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100 BEST Hands-on Free Native American Resources

November 13, 2014 | 12 Comments
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Today I have a round up of 100 free Native American resources. Too, you’ll love my page Native American Unit Study for Kids Who Love Hands-on Learning.

We are fascinated with learning about so many different regions of the Native Americans as well as their proud past, fascinating hands-on activities, and understanding their language.

100 BEST Hands-on Free Native American Resources

I have divided this page by learning category to make it easier for you to locate the kind of activity you are looking to do.

Check out my round up and I hope a few of these ideas spark a creative touch for you when it comes to learning about Native Americans.

Native American Arts, Crafts, and Activities

There’s no doubt that much of the focus on doing a Native American unit study should be hands-on activities. This round up of arts, crafts, and activities covers a bit for each age.

  • Create a Listening Doll
  • Simple Inuit Crafts
  • Make a Fun Birchbark Canoe Craft
  • Frugal DIY Easy Corn Shaker
  • Build An Indoor Campfire
  • Paper Weaving Indian Corn
  • Bubble Wrap Indian Corn
  • Make a Wampum Belt
  • Dream Catcher with hearts
  • Make an Animal Hide with Brown Paper Bag
  • Small Drums out of Salt Container
  • Piper Cleaner Wigwam
  • Native American Vest with Brown Paper Bag, Foil and ribbon
  • Cherokee Rattle Craft
  • How To Make Native American Dress Up
  • Paper Satchel
  • Storytelling with Stones
  • Tiny bow and “Safe”Arrow
  • Make Authentic Arrows
  • Cornhusk Doll, Pinch Pot, Early American Weaving
  • Make Indian Paper Beaded Necklace
  • Edible Mini Indian Corn
  • Recycled Turtle Shell Rattle
  • 5 Activities for Native American History

 Also, you’ll love these other unit studies to go with this study of the Native Americans. The NaturExplorers science series are for multiple ages and gives you several topics to choose from. We loved the the fruits and nuts.

Our Journey Westward

In addition, you’ll love these books about Native Americans. Some are about the Trail of Tears and a few others we loved.

 Books About Native Americans

Books About the Trail of Tears

Furthermore incorporating a living books approach to geography by Beautiful Feet brings learning about this time period alive.

You’ll love this learning Geography through Literature approach when learning about Native Americans.

Furthermore, adding a few clip art sources and some coloring pages allows you to add these resources for a unit study or just as enrichment in your study.

Clip Art about Native Americans

  • Pic of Native Americans
  • Clip Art, Etc.

Native American Coloring Pages

  • Native American coloring pages for adults
  • 52 Page Learn About Texas Indians Coloring & Activity Book
  • Native American Coloring Pages

Native American Dioramas

  • A Fun Cradleboard Craft
  • Teepee Indian Village Diorama
  • Many ideas here for studying the Cherokee
  • A variety of Native American Dioramas

Then have you seen this unit study at Home School in the Woods?

This unit study that would compliment the Native American unit and it is a Colonial Unit Study and Lapbook over at Home School in the Woods which is one our favorite hands-on history programs.

Native American Lapbooks

  • Iroquois Lapbook
  • Plains Indians
  • French and Indian War Lapbook
  • Iroquois Lapbook
  • The Inuit And Arctic Region Lapbook
  • Meso-America Lapbook
Our Journey Westward

Too, I have included some lesson plans below in case you want to study another topic or use it for a jumping off point.

 Native American Lesson Plans

  • Plains Indian
  • Images of Woodland Indians Grades 7 – 12
  • Not Just Another Native American Lesson Plan Grade 2
  • Our Native Americans Grade 3
  • Taming the Frontier Grades 9  – 12
  • English Indian Encounters Grades 9 – 12
  • Native Americans and World War 11 Grades 9 – 12
  • American Indian Art Grade 3

HOW TO EASILY BRING HISTORY ALIVE

Also, coloring is an easy way to bring any subject alive. You may love history coloring pages.

Here is what the 10 page download contains.

I put a few key words to explain each picture on the page. This way you can use the coloring pages as title pages too.

