Well, after 4 “cold” days in a row, we were back at school today! Just in time to present our latest projects: Historical Indian Homes! 🙂
This is such a fun project because a lot of it is done outside of school, and I LOVE seeing what my kiddos come up with. They are SO creative!
Our 4th grade Social Studies standards include a study of the Historical Indians of Ohio. To wrap up this unit, we always learn about the 3 different types of homes they lived in: Wigwam, teepee, and longhouse. We do an interactive notebook activity:
I know I’m biased… but I think they are pretty AWESOME! And these are only a sample of the 30+ projects that were brought in! (Students can work with a partner or on their own.)
If you’re interested in doing this project with your kiddos, it is a FREEBIE in my store! Click here or on the picture below to head on over and download! 🙂
Do you do any fun projects with your kiddos? I’d love to hear about them! Comment and tell me about it, please! 🙂
Those projects look amazing! And that freebie is awesome too! I'm saving this post because I teach Native Americans next year! Thanks!
-Nick
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Those projects are IMPRESSIVE! They did a fabulous jobs! Thanks for the freebie!
Jess
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I love these! They are amazing-your students did an outstanding job! I'm going to use this next year with my 4th graders. We worked on masks this year. I took a cereal box and cut out the front panel, drew a head shape on it. The students cut them out, then I held them up to their face to determine where their eyes were, drew a shape for the eyes. They cut them out with help. Then they decide what type of mask they were going to make. I suggested that they exaggerate the facial features. They used black, green, red, and yellow markers. We took a single hole punch and punched holes from ear to ear. The students then took a piece of yarn and hooked it through each hole-this became their hair (horse hair, porcupine hair, etc.) I then had them write a paragraph about their masks-what they would use the mask for, what they used to make their paints, etc.) They really enjoyed this and I know next year the housing project will as well. Thanks for sharing!
Your kiddos did awesome! I love how creative they were! Thanks for sharing your project. I think I can adapt it to the tribes we study in South Carolina!
Oh my goodness, I love this! They did such a good job! I want to take this and do it with my 6th graders (maybe add in some extra challenges) because they would get a kick out of it!