Week 3

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American History Curriculum Daily Schedule Week 3

This is our daily schedule page for week three of our American history curriculum.

Materials and books are listed here in more detail.

Look below the schedule for notes.

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Week 3	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
The Story of the U.S.A.	..	..	..	..	..
North American Indians	.Plains Indians	..	..	..	..
Reader	If You Lived With the Sioux Indians Put cover into timeline (approx. 1670's)	..	..	..	.
Read Aloud & Book Notes	The Birchbark House Chapter 6	The Birchbark House Chapter 7	The Birchbark House Chapter 8	The Birchbark House Chapter 9	The Birchbark House Chapter 10
History Pockets	.Begin constructing pocket 6 Photocopy p.55, 56	p.57-59 booklet	p.61 Buffalo cut & paste activity	.p.63 Ankle band *graph paper, construction paper, glue, hole punch, optional: small bells	..
Map/Globe	History Pocket Map Stamp OR Regional Map	..	..	..	..
Notebooking	.DWN p.14-15 Hunter and Cherokee Sioux family life	.Sioux childhood comparison table	.DWN p.20-21 Bison Buffalo uses or Living off the buffalo or More about the buffalo or All About the Buffalo	.Plains Indians	.Native American source work
Science	..	..	..	..	.Germs Make me Sick
Cooking	..	..	..	.Pemmican	.
Crafts	Plains Indians Punch-Out-Panorama	..	..	..	.Tipi diorama *Supplies: paper (thicker is better) or thin craft leather, paint, bamboo skewers (or similar –you can just use thin sticks from outside) OR Plains Indians Punch-Out-Panorama
Extras	.Wee Sing	.	.Video: The People of the Great Plains	..	.

Optional: Childcraft The Indian Book p.138-157 The Osage, p.194-213 The Blackfoot

History Pocket supplies: Ceremonial ankle band *supplies: graph paper, construction paper, glue, hole punch, optional: small bells

Notebooking notes: All of the following worksheets and printables are optional. Choose your favorites for your child's notebook:
All About the Buffalo This printable worksheet has a paragraph to read, some illustrations, vocabulary words taken from the paragraph and fill in the blanks, etc.
Buffalo uses A colorful notebooking item with discussion question
Sioux family life- Complete the sentences, discuss, etc.
Sioux childhood - comparison table Fill in the table and make a drawing.
Plains Indians - Read, fill in the blanks, make a list, etc.
Living off the buffalo - Read and then copy the sentences and complete them with the correct ending. More about the buffalo- (With guided paragraph writing -copy and complete sentences)
Native American source work - Interpret a painting and use the dictionary.

Science notes: Germs Make me Sick (read before or after the section on smallpox in Birchbark House)

Craft notes: Tipi diorama *Supplies: paper (thicker is better) or thin craft leather, paint, bamboo skewers (or similar -you can just use thin sticks from outside). or Plains Indians Punch-Out-Panorama *Have some tape on hand. I found it to be frustrating to try and glue some of the things (like the tipis) so we just plastered on some good ol' scotch tape!