Northwest Coast – Purple
Woodland = Green
Plains – Yellow
Casey Korthals
Subject Area: Social Studies/Language Arts and Art
Grade: 3rd
Goal:
The students will know different regions of tribes throughout
the United States and recognize how the clothing changes.
Lesson Objectives:
The students will be able to:
1.
Correctly identify 3 different Native American regions in the United States
2.
Correctly match types of clothing with regional tribes
3.
Describe what different regional tribes use to make clothing
Lesson Plan
Materials:
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Script for Native American Readers
Theatre
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Cutouts
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Native American boy and girl
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Coastal clothing
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Plains clothing
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Woodland clothing
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Colored pencils
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Markers
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Scissors
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Tape
Preparation for lesson:
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Have a map hanging up correctly labeling the three regions that will be covered.
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Northwest = Dark purple
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Plains = Yellow
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Woodlands = Green
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Somewhere in the room have 3 designated areas (one for Coastal, Plains, and
Woodland) where the students will tape up their clothed Native American boys and
girls.
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Beginning |
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Introduce the three regions of the United States that we will be looking
at.
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Northwest Coast
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Plains
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Woodlands
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Take a look at the map and point
out the different regions that we are looking at
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Northwest Coast is over by Oregon/Washington
in the darker purple color.
The Plains is where we are located, the
Midwest, in yellow.
The Woodlands is the northeast corner of the
United States, and on the map it is in green.
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Have the students color a map of their own to show the different Native
American regions in the United States. |
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Middle |
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Native American Reader’s Theatre
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Assign 9 different students parts for the
script.
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Allow students time to read-reread-practice
the script
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When students feel comfortable with the
material, have them read
the scrip for the class.
Make sure class pays attention to the
clothing the different regional tribes wear.
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Northwest Coast – seal, deerskin, cedar
bark, fur
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Plains – clothing is made from buffalo hide
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Woodlands – deerskin, moccasins, and colored
beads.
They also have belts made of wampum. |
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End |
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Art Project
ŕHand
out cutouts:
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Native American Boy and
Girl
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Each student should get 3 separate cutouts.
This way
they have a boy and girl for each of the
regions.
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Coastal Boy and Girl
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Plains Boy and Girl
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Woodland Boy and Girl
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Allow students to color each cutout.
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When they are done coloring, cut out each boy and girl.
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** be sure to not cut off the tabs because that is
how the clothing will stay
o n the boy and girl **
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Have the students dress their Native American Boys and Girls in the
clothing they have colored.
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In the designated areas for hanging the Native American cutouts, have
the students hang their boys and girls in the correct region according
to the type of clothing they are wearing.
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Review
the different regions of Native Americans covered today, and the type of
materials they use for clothing.
Have the students write on the board
different materials the different regional tribes use for clothing.
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Northwest Coast
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seal, deerskin, cedar bark, fur
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Plains
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clothing is made from buffalo hide
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Woodlands
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deerskin, moccasins, and colored beads.
They also
have belts made of wampum. |
Assessment:
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Given a map, correctly color the Native American regions discussed in class.
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After the clothing is colored and the Native American boy and girls are
“dressed” have the students correctly hang up their boys and girls in the right
area throughout the room.
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Ask students what types of clothing relate to different tribes and regions in
the United States.
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Ask students to raise their hand if they have a description of clothing that
relates to a Native American region of the United States.
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If a student answers correctly, have them write what they said on the large
paper that has all the Native American boys and girls from that region hanging.
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By then end of the unit, there should be three different sections of wall.
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One for Northwest Coast, Plains and Woodland
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On the designated section, should be the students’ Native American boys and
girls wearing the correct clothing.
o Underneath the boy and girl cutouts should be a description of what the people of that land wear for clothing.
Resources:
Name ____________________________________________
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Directions:
Color the different Native American Regions
in the United States. Northwest Coast – Purple Woodland = Green Plains – Yellow |
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Native American Readers Theatre
By Casey Korthals
Social Studies: 3rd
Different tribes mentioned in the play:
- Coastal (Northwest)
- Plains
- Woodlands (east)
Speakers in the play:
- Narrator 1 - Time Traveler - Birdwatcher
- Narrator 2 - Soft Snow
- Narrator 3 - Standing Pole
- Guide - Boy
Introduction:
Narrator 1: Long, long ago Native Americans were the only people who lived in the United States.
Narrator 2: These people, we spread all over the country, and lived in big groups called tribes. All tribes were different.
Narrator 1: Each tribe had their own language, way of life, and their own name.
Narrator 3: In our show today we are going to look at 3 different regions of the country including: plains, woodlands, and coastal areas.
Guide: Welcome! Today I will be the guide for our trip. We are going to learn about different clothing tribes from different regions of the US wore.
Coastal Region: (Pacific coast)
Guide: Today, we will be travelling across the United States. Our first stop is land that is covered with tall cedar trees. What do you think?
Boy: Hello! I am part of the Haida Tribe located here in the Northwest.
Guide: In the Northwest they have lots of trees.
Boy: Yes we do. We use the trees to make our houses, canoes which we use for fishing, baskets, and weapons.
Guide: On our journey today, we are finding out information about different tribes and their clothing. What do you guys use to make your clothing?
Boy: When it is warm, we wear very little clothing.
Guide: What about when it is cold?
Boy: Men wear seal, dear skin, or oiled cedar bark. Women wear skirts, tunics, and dear skin. When it is really cold, we wrap ourselves in fur.
Guide: Well, thank you very much! You have given us great amounts of information. Stay warm, my friend.
Plains Region:
Guide: Our next stop is the land that is covered with grass and the buffalo roam. Any guesses?
Soft Snow: Welcome, my name is Soft Snow and I am part of the Sioux Tribe on the Plains.
Standing Pole: I am Standing Pole. Here on the Plains we follow the buffalo.
Soft Snow: The buffalo provides us with food, shelter and clothing.
Guide: The people of the Plains are sure to use all parts of the buffalo. Let’s learn more about clothing.
Standing Pole: Both men and women wear clothing made of buffalo hide. Our shoes, called moccasins, are also made of Buffalo skin.
Guide: Thank you Soft Snow and Standing Pole for your wisdom. But we must continue our journey.
Woodland Region:
Birdwatcher: Squawk! Squawk!
Guide: Hello over there! What is that noise you are making?
Birdwatcher: Hi, my name is Birdwatcher. I am trying to scare the crows away from eating our seeds. We love our gardens over here on the East side of the United States.
Guide: Yum, I love fresh food. I am here today on a mission to discover what people of different tribes wear for clothing. What do you in the Woodland tribes wear?
Birdwatcher: Our clothes are made of animal skin. When it’s hot, men wear breechcloths and when it’s cold, we wear added dear skin, leggings, moccasins, and sometimes fur coats.
Guide: That’s neat! What about the women?
Birdwatcher: Women wear wrap skirts, leggings, moccasins, and oftentimes decorate with colored beads.
Guide: Very pretty.
Birdwatcher: Here in the Woodland we also have these Wampum belts.
Guide: What are those?
Birdwatcher: Wampum are beads that are made from shells. These shells are then woven into decorative belts.
Guide: All of this sounds amazing. Thank you so much for everything you have shared.
Back home:
Guide: Today we had a busy day. We traveled to the northwest coastal corner to visit the tribes of cedar trees. Then we landed in the Plains, the land of the buffalo. Last we visited the Woodland tribes where they make wampum belts.
Native American Boy and Girl Cut Outs
