Week 4: Native Americans

Week 4 was really fun for me because I taught about Native Americans while I was a teacher in Texas.  I also had a ton of activities for our study of stars because we went through Apologia's Astronomy book last year. Bonus: My aunt and uncle invited us along to Bryson City, NC. so while we were there we headed over to Cherokee, N.C. for a field trip!

Callie at a display case at a Cherokee museum.  Ticket prices weren't 

in our budget, but the entry had a nice display!

 Across the road from the museum was an artisan's center (free!)

Impressive weaving

The museum in the background...not sure what the boy is doing :)

History: We read "Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving" by Eric Metaxas.

• You can "watch" this book on youtube here (have your child "read along").

• This website had free printables about Squanto.  I used the PDF's for: Information, Bio, and Primary Copywork.
•  We used TEGU blocks (magnetic) to build the various "houses" we learned about.

Bible: Compare and Contrast Squanto's life to that of Joseph (Genesis 45:7).

• Here is a Bible study that addresses these men.

P.E.:  Wampanoag Toss and Catch Game.

• Directions can be found here.
• This website has a game called "Fox and Geese."

Math: Money and Wampum

• Study the Sacajawea coin to see the "3 sisters" (corn, squash, and beans).
• Compare various types of money
• Discuss bartering/trading.

This link has tons of ideas, including: crafts, recipes, missionaries to the Native Americans, and games. 
This link has videos and printables of their housing.

This link has a montessori hands-on unit.

Science: 

 Callie's activity: Spelling boards from Melissa & Doug

 Callies' game: Things that starts with "s" from Kidssoup

 Baby Einstein cards and easy reader book

 Make a constellation with stickers and punch-outs.

 Our book basket: A lot of these books were under $1 from McKay's.

I also chose verses about the sky, day/night, and the stars from previous AWANA books.

 3 part Montessori cards of consellations.

 Fun printables from Kidssoup: copy the constellation

Punch out your own constellation.

 I used a Discovery Toys mosaic set (scored this at a garage sale for 50 cents!!)

 

 Jesus is the light of the world.  (Jack doesn't like to color, but his sister does!)

 These are cards from the Puggles class in AWANA. 

The books were 10 cents each from McKays.

 An activity from Apologia's Astronomy notebook.

These are from kindergarten.  I handed Jack and pile of mixed up 

words and had him solve the sentence.

Overall this as a very fun and full week!  Onto week 5....