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Native American Projects

Native American Projects  are always an activity my students enjoy! Check out these social studies activities for kids to make learning fun and exciting. For kids, Native Americans can be an exciting topic! Native Americans are very interesting people with very unique cultures. My sweet students recently completed our Native Americans for Kids unit.  Students learned concepts including Native American history and Native American culture. My students found many Native Americans facts engaging and they were excited to learn more each day!

So, whether you are looking for ideas for Native American Craft Preschool  or Native American for 5th Grade projects, you are in the right place!

Native Americans Art Project Ideas

Native Americans of the Great Plains are resourceful people. These tribes found a use for every part of the buffalo. Native Americans would use buffalo to create tools, shelter, clothing, food, and much more. Honestly, I was so impressed with the many ways in which buffalo was used.

Native American School Projects

Native American School Projects will be so much fun for students! Trust me, they will make great memories while learning interesting facts while participating in Native American School Projects.  Students enjoyed working with different Native Americans tribes for their Native American projects.  The Native American tribes my students worked with are the ones outlined in the Georgia Social Studies Standards. These tribes were Inuit Native Americans, Kwakiutl Native Americans, Pawnee Native Americans, Seminole Native Americans, Hopi Native Americans, and Nez Perce Native Americans. Each tribe gave my students the opportunity to learn interesting facts and new stories my. I really enjoy teaching this social studies unit.

Native American Craft Supplies

When planning for Native American School Project, first decide what tribe the project will represent.  Then, do research on that specific tribe.  After, look around the house for items you can use and make a list of what native american craft supplies that need to be purchased.  Check out Amazon.com and Hobby Lobby.  Hobby Lobby has a excellent selection of sheet of sod for grass, Native American figures, buffalo figures, and many other options.  I wanted to share a few native american craft supplies that I found.  

This assignment of Native American projects excited my students.  Native American project letters and the project rubric were sent home and students were given 2 weeks to complete the assignment. At school I went into great detail with my students about the rubric so they would know what to expect. I was blown away with the amount of Native Americans facts and the many details students included in this social studies projects.

Native American Project Rubric

Here are several photos of Native American projects. Way to go everyone! If you have assigned a similar project for your students, please share. Native Americans projects are fun, and my students really enjoyed this social studies project. Does assigning Native Americans Projects to make you nervous? Don't be nervous! Write down a list of what you want to accomplish overall for the project. Whatever you choose, write it down and start creating your rubric. Then, talk to your students about the Native American project and your expectations. Be clear of your expectations give examples of what to do and not to do. It is very important students have a clear understanding of your expectations so they can meet those expectations.

Looking for Native American activities ?  Check out these engaging, standards-aligned flipbooks. My students love working with flip books and always find them useful when preparing for an assessment.  The following tribes are included in this Native American Activities Flip book BUNDLE...

Click below to learn more!

Teaching and learning about the lives of Native Americans is always fun and interesting!  I hope you enjoy these activities and get excited about Native American Projects as I do!  Good luck!  If you have any questions or need help, please email me at [email protected]

Share with us! If you have great pictures of cool, creative Native American projects, please snap a picture and email them to [email protected]. I would love to include them on this blog post and help others out. Thanks for sharing!

Fifth Grade Explores Native American History & Culture

Fifth-grade study of the history and culture of Native American tribes culminated with a research project analyzing the impact that the local environment had on various tribes living all over North America.

After learning about the continent’s diverse terrain, fifth-graders used models of clay and other materials to form their understanding of the geography of their assigned region.

Working in teams, students chose a tribe to research — such as Blackfoot, Aztec, Apache, Seminole, and Crow — examining how they adapted to and modified elements in their unique environment and climate.

Each team presented their findings to and took questions from their classmates and teacher Kirsten Dahl.

“The students were very engaged in this project,” Dahl said. “Their learning was evident in both their written work as well as the group presentations.”

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These are amazing!! A Tall Drink of Water

Oh my! They did awesome!! Thanks for linking up this wonderful project! Diane

They are all amazing!

Thanks Ladies! They definitely made me proud!

Fantastic projects and fantastic photos. I shared these photos with my students this week when I introduced the project in class. I put them in a short Animoto video. The link is below if you'd like to use it. Thanks for sharing your classroom's success! ~Holly Chaker https://animoto.com/play/hsWbATYFN27QY7GAI1HkIQ

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Beginning Research Projects: Native Americans Poster Project

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Let’s talk about research projects for younger students. Guiding students through the research process can be stressful, but with lots of guidance, practice, and some gumption, it can be a fun learning experience that builds a life-long skill! So, today, I’m sharing a great beginning research project that can be done with students in 2nd and 3rd grade. This research project focuses on gaining a better understanding of Native American tribes while building those ever-important research skills! I love doing this research project in the month of November to celebrate Native American Heritage Month, but it really can work at any time.

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Start with a Native American Book

For me, any great lesson starts with a book! A research project can start that same way, too! A book helps to fuel interest, or build background information.

Here are a few books that you could use to start a discussion on Native Americans. The suggestions here are a mix of fiction and nonfictional books. Just remember that the book serves as a way to begin the thought process and should be used as an introduction. Click the links below to check them out!

