The Deer and Buffalo Hunts
Find out what East Santee Dakota people hunted.
Afterlife
Afterlife What do Lakota people believe about life after death? Listen to Dr. Erich Longie’s lesson about Lakota burial proceedings and the afterlife.
Fractions in Real-World Settings
Standards Click here to scroll down to Standards. Summary Grades 3 and 4 are pivotal grades for students. In Grade 3 they are introduced to multiplication and division within 100 in Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Third graders are initially expected to learn that unit fractions are a part of a whole and do comparisons…
Lesson Plans: Multiplying by N
Standards CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.1 – Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.3– Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.4-Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or…
Video: Ojibwe Clan Lessons
Lesson and Video Resources: Clans of the Ojibwe People Learn Ojibwe History and Culture with Making Camp Premium from 7 Generation Games 7 Generation Games Clan Lesson Open your 7 Generation Games app, Making Camp. If you need a download, visit our site to purchase a download (1 user license) for $1.99. Go to the…
What are Fractions?
Standard: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NF.A.1 Number & Operations – Fractions: Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b. Lesson Time: 50 minutes This 20-minute activity introduces students in Grades 3-5 to fractions…
Video: What is Half?
One half means it’s fair Who doesn’t want life to be fair? Learning fractions? Start with the most basic – dividing a whole into two equal parts. Equal is the key point emphasized here. It’s not enough to be in two parts, you need two equal parts. Fractions are more than pizza I like this…
Video: When is a Fraction the Same as One?
When first learning fractions, I’ve found most students benefit from lots and lots of examples. It’s fine to teach rules and procedures, which I do, but I also try to show that rule applied in many different contexts. Watch this video for many examples of how N/N = 1 . Whether it is one trip,…
Lesson: Multiplication and Red River Carts
Standards Summary This lesson is just a final review of multiplication before heading on to division. Our last lesson was all Ojibwe history. For a little variety we combined social studies and math today. Did you know you can also play Making Camp offline on your tablet or phone? Well, you can. You can play…
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