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American
History Curriculum Daily Schedule Week 3
This is our daily schedule
page for week three of our American history
curriculum.
Materials
and books are listed here in more detail.
Look
below the schedule for notes.
| Week 3 |
Day 1 |
Day
2 |
Day 3 |
Day 4 |
Day
5 |
| The Story of the U.S.A. |
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North American Indians
|
.Plains Indians
|
.. |
.. |
.. |
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| Reader |
If You Lived With
the Sioux Indians
Put cover into timeline (approx.
1670's)
|
.. |
.. |
.. |
. |
Read Aloud
&
Book
Notes |
The Birchbark House
Chapter
6 |
The Birchbark House
Chapter 7 |
The Birchbark House
Chapter 8 |
The
Birchbark House
Chapter 9 |
The Birchbark
House
Chapter
10 |
| History
Pockets |
.Begin
constructing pocket 6
Photocopy p.55, 56 |
p.57-59
booklet |
p.61
Buffalo cut & paste activity |
.p.63
Ankle band
*graph paper, construction paper, glue, hole punch, optional:
small bells |
.. |
| Map/Globe |
History
Pocket Map Stamp
OR
Regional Map |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Notebooking |
.DWN
p.14-15
Hunter and Cherokee
Sioux
family life |
.Sioux
childhood comparison table |
.DWN
p.20-21
Bison
Buffalo
uses
or
Living
off the buffalo
or
More
about the buffalo
or
All
About the Buffalo |
.Plains
Indians |
.Native
American source work |
| Science |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.Germs
Make me Sick |
| Cooking |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.Pemmican |
. |
| Crafts |
Plains Indians Punch-Out-Panorama
|
.. |
.. |
.. |
.Tipi
diorama
*Supplies: paper (thicker is better) or thin craft leather, paint,
bamboo skewers (or similar –you can just use thin sticks from outside)
OR
Plains
Indians Punch-Out-Panorama |
| Extras |
.Wee
Sing |
. |
.Video:
The People of the Great Plains |
.. |
. |
Optional: Childcraft The
Indian Book p.138-157 The Osage, p.194-213 The Blackfoot
History
Pocket supplies: Ceremonial ankle band *supplies: graph paper, construction
paper, glue, hole punch, optional: small bells
Notebooking notes:
All of the following worksheets and printables are optional. Choose your favorites
for your child's notebook:
All About the Buffalo This printable worksheet
has a paragraph to read, some illustrations, vocabulary words taken from the paragraph
and fill in the blanks, etc.
Buffalo uses A colorful notebooking item with
discussion question
Sioux family life- Complete the sentences, discuss, etc.
Sioux childhood - comparison table Fill in the table and make a drawing.
Plains
Indians - Read, fill in the blanks, make a list, etc.
Living off the buffalo
- Read and then copy the sentences and complete them with the correct ending.
More about the buffalo- (With guided paragraph writing -copy and complete sentences)
Native American source work - Interpret a painting and use the dictionary.
Science notes: Germs Make me Sick (read before or after the section
on smallpox in Birchbark House)
Craft notes: Tipi diorama *Supplies:
paper (thicker is better) or thin craft leather, paint, bamboo skewers (or similar
-you can just use thin sticks from outside). or Plains Indians Punch-Out-Panorama
*Have some tape on hand. I found it to be frustrating to try and glue some of
the things (like the tipis) so we just plastered on some good ol' scotch tape! |