One of my favorite indigenous authors is Joseph Bruchac . He’s a Native American author who works to share his people’s stories, ideas, and legends with us! Honestly, you can’t go wrong with pulling one of his books as a place to start the discussion.

Introducing Native American Tribe Research Project

After sharing a book with your class, discuss Native Americans with your students. Ask them what they already know about Native Americans. Then, work to discuss the fact that Native Americans are not just one group of people, but are actually many different groups of people who lived in groups called tribes. Each tribe had its own culture, beliefs, and way of life, based on the resources available to them.

Discuss how some tribes are still around today, like the Navajo Nation, but others are significantly smaller or no longer with us due to changes brought on by European settlers. Then, show students a map with some of the Native American tribes located throughout the United States.

I like using this map (You can grab it here !)

Use the map/assignment sheet as a launching point for the Native American research project. Explain to students that you will choose a tribe, and then do some research to learn how that tribe used natural resources to live. Then, they’ll get to share their research with their classmates by displaying what they’ve learned on the poster.

From there, have students choose a tribe they would like to study. It can be one from the map or one from another resource (like the books suggested above).

Teacher Tip- Make a note of the tribes students choose to research. I also suggest allowing 2-4 students to research a tribe. Limiting the available spots allows for more exposure to different tribes, but also keeps the focus on learning more about the First Americans and less on what their friends are doing.

Research Note Taking for Beginners

One of the trickiest parts of conducting research in a younger classroom is the ability for students to zero in on important information. I love using a scaffolded research sheet to help guide younger researchers in finding the facts that need to be included in a project.

To keep the project younger student-friendly, this research project includes a scaffolded note-taking sheet that guides students through the different information they are looking for about their tribe.

This one is part of this unit here on TpT.

Before allowing students to use the internet, I review internet safety rules. We also talk about “valid sites.” This one is tricky for younger students to grasp, but I always like to review how we know if a website is good or not. I also provide a list of approved websites to use to find information.

Teacher Tip- Use Kiddle.com as your search engine! It’s a kid-friendly search engine powered by Google!

Native American Tribe Research Poster

Once students have gathered information on their tribe, it’s time to start working on displaying that information. Make sure you have a sample made (or borrow one). It’s much easier for students to complete a task when they know what it should look like at the end.

Before students begin creating their posters, pass out the rubric. Read the different poster requirements, and discuss how that might look on their posters. This rubric is the exact one used to grade the assignment, so you can use it as a guide when creating the poster.

Discuss how the information should be presented neatly so that everyone can read and learn more about the tribe. I also suggest students add illustrations to their posters to add visual interest.

Research Poster Presentation

At the end of the week, have individual or groups of students present their posters to the class. Have students share the important details they learned about their tribe. At the end of the presentation, allow classmates to ask questions about the tribe. Any unknown answers can always be researched later!

Implementing the Native American Tribe Research Poster Project

Want to easily implement this project in your 2nd or 3rd-grade classroom? Be sure to check out this research project in my TpT store. It includes everything you need to complete this project with your students, including information cards on 12 different Native American tribes; three from each US region.

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5th Grade History Projects on Native Americans

Melissa sherrard.

Students in 5th grade can gain a better understanding of what life as a Native American Indian was like by participating in a variety of different projects. The Indians of North America were proud and fiercely protective of their rich culture and history, and these activities will help 5th graders learn more about aspects of these peoples' lives.

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1 Map Tribes

Students in 5th grade can learn about the home and migratory patterns of the different Indian tribes of North America by marking where they were located on a map of the continent. Have students make maps showing the location and hunting grounds of major North American Indian tribes including the Seneca in New York, Cherokee in Tennessee, Comanches in Oklahoma and Umatilla tribe in Oregon. They can then take the maps home to study and prepare an oral report on how each tribe lived and how their location affected their diet, domestic life and overall comfort throughout the year.

2 Cardboard Tube Totem Pole

Have 5th graders make miniature totem poles out of cardboard tubes to follow up a lesson on how totem poles of the Pacific Northwest tell the history of Native American families and tribes. Totem poles have been made by the Tlingit Indians for centuries to honor their ancestors, native wildlife and the spirits that they believe protect them and their lands. EnchantedLearning.com offers free instructions for making totem poles out of cardboard tubes and construction paper, and the students can choose animals such as bears, otters, eagles, wolves, seals and salmon to include on their totem pole.

3 Make a Dreamcatcher

The students can make a dreamcatcher to hang over their beds. These devices were believed to capture evil spirits and bad dreams. Dream-Catchers.org offers free instructions to make a simple dreamcatcher that students can make for themselves, their friends and family. Let them decorate their dreamcatcher with feathers, colored beads and strips of leather and discuss why those and other items from nature were so important to Native American spirituality.

4 Native American Profile

Have the students make a poster board or profile of a famous Native American. Sacajawea was a Shoshone Indian princess who helped the explorers Lewis and Clark navigate their way to the Pacific coast. Osceola of the Seminole tribe maintained a reservation for his people in what is now Florida. By examining the life of a famous Indian, students will gain an in-depth look into the way their tribes lived and fought.

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• 2 Maps of United States Indians by State

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Melissa Sherrard acquired her