Native Americans - Day 8 - Northeast Woodland

 Today we are focusing on the Native Americans of the Northeast. We hope everyone has a great day!

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We are currently reading:

Native Americans of the Northeast Resources

Eastern Woodland Indians of the United States of America

Woodland Indian Educational Programs Just For Kids

Eastern Woodland Indians

EcoKids - Eastern Woodlands

Indian Tribes and Languages of the Northeast Woodlands

Northeast Native Americans in Olden Times

For Teachers

Northeast Woodland Indians in Olden Times

For Kids

The Iroquois of the Northeast

Native Americans - Northwest - Totem Poles - Day 7

     This morning before we started school I decided it was time to tackle our homeschool room. We cleaned and organized and I finally feel like I can walk in there without feeling sad. It's not as cute as I would like, but I can deal with it. It is indeed functional and it holds all our learning materials and that's what matters.

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    We are continuing our Native American unit with emphasizes on the Indians of the Northwest. We started out reading a wonderful book by Petra Press - Indians of the Northwest - Traditions, History, Legends, and Life. 

We also decided to make a Totem Pole today. We had a lot of fun reading and learning about them and the history of the Northwest Native Americans. 

Make Your Own Totem Pole

Here are a couple pictures of the process of making the totem pole.

I didn't get a picture, but we lightly spray painted each jug. 

We then used construction paper for the faces.

We then told the story of our totem pole.

Below is a close up

Native Americans of the Northwest Resources

The Northwest Indians of the United States of America

Native Americans in Olden Times for Kids- Pacific Northwest

Northwest Coast Indians

Totem Pole Resources

Totem Pole Meaning

Make a Totem Pole Bookmark

Online Totem Pole Creater

Totem Pole Craft

Native Americans - Day 6 - Navajo Code Talkers

 I hope everyone had a great weekend. Well friends, today we decided to start out the day writing letters and coloring pictures to our favorite soldier for Veterans Day. I was also trying to figure out how to tie Veterans Day into our Native American study. My mil law suggested we learn about the Navajo Code Talkers. We did and I'm so glad. What a wonderful subject to learn about.

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Above is a picture of the girls writing letters to their favorite soldier.

We love all soldiers and appreciate what they have done and continue to do for us.

Click Here to visit our Veterans Day Resource Links Post

Below are the resources we used for our studies today. 

Native American Tribes - Navajo 

Navajo Code Talker Resources

Navajo Code Talkers - Word Search

Navajo Code Talkers Activities for Kids

Original Navajo Code

Code Talkers Lesson

Official Website of the Navajo Code Talkers

The Navajo Code Talkers Printable

Native American Unit - Day 5

 Are you glad it's Friday? I have to admit, I definitely am. I love our Friday's. We usually use Friday to review our unit and catch up on our language arts and math, and that's what we intend to do today.

This morning I was checking Pinterest for some more Native American inspiration and came across the cutest idea. The idea can be found here. Below is our attempt at it.

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Native American Unit - Day 4 - Lapbook

Today we are working on finishing up our lapbook. We are adding the final touches and reviewing all the information we have added to it. I have found some pretty cool resources and I hope they are helpful to others.

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Free Native American Lapbook 

Source: http://eclecticeducation.squidoo.com/native-american-lapbook

Native American Clip Art Resources 
*Great for your lapbooks

Native American Clip Art

Native American Indian Clipart

Native American Indian Clipart and Graphics

Lapbook Templates

Free lapbook templates

Labook Lessons - Templates

We also read out loud together parts of the Secret World - Native Americans  book.

We are also reviewing some Native American vocabulary words. Click Here for a list of words you can use. I find it helpful to write the words on the front of index cards and the meaning on the back. I then flip through them with the girls. It also helps with word recognition.

Native American Math Game Resources

Click Here to look at this fantastic Native American math game I found. Too Cute!

Sandpainting Math

Sticks and Stones

Native American Unit - Day 3 - Indians of the Great Plains

Today we learned about the different tribes with special attention giving to the Plains Indians for the time being. We also learned about the many buffalo uses and the ways the buffalo were hunted. We had a lot of fun completing the activities and doing crafts.

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Where the Native Americans Lived - I love this site and it has a great visual on the cultural groups based upon geography

Native Americans of the Great Plains

Click Here to learn more about Native Americans of the Great Plains

* We loved this site and I read out loud the stories of all the different topics. 

Tracking the Buffalo
          Worksheet for Activity - Click Here

Below is the book this page is from

Native Americans used every part of the buffalo they hunted.
Click here - for a reading activity about Buffalo Hunters

Buffalo Uses 

The Buffalo

Native Americans for Kids

A wonderful lapbook on the Plains Indians

Pictographs, Signals, Sign Language

Native Americans in Olden Times for Kids

Today the girls made pictographs on paper sacks (Buffalo hides). They used a symbols and meanings paper that I had printed out for them, to write on the sacks.

The finished hides

Make history when you make an arrow the way Native Americans did long ago. - Click Here

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Native American Unit - Day 2

Today we read a great book called Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving written by Eric Metaxes. We made tepees (scroll down to find the free printable template), completed some more worksheets and started on a lapbook. I decided that we would all work together on one lapbook instead of doing three individual ones. Team work! :)

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Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving

Free Squanto Lapbook

Free Native American Lapbook - This is the one we started today

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Free Tepee Template Printable