Activities for this chapter
- complete a map of the general area of some Native American tribes: http://www.education.com/worksheets/native+american/, and fill in a map of the thirteen colonies: http://www.education.com/worksheets/colonies,+colonial/
- a video about an excavation at Harvard of the original Harvard Indian College: https://youtu.be/b03_BWQAcL0, Wampanoag Girls Fancy Shawl Dance: https://youtu.be/Jc6oHkmWiLY, Wampanoag Diet: https://youtu.be/aPIJ-bFOrns, Iroquois Creation Story / Oral History in Native Cultures: https://youtu.be/iGTcgBREQF0, Iroquois - The People of the Long House: https://youtu.be/O9spMSCUCxM, long, but covers lots of stuff: https://youtu.be/7FItlStGMY4, this one is about 7 minutes and probably good for the younger group: https://youtu.be/SmisO7pdMW4, short summary: https://youtu.be/5O2kFlhvHiI, the William Penn song - history in brief set to guitar: https://youtu.be/1JFp2z93FPI, the Plan for Pennsylvania: https://youtu.be/HaaBxdJ
- make pine needle baskets, here are many instructions with variations: http://www.nativetech.org/basketry/coilinstr.html, https://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/weave-a-pine-needle-basket-zmaz97aszgoe, https://www.guideposts.org/better-living/positive-living/how-to-make-a-pine-needle-basket?nopaging=1, https://www.nps.gov/timu/learn/education/upload/wksht_basket.pdf, http://joybileefarm.com/making-pine-needle-baskets-from-local-materials/, http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/8551/pine-needle-basket-tutorial#.WJ0kyxiZPq0, http://www.martinatnewton.com/pinestraw-baskets
What we did
for show-and-tell there were dehydrated strawberries, but unfortunately, they disappeared before any pictures were taken!
for our activity we had the choice of learning how to make cordage, or how to make pine needle baskets, the kids chose to make cordage, the moms chose to make the baskets, here is a length of cordage:
soaking the raffia and pine needles:
two baskets in the beginning stages, and one finished one:
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