Page 3:  Native American on horseback,
4: Lewis and Clark Trek,
5: Lewis and Clark and The Piegan,
6: Lewis and Clark Exploring Rivers,
7: The Plains Indians,
8: Pioneer Life,
9: Moving West, 10: Westward Ho,
11: Settlers, and
12: Fur Trappers and Mountainmen

Grab your fun copy below!

  • 0. Westward Expansion History Fun 10 Coloring Pages

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Science, Sign Language, Folks Tales, & MORE!

  • Round up of Native American Symbols
  • Acorn Use by California Native Americans
  • Guide for Marking Horses in Battle
  • The Cherokee Alphabet and How to Use It
  • Venn Diagram Illustration – Colonist and Native Americans
  • Native American Folktales
  • Native American Cinderella
  • The WampanoagTribe
  • Native American Sign Language

Native American Printables for Kids

  • Writing Prompts
  • Free Leather Craft Patterns
  • Free Poster and Predictions
  • Color Canoe, Paper Figures
  • Tribal Regions of the United States
  • Native American Tribes Word Search
  • Native American Form to Write a Report
  • Read Kansas! Middle School – M-7 Indian Removal to the Great American Desert

Native Americans Recipes

  • Native American Recipes
  • Ojibwe Fry Bread Recipe
  • Cherokee Garden Pan Bread

Teacher’s Guides For Studying Native Americans

  • Native American Pottery Making Methods 3-12
  • We Have A Story To Tell Native Peoples of the Chesapeake Region Grades 9-12
  • Plains Indians Teacher Guide
  • Infectious Disease Grade 6 – 8
  • Native American Lesson Plans 6 – 12

Native American Unit Studies

  • Native Americans by Region
  • Native American Cherokee and Shawnee
  • Free Native American Unit Study
  • Native American Unit Study
  • Montessori Inspired Native American Unit Study
  • Upper Elementary Native American Unit Study

You Tube, Media, Interactive

  • Story Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
  • Music – Earth Songs
  • The Math Catcher stories are free and are a great combination of math and Native American culture.
  • America Before Columbus
  • What Can You Make From a Buffalo
  • Art and History Images separated by region

What do you think?  I think I will keep adding to this growing list as I discover new gems for studying about Native Americans.

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Trail of Tears Vocabulary Words

November 11, 2014 | Leave a Comment
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The Trail of Tears vocabulary words is the next minibook I have ready today.  We are almost ready to start placing them on the file folder.  So I will have that for you next so you don’t have to guess where to place them.

I will have to hunt down some file folders because I have not been able to find any yet, but again, even construction paper or scrapbook taped together works too instead of a file folder.

Trail of Tears Vocabulary Words
Trail of Tears Vocabulary Words

Also, I don’t want to confuse you but because of my love for options and because I know you have children of different ages and abilities too, I try to keep all my minibooks flexible.

For example, with this minibook, I have 2 different ones.  The first one (pictured above) has vocabulary words already selected.  The second page (pictured above) also has the definitions typed out.  Simply research and glue them under the tab.

The second minibook (not pictured) is blank.  The second page (not pictured) is blank too so that your children can write in the definitions.

With options comes the ability to use the minibooks for the various ages and abilities of your children.  For example, you may want to use the definitions already filled in with a younger child or like me, you may be using the lapbooks for enrichment and so there is no need for tons of writing.

Maybe you want to use the minibooks for writing if that is what you are focused on.

You are teacher and you decide with each of my lapbooks what is best for your children at the time. So I try to give you options and want to keep lapbooks fun, easy and not stressful.

More Trail of Tears Activities

  • Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook
  • Books About the Trail of Tears
  • Trail of Tears Indian Removal Act Minibook
  • Cherokee Garden Pan Bread
  • Trail of Tears Notebooking Pages

How to Get the Free Trail of Tears Lapbook

Now, how to grab the free lapbook. This is a subscriber freebie.

That means when you sign up to follow me, you get access to my subscribers library and this freebie.

However, not all my freebies are in the library (wink).

I like to keep up to date with what is valuable to you so I can give you more, some freebies you must sign up again on the form below even if you are already a follower.

And it’s the only way I have of freely delivering them to you. Just follow the steps below.

► 1) Sign up on my list.
► 2) Go to your inbox and confirm your email from the automatic reply I sent you. If you’re already a confirmed subscriber, you will not have to do this. You’ll receive the freebie instantly.
 ►3) Last step. look for my reply AFTER you’ve confirmed your email.

