Our Native American Unit would certainly not be complete without a tee pee. We’ve been talking a lot about which resources the Native Americans in the Plains would have had (bison skin, sticks, etc.) and what they wouldn’t have (store-bought paint, cotton fabric, etc.). We attempted to make our little tee pee with as many...
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Native American Lesson: Corn Cakes
I got most of our activities from The World of North American Indians (Passport to the Past). I love the simple instructions that also include pictures. I let PJ page through the book and choose our first project. He loves being in the kitchen so he chose to make corn cakes (found on page 24)....
Native American Lesson: Books
This is a collection of books we found particularly helpful as we studied Native Americans. We were able to find all of them except the coloring book at the library. If you can’t find these particular ones at your library, feel free to buy them from the widget or look for other age-appropriate books. Amazon.com...
Native American Lessons: Overview
Classical Conversations will be moving into Cycle 3 this fall which means we’ll be covering U.S. Geography and U.S. History in Social Studies. Because the memory work starts with Columbus, I decided to cover Native Americans this summer with the kids since they are a large part of our history. I think it’s funny that...