Video: Buffalo Pony
Buffalo Pony
Video: Intro to Pre-Colonial History
A brief history of changes in Native American population and geography over the past 500 years.
Reading: Venn Diagram
Looking for a 10 minute lesson plan? This easy Venn Diagram lesson helps students quickly identify comparisons and contrasts using this diagram.
Vocab in the Attic
Delve into vocabulary with dictionary usage. This short lesson with its worksheet can be used as is if you need a quick and easy lesson plan.
Reading: “The Fireball Wand”
We have finished our journey through the woods. At her home, Grandma tells her grandchild a story about a wand. Using Grade 5 Common Core reading standards, students will read the 350+ word story and complete a multiple-choice quiz to continue the journey. For formative assessment, students can highlight textual evidence from the passage to…
Writing: Letter to Grandma
In this Common Core-aligned writing lesson, students will read and analyze a letter and edit it for organization and minor errors. Listen to an audio file of the finished letter afterwards. Click the audio links within the PowerPoint and assignment to play the audio files. Teacher Tip: If you’re playing Making Camp Premium, make sure…
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…
Division with ELA
Congratulations, you’ve passed multiplication! Now it’s time to take it further and practice division with any version of Making Camp along with writing. Activity 1 – Making Camp Open Making Camp. Go to the main choices screen by clicking on the small green icon with boxes at the lower left of the screen. Click NUMBERS.…
Video: Buffalo Hunter
Becoming a Buffalo Hunter in Native American Culture How did you learn to hunt buffalo? How old did you have to be? This video features Library of Congress photography as primary resources along with historical paintings by non-indigenous artists depicting artistic renditions of Native Americans. Related Resources Video: Becoming a Buffalo Hunter in Native American…
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