Native American Activities
Hands-on activities for every nation in this unit. Each one has an online version, a paper version for the classroom, and questions to talk about. They connect history with math, science, reading, and writing.
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Sacred Objects: Look, Learn, and Respect
Everyday, sacred, or it depends? Learn which objects are respectful to make, and why museums are returning sacred objects.
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Sequoyah's Cherokee Syllabary
Explore the symbols Sequoyah created, decode Cherokee words, and print a name bookmark.
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The Lenape Deer Button Game
Toss seven painted beans, trade corn, and discover the probability behind a traditional game.
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The Hunting Trip
Listen to a draw-along story set in a Haudenosaunee village and guess what Little Dove found.
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Seminole Patchwork Designer
Sew strips, cut pieces, and use reflections and translations to design patchwork bands.
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The Navajo Code Talkers
Learn how Navajo Marines created an unbreakable code, decode messages, and write your own.
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Living on the Land: Desert Survival
Make the choices an Apache family made through the seasons, then sort how the desert provided.
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Build a Pueblo
Stack adobe rooms level by level, add ladders, and find the area and perimeter of each level.
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Bentwood Box Builder
Bend one cedar plank into a box, test which nets fold into a box, and sort what was made from cedar.
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My Winter Count
See how Lakota keepers recorded history with one picture for each year, then make your own.
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Iglu Engineering
Make the five decisions an iglu builder makes, then test and graph how warm it stays inside.
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From Acorn to Food
Put the steps of making acorn mush in order and sort a year of gathering.
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