November/Native
American Month
First
I
am pleased to see schools once again recognizing the second half of
that first
‘Thanks Given Day’!
I
looked this over this morning around 5am and deleted it
as enjoyable
reading, and it was.
This
afternoon after prayer, I feel the need to write.
Again
I
am please to see schools enjoying our people.
Elementary
school children and their teachers can do no wrong by this old
warrior, (Never)!
O.
K.
You
should notice after reading that
the school is in W. Virginia
so the
tribes are East-coast people.
Native
American is correct.
Making
a Teepee is o k
A
Eastern Wigwarm is also OK?
Because you live in the Eastern part of Native American Country.
Making
a ghost mask in o k.
A
grape vineTeardrop Catcher is also OK?
Because you live in the Eastern part of Native American Country.
Navajo
God's Eye is o k.
Because you live in the Eastern part of Native American Country.
The
Native American Talking Stick is also O.K?
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Johnson
Elementary School third-graders hosted a Tribal Fair for family and
friends before closing out school for Thanksgiving break.
Friday’s
Tribal Fair, a collaborative effort among third-grade instructors,
was part of a learning unit on Native Americans. The goal was to
teach students not only about the history of Native Americans, but
also about their culture, art and music.
Visitors
could peruse student artwork and projects, as well as watch student
performances of Native American customs.
“November
is American Indian Heritage Month, so we do a big unit on the Native
Americans, and it covers content standards in subjects like social
studies,” third-grade teacher Kim Olivio said. “We focus on about
10 tribes, while there are apparently over 200 that existed.”
When
they entered the fair, parents, grandparents and other visitors were
given a sheet with questions to ask students, who then could share
what they learned about Native Americans.
Student
MacKenna Rabren, 8, said her favorite part of the learning unit was
doing crafts related to what the students had learned.
“The
god’s eye was my favorite thing we made. You take two Popsicle
sticks, glue them together, and wrap yarn around them,” she said.
MacKenna
said students also learned about and created their own Shaman masks,
which were used by Native Americans to scare evil spirits out of sick
people.
“We
also made wampums. Ours were out of macaroni, but they were actually
made out of shells,” she said. “The purple stands for wealth and
wisdom, white is for peace, and the black stands for unhappiness.”
Audrey
Kerr said making a turtle rattle was her favorite project during the
learning unit about Native Americans.
“It
took so much detail and a lot of effort; it was super cool,” she
said. “I learned they lived in different types of houses than
actual houses, too.”
Audrey
said one thing she didn’t know before the learning unit was that
one tribe became friends with the Pilgrims. She thought all Native
Americans and settlers were enemies.
