American
History Curriculum
Topic 2 Native Americans: Northeast Indians
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This history topic is about Native Americans who lived in Northeast America. Scroll down to the schedule below for all of the activities! While studying this topic you will get to:
- Learn about Indians who lived in Northeast America
- Learn about bear safety
- Make a recipe with rice
- Make a canoe model and build a long house
and of course much more!
Key:
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the Map or Globe section of the schedule
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| Topic
2 Native Americans: Northeast Indians | |
| Workbook |
The Story of the U.S.A Book 1 Chapter 2: How the Native Americans Lived |
| Reading |
North
American Indians: Northeast Indians (M-1, 2) The
Birchbark House (T-1) Hiawatha
(by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) –read the “adapted” book or portions of the poem
from online Cobblestone:
The Ojibwe Indians of the Great Lakes Children’s
Treasury of Virtues: The Indian Cinderella Optional:
The Indian Book (1980 Annual Childcraft) |
| History Pockets |
Pocket 8 (p.74-83) The Iroquois Booklet Three sisters *supplies: corn, bean and pumpkin seed (or draw these) Wampum wish list *optional supplies: uncooked macaroni, food coloring, rubbing alcohol |
| Video | The Iroquois |
| Map or Globe (M) |
1.Great Lakes
(You will want to look at the Great Lakes on a globe or map to put this smaller,
regional map in context). Label the lakes and the states that touch them (point
out the parts of Canada too). Memorize the Great Lakes Mnemonic (Monkeys Have Superior Orange Ears) Great Lakes questions (optional) 2.
Continue
regions map, fill in as the book is read (label, draw in pictures of regional
Indian housing, etc.) *OR do the History Pockets map from pocket 1 |
| Timeline (T) | 1. 1847 Birchbark House book cover |
| Notebooking (Language arts, history papers, illustrations, etc.) |
Draw Write Now p.10-11 Ojibwa and birch bark canoe p.12-13 Longhouse and Iroquois |
| Science |
(Great
Lakes Indians gathered rice) The Rice Cycle in pictures and a story (If
it’s the right season and you have the room in your yard or garden, consider growing
corn, beans and pumpkin (the 3 sisters) together! Bear safety guide (after reading pages 27-32 in Birchbark House) |
| Cooking | Make some fried rice (or a rice dish) for dinner! (Look up a recipe on Google or use your favorite.) |
| Crafts |
Long
House model *supplies: construction paper, glue, scissors Birch bark Canoe
model *supplies: construction paper, yarn, hole punch, scissors Other
canoe model project page Optional:
Make “rock people” like Omakayas (p.38 Birchbark House) See also History Pockets |
| Extras, Alternate Books and Notes | Wee Sing: America |
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