North American Indians:

Plains Indians (M-1)

Continue reading: The Birchbark House

If You Lived With the Sioux Indians Put cover into timeline (approx. 1670's).

Optional: The Indian Book (1980 Annual Childcraft)

History Pockets Native Americans:

Pocket 6 (p.55-63) The Sioux Indians

Fact sheet

Booklet

Amazing buffalo booklet

Ceremonial ankle band *supplies: graph paper, construction paper, glue, hole punch, optional: small bells

Map or Globe

(M)

All of the following worksheets and printables are optional. Choose your favorites for your child's notebook:

All About the Buffalo This printable worksheet has a paragraph to read, some illustrations, vocabulary words taken from the paragraph and fill in the blanks, etc.

Buffalo uses A colorful notebooking item with discussion question

Sioux family life Complete the sentences, discuss, etc.

Sioux childhood comparison table Fill in the table and make a drawing.

Plains Indians Read, fill in the blanks, make a list, etc.

Living off the buffalo Read and then copy the sentences and complete them with the correct ending.

More about the buffalo (With guided paragraph writing –copy and complete sentences)

Native American source work Interpret a painting and use the dictionary.

Draw Write Now:

p.14-15 Hunter and Cherokee

p.20-21 Bison

Tipi diorama

*Supplies: paper (thicker is better) or thin craft leather, paint, bamboo skewers (or similar –you can just use thin sticks from outside).

OR

Plains Indians Punch-Out-Panorama
*Have some tape on hand. I found it to be frustrating to try and glue some of the things (like the tipis) so we just plastered on some good ol scotch tape!

See History Pockets in notebooking