The Gift of the Sacred Dog by Paul Goble The Desert is Theirs by Byrd Baylor Hawk, I’m Your Brother by Byrd Baylor

  25. Student References The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles Only the Names Remain by Alex Bealer Indian Chiefs by Russell Freedman

  26. Media References Making a Rain Stick http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org Types of Canoes http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/canoes.html Native American Culture http://www.ihs.gov/PublicInfo/Publications/Kids/index.cfm Native American Bedtime Stories http://www.bedtime-story.com/bedtime-story/indians.htm

  27. Media References Wise Owl: An Iroquois Creation Myth http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/wiseowl.html Native American Baskets http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/baskets.html Dream Catchers http://www.mrdonn.org/nativeamericans.html#dreamcatchers Making a Tepee http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/na/teepee/ Native Webhttp://www.nativeweb.org

  28. Media References Again, A Whole Person I Have Become-VHS American Indian Dance Theater-VHS Annie and the Old One-VHS Shaman of the Andes-DVD The Art of the Totem Pole-Film Ceremonial Songs and Dances of the Cherokee-Cassette Chippewa Dance Grass Songs-Cassette

  29. Media References Bulletin Boards: Native American Culture Teepees, Totem Poles, and Dream Catchers Geography- Location of Native American Tribes Famous Chiefs Children’s drawings of chiefs

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