We have just completed a Unity Study on American Indians. We created a lapbook that was purchased from Hands of a Child.
Some of the items we learned about included:
- Types of dwellings Native Americans lived in across the nation
- Food and how it was gathered
- Why face pain was used
- Toys and Games
We made little tepees…
We made headresses. ‘A’ wanted to be a "chief" and have feathers go all the way down his back, but once he realized he would have to color all the feathers, he decided to scale it back a bit. The boys called themselves "The apple and pretzel tribe"…
We made decorative "rattles"…
‘A’s rattle. On the left is a "Native American who is concentrating on catching a buffalo with two ‘sand times’ (hourglasses). On the right is a "Native American outside his tepee. It is starting to rain, but the flower shines bright."
‘R’s rattle. On the left is "an American Indian chief with a bunch of feathers on his head and a flower." On the right, "a Native American under a rainbow."
We made Navajo Indian Fry Bread. In my defense, I used whole wheat and vegetable oil :). We topped them with sugar and cinnamon. They were really yummy and similar to doughnuts.
We learned about a popular game called "The Hand Game". Here is a little video on ow it is played: