Third Grade Social Studies Strands Native Americans

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Third Grade Social Studies StrandsNative
Americans

• Amanda Ayers
• Amy Bradley
• Cyrena Harris
• Wendy Stephens

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Strand 1 Websites and Activities
• Strand 2 Websites and Activities
• Strand 3 Websites and Activities
• Strand 4 Websites and Activities
• Strand 5 Websites and Activities
• Strand 6 Websites and Activities
• Strand 7 Websites and Activities

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STRAND 1AMERICAN HERITAGE
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WEBSITES

• http//tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5160/?tqskip11tqt
  ime0221
• A website describing totem poles and their
  history.
• http//www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/intro.html
• Gives a brief description about Native Americans
  and how they got their names.
• http//www.ocbtracker.com/ladypixel/legend.html
• The history behind Native American mythology and
  folktales.
• http//www.cia-g.com/gathplac/dreamcatcher_legend
  .htm
• The legend of the dream catcher according to the
  Lakota tribe.
• http//www.sixnations.org
• Insights from the first tribes to make contact
  with Europeans.

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ACTIVITIES

• Using crayons, paints, fabric, glue or other
  materials, students will design their own totem
  pole so that it tells a story about them.
• Students will interview local Native Americans to
  learn about their history, culture, and
  contributions to the region.
• Students will write a response to a guided
  reading approach of a Native American folktale.
• Students will make a dream catcher after
  discussing how they were used by Native
  Americans.
• Students will list and explain three differences
  among the first Native American tribes.

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STRAND 2PEOPLE IN SOCIETIES
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WEBSITES

• http//www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/PPF/ohioans/in
  dians/puzzler.html
• This website has biographies for major Ohio
  Indian chiefs.
• http//www.smokeymtnmall.com/mall/cindinas.html
• This is an informational site about Cherokee
  Indians.
• http//www.rt66.com/dragonfy/PuebloIndians.html
• This is an informational site that talks about
  the lifestyle and culture of the Pueblo Indians.
• http//www.sfo.com/denglish/huroncemetery/cemeter
  y.html
• This is an informational page that provides a
  chronological timeline of the burial practices of
  the Huron people.
• http//detnews.com/history/mounds/mounds.htm
• This website provides pictures and information
  about burial grounds in Michigan.

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ACTIVITIES

• Given the resources needed, students will be
  divided into groups in order to research and find
  the six main Indian tribes that lived in Ohio.
• The class will compare and contrast the different
  styles of living arrangements between the
  Cherokee tribe and the Pueblo Indian tribe.
• Students will learn the different burial
  processes that the Native Americans believed in.
  Each group of students will be assigned a
  different burial procedure and will give an
  informational presentation to the class.
• Students will perform various tasks that the
  Indians did in their villages.
• Field trip to the Indian burial mound.

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STRAND 3WORLD INTERACTIONS
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WEBSITES

• www.wampumchronicles.com
• This website contains stories and a simulation
  for children to discover what wampum is and how
  the Indians used it for money.
• http//www.matoska.com
• This website provides a look at how Native
  Americans traded in the past and in the present.
• 3. http//www.wfu.edu/Academic-departments/Hist
  ory/newnation/tecumseh/tecumseh.htm
• A website about the life of Tecumseh.
• http//rosecity.net/tears
• This website is focused on the Cherokee Trail
  of Tears.
• http//www.indiancultureonline.com/index.htm
• This website includes information and pictures
  about the many different types of Indian
  cultures.

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ACTIVITIES

• Following direct instruction, the students will
  each be given a map of Ohio. They will be
  responsible for labeling the area where each
  tribe lived. They will be given a word bank and
  clues to figure out where each tribe goes.
• The students will have a class discussion about
  what kinds of currency or trade were used when
  buying and exchanging goods.
• The students will watch a documentary on the
  Trail of Tears. They will write a response paper
  on their feelings about the documentary.
• As a class, the students will write letters to
  students at a school on an existing Indian
  reservation.
• The students will go and watch the outside drama,
  Tecumseh.

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STRAND 4DECISION MAKING AND RESOURCES
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WEBSITES

• http//www. education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp22
  13.shtml
• This website focuses on the Navajo code talkers
  and their contributions to World War II.
• http//www.infrastructure.net/blueberry/lesson1_b1
  a.htm
• A description and recipe for blueberry pudding,
  which Indians made during Colonial times.
• http//home.southwind.net/smiller/arrow/ahead1.ht
  ml
• Pictures and descriptions of a variety of Indian
  arrowheads.
• http//maier1.best.vwh.net/native/indian,htm
• Site about Chief Crazy Horse.
• http//bvsd.k12.co.us/schools/mont/topics/UteIndia
  ns/UteIndians.html
• An informational site about the Ute Indians.

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ACTIVITIES

• Students will use the Navajo Code Talkers
  Dictionary to create messages.
• Students will make Sautauthig. A pudding that
  Native Americans made during the Colonial times.
• Students will be given a variety of arrowheads
  and will identify them by using the arrowhead
  diagram handout.
• Students will play the Indian Life game in
  order to learn the importance of conservation of
  natural resources and how decisions should be
  made.
• Students will use brown paper bags and paint to
  create stories that resemble old Indian leather
  paintings.

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STRAND 5DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES
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WEBSITES

• http//www.Sioux.org/
• An informational page about the Cheyenne River
  Sioux Tribe.
• http//gowest.coalliance.org/exhib/gallery4/kids.h
  tm
• An informational page about the roles women play
  in tribes.
• http//www.nativeamericanhealing.com/hlus-healing-
  history-spiritual-authority
• An informational page about medicine men and
  their roles in Native American tribes.
• http//www.pentimento.com/art4.htm
• An informational site about the tools and
  weaponry of Indians.
• http//www.ibiscom.com/custer.htm
• An informational site about the Battle of Little
  Big Horn and General Custer.

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ACTIVITIES

• The students will do a KWL chart on what they
  know about government in tribes.
• The students will be divided into groups. Each
  group will vote and agree which member holds a
  specific title (one chief, one warrior, one
  medicine man, one medicine woman.)
• The groups (2) will be given a problem that the
  Indians faced and the groups must decide how to
  solve the problem.
• Students will be divided into groups and will
  research and present information to the class
  about the Battle of Little Big.
• Students will compare and contrast the forms of
  government that the Indians had compared to the
  government in todays society.

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STRAND 6CITIZENSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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WEBSITES

• http//www.ubtanet.com/northernute/
• An informational site about various Indian
  reservations and the history behind state names.
• http//www.quoddyloop.com/psmqddy.htm
• This website discusses the Passamaquoddy tribe
  reservation and their form of government.
• http//www.ewebtribe.com/NACulture/women.htm
• This site dicusses the roles of women in tribal
  societies.
• www.rootsweb.com/idreserv/
• This website takes a look at Indian reservations
  in Idaho.
• http//www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/mn/mnrezmap.html
• This website looks at the treaties and
  reservations in Minnesota.

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ACTIVITIES

• The students will take a field trip to visit an
  Indian reservation. The students will compare
  and contrast our life style to the reservation
  life style.
• Students will be divided into groups of four and
  they will have to decide on a group (tribe) name.
  The group (tribe) will need to develop five
  rules and consequences for the tribe to follow.
• The students will write a response to this
  prompt Do you think it is right, the way our
  country has pushed the Indians on to
  reservations? Why or why not?
• The students will make Indian jewelry.
• The students will debate on whether they agree
  with the roles women were given in a tribe.

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STRAND 7SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
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WEBSITES

• http//history.evp.k12.mi.us/local/river/Gallery_2
  /Indian/indian.html
• A description and pictures of the earliest
  canoes that Indians used.
• http//www.angelfire.com/realm/shades/nativeameric
  ans/nativeam9e.htm
• Describes the trade and transportation that
  native Americans used.
• http//www.neosoft.com/powersource/gallery/objects
  /dance.html
• An overview of different ceremonial tribe
  dances.
• http//www.grc.nasa.gov/Other_Groups/k-12/fenlewis
  /History.html
• The history of the Cuyahoga river and its
  importance to Indians.
• http//members.tripod.com/JingleDancer/
• The meaning and history of Powwows.

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ACTIVITIES

• Students will build their own canoe model after
  discussing how canoes were used as a means of
  transportation.
• Students will create a Lanape name for themselves
  using a Lanape word list.
• Students will simulate the Shoshone Duck Dance
  while listening to traditional Native American
  music.
• Students will learn about the important role
  horses played in Native American life, by
  completing the horse activity sheet.
• After discussing the importance of Powwows,
  students will write a brief summary describing
  several of the major Powwow activities.