Leave a CommentFiled Under: 1. My FREE Learning Printables {Any Topic}, Geography Based, History Based Tagged With: trailoftears

Free Art Notebooking Pages – 3rd Grade

October 16, 2014 | 5 Comments
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You know how I feel about art.  It is one of those subjects that should be enjoyed from K to gray. 

So even though the free art curriculum guide that I am following to create printables divides the art into grade levels, I did not create the art notebooking pages babyish. 

3rd grade Artist Study Packet 1 with 3 text and 1 sketch box

This way whatever the ages of your children are, they can use any grade level guide of their choosing along with the printables I created to have a complete art program for each year.

After all if you haven’t covered an artists or art work before, then does it matter which grade you do? 

Besides, you can use the guide questions in the upper grade art if you want to cover some of lower grade art and visa versa. 

I know the questions in the upper grade level hone in more on artistic design, composition and principles of design.  And though the lower grade guides provides the same framework, they do not do it as in depth. 

Again, I hope this makes sense because you should be able to do any packet you choose by using the free curriculum guides from either an upper or lower grade depending on the ages of your children.

Keep in mind, that you need BOTH the free Curriculum ALONG with my notebooking packets to have a complete art program for the year.

Today, the 3rd grade set is ready.  Remember there are 8 grades now (use to be 7 Grades).   Grade 8 has been added since I started this project (yippee). 

I have completed grades 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and only have grades 1, 2 and now 8 to do before I am completed. 

If you cover one artist per month, then each grade level will take you one year.  So free art for a year!

One last thing I need to remind you of because I have some new faces here is that I also create TWO SETS of the SAME art notebooking page, but each set is slightly different. 

I know, I know, I like things perfect to have options and I love for you to have them too.

Look below at the graphic I created to show how each set is slightly different. 

One set has ALL text boxes in case you have a kid or two like I do that doesn’t want to sketch the art.

Especially at the high school level, my oldest son just wanted to make it more about art history. 

So he wasn’t interest in sketching every piece.  He just wanted to read the background information about each artist, read about the artwork and move one. 

Oh yes,  I used some of these packets for high school art credit.

The second set has ONE sketch box instead of the text box because then I have another kid who wants to sketch the art that we were learning about. Too, I keep the sketch box not too big so it doesn’t become a project to sigh about.

How to Use - Art Notebooking Pages 1

So the art is the SAME for both pages.  Too, this allows you to choose from either set depending on the time you have for that month.  For example, one piece my sons may want to write, so I would print off that page.  The next art piece they would want to sketch so I would print off that page from the other set.

Give your child options and don’t think you have to use ALL the same pages from one set.  I mixed and match depending on the mood for the day or month. 

I have a more pictures from each set to show you.  This is how the pages look from the set that has sketch boxes and

3rd grade Artist Study Packet 1 with 3 text and 1 sketch box 23rd grade Artist Study Packet 1 with 3 text and 1 sketch box 3

this is how the pages look from the set that has ALL text boxes.

3rd grade Artist Study Packet 1 with 4 text boxes 13rd grade Artist Study Packet 1 with 4 text boxes 2

Again, BOTH sets have the same art and are the same except for that one box.  

Choices in any subject makes learning about it more enjoyable.  We don’t feel so hemmed in.

I hope you enjoy this next grade level, which is Grade 3 according to Concordia University AND be sure to download both packets so you can decide which set best suits your needs for each art piece.

HOW TO GET THE FREE HOMESCHOOL ART CURRICULUM FOR GRADES 1 TO 8 AND NOTEBOOKING PAGES

Now, how to grab the free art curriculum. This is a subscriber freebie..

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 2) Grab the freebie instantly.
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5 CommentsFiled Under: 1. My FREE Learning Printables {Any Topic} Tagged With: artnotebookingpages

Trail of Tears Indian Removal Act Minibook

September 27, 2014 | Leave a Comment
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The next part of our unit study is the Trail of Tears Indian Removal Act minibook, which I have ready today.

We are eager to get our homeschooling booted back up after having a much needed break with our move overseas.  I have to admit though we have been a bit sidetracked as we have arrived in Cuenca, Ecuador because we have so many new places to explore and learn about.  But we are going to finish our Trail of Tears Unit Study first because our interest was piqued and we need to cover a wee bit more U.S. history too.

Indian Removal Act MinibookIndian Removal Act Minibook 2

So this next minibook is a bit about the Indian Removal Act and how it affected not only the Cherokee, but the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole. Too, you know my dislike for a blob of blank pages a blank page because it doesn’t give any help when you may be running short on teacher prep time.

So I always try to include a few facts about the topic on most of my minibooks where possible. This one is no different.  Of course, you don’t have to use the facts or inside page we researched. You can add your own research.

More Trail of Tears Activities

  • Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook
  • Books About the Trail of Tears
  • Trail of Tears Indian Removal Act Minibook
  • Cherokee Garden Pan Bread
  • Trail of Tears Notebooking Pages

How to Get the Free Trail of Tears Lapbook

Now, how to grab the free lapbook. This is a subscriber freebie.

That means when you sign up to follow me, you get access to my subscribers library and this freebie.

However, not all my freebies are in the library (wink).

I like to keep up to date with what is valuable to you so I can give you more, some freebies you must sign up again on the form below even if you are already a follower.

And it’s the only way I have of freely delivering them to you. Just follow the steps below.

► 1) Sign up on my list.
► 2) Go to your inbox and confirm your email from the automatic reply I sent you. If you’re already a confirmed subscriber, you will not have to do this. You’ll receive the freebie instantly.
 ►3) Last step. look for my reply AFTER you’ve confirmed your email.

Leave a CommentFiled Under: 1. My FREE Learning Printables {Any Topic}, Geography Based, History Based Tagged With: lapbook, trailoftears

Trail of Tears Notebooking Pages

August 30, 2014 | 10 Comments
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I can’t help it. We love geography and we love starting our unit studies off with something about geography when we can.  So in preparing the first set of the Trail of Tears Notebooking Pages, I started with a bit of easy geography.

Even easy geography is important to understanding the trek that not only the Cherokee made, but several other tribes took because it helps to build appreciation for the harsh conditions they endured.

Too, because I like big graphics for any age, young grades or middle school, it is good sometimes to add a few notebooking pages to your study because you can use the full page for a map.

You know I have never fallen for the popular homeschooling mentality that lapbooks are just for young learners and notebooking pages for older learners.  I always try to incorporate the two types of pages when I can.  Don’t limit homeschooling tools like lapbooks and notebooking pages to preassigned ages and you will be able to make a well rounded out unit study.

Back to what I was talking about. I also like to build background information first about any topic.  Earlier, I had shared a minibook about the 7 Clans which is a minibook to build appreciation for the culture of the Cherokee.

Trail of Tears Notebooking Pages

Then today, I am sharing some notebook pages will which help with understanding about the different types of tribes that lived along the southeastern part of the United States. This will also help to build appreciation for the way they care for the land and depended on it for survival. They were hunters, farmers and they fished.

By locating the tribes on the southeastern part of the United States in their atlas, your children can understand that they lived in log homes, and planted squash, beans and corn in the rich soil. The land they loved and built on was wooded and had rivers.  As they worked the land, they enjoyed the bounty provided by it.

More Trail of Tears Activities

  • Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook
  • Books About the Trail of Tears
  • Trail of Tears Indian Removal Act Minibook
  • Cherokee Garden Pan Bread
  • Trail of Tears Notebooking Pages

How to Get the Free Trail of Tears Lapbook

Now, how to grab the free lapbook. This is a subscriber freebie.

That means when you sign up to follow me, you get access to my subscribers library and this freebie.

However, not all my freebies are in the library (wink).

I like to keep up to date with what is valuable to you so I can give you more, some freebies you must sign up again on the form below even if you are already a follower.

And it’s the only way I have of freely delivering them to you. Just follow the steps below.

► 1) Sign up on my list.
► 2) Go to your inbox and confirm your email from the automatic reply I sent you. If you’re already a confirmed subscriber, you will not have to do this. You’ll receive the freebie instantly.
 ►3) Last step. look for my reply AFTER you’ve confirmed your email.

10 CommentsFiled Under: 1. My FREE Learning Printables {Any Topic}, Geography Based, History Based Tagged With: nativeamerican, notebooking

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