Native Americans for 4th Grade

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Native Americansfor 4th Grade

• ED 417-02
• 11-9-00
• By
• Lisa Cox
• Erika Ely
• Stephanie Portwood

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Rationale

• It is important for students to understand the
  heritage of this country as well as many
  Americans. Students should learn about the
  stereotypes that most people believe and why they
  are wrong. They also need to learn about the
  lifestyles, traditions, beliefs, and values that
  Native Americans have had for so many years. All
  of these ideas are important for students to
  learn because it is part of their heritage and
  they need to understand the real truth about
  Native Americans.

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American HeritageWeb Pages

• www.nativeamericanheritage.com
• www.dvercity.com/native_americans.html
• www.geocities.com/RainForest/Jungle/9550
• www.learnfree.com/vb/documentaries-history/tales/t
  ales.html
• http//virtual.chattanooga.net/cita/mb.html

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American HeritageActivities

• Students will make Native American Fried Bread
  and learn about other Native American foods.
• Students will sand paint, a Navajo art.
• Students will create clay animals, an Inuit
  sculpture art.
• Students will make dreamcatchers and learn about
  the legend that follows them.
• Students will create lid carvings/paintings using
  yogurt lids.

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People in SocietiesWeb Pages

• www.cherokeefire.com
• www.dvercity.com/native_americans.html
• www.greatmoon.com
• www.native-american-online.org
• www.du.edu/ucovais/aisidx.html

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People in SocietiesActivities

• Study the art of Norval Morriseau, who was raised
  with Ojibwe Indian customs, traditions, values,
  and beliefs and create a painting in a way he
  might have done so.
• Write a Native Americans and the First
  Thanksgiving report about how and in what ways
  the Native Americans were helpful to the
  Pilgrims.
• Students, in groups, will research and study
  Native American groups, and analyze a story,
  poem, or legend from that Nation.
• Students will play the Native American Rain game
  and contrast it with modern childrens games.
• Students will create a Native American community
  for a specific part of the U.S.

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World InteractionsWeb Pages

• www.tolatsga.org/show.html
• www.hist3.html/confederation
• www.ecb.org/tracks/mod7.htm
• www.lehigh.edu/omy2/hist.html
• www.vmnh.org/indhist.htm

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World InteractionsActivities

• Research and report about different battles that
  involved Native Americans and explain how it
  impacted their lives.
• Choose a Pioneer/Native American conflict or
  contact and act it out.
• Prepare a map depicting Native American tribal
  areas before pioneers and after.
• Make an object using Native American technology
  and describe what it is used for.
• Research object (4) made and find out if
  Pioneers influenced it or if it influenced the
  Pioneers.

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Decision Making Resources Web Pages

• www.umatilla.nsn.us/hist2htm//amily
• www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/northwest.html
• http//user.tninet.se/hqa682x/index.htm
• www.thewildwest.org/native_american/index.html
• www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq47sherci
  nd.htm

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Decision Making Resources Activities

• Students will act out a powwow after doing
  research on it.
• Make a rattle for the powwow by using juice cans,
  popcorn kernels, popsicle sticks, construction
  paper, and markers.
• Students will pick a Nation and introduce the
  Nation at the powwow sharing what makes your
  tribes special.
• Crossword puzzle matching decision making process
  to Nation.
• Students will research, describe, and outline
  life in the village of a Nation or band of your
  choice. Include decision making process of food
  preparation, housing, marriage, spiritual,
  storytelling, hunting, and war.

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Democratic ProcessesWeb Pages

• www.isd.net/mboucher/choctaw/chgovt.htm
• http//pages.tca.net/martikw/law.html
• www.seminoletribe.com
• www.cherokee.org
• www.tribalresourcecenter.org

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Democratic ProcessesActivities

• Search the resource books in the school library
  for different tribes and what their different
  democratic processes were and are.
• In groups, the students will have different
  Nations and make up their own laws.
• Students will watch an educational video on a
  specific tribe and how they do things then
  discuss whether or not the children agree or
  disagree with their ways of life.
• In groups, the students will make up and perform
  a skit about laws in their particular tribe.
• In groups, the students will make a book of
  drawings and illustrations about the laws and
  punishments in their Nation.

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Citizenship Rights and ResponsibilitiesWeb Pages

• www.littlehorn.com
• www.georgiajournal.com
• www.sioux.org
• www.blackhills-info.com
• www.peace4turtleisland.org/pages/mohawk.htm

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Citizenship Rights and ResponsibilitiesActivities

• In groups, students will role play how a Native
  American family would behave. Show the
  responsibilities of each member of the family.
• In groups, students will design a tribal seal for
  their tribe.
• Write a story about a day in the life of a woman
  or man in their Nation.
• Students will read about the traditional Cherokee
  wedding ceremony and each student draw a picture
  of what a Cherokee wedding vase looks like.
• Create a display in the hallway about each Nation
  being studied in the classroom. The students will
  put up interesting facts, pictures, and other
  information emphasizing rights and
  responsibilities of each Nation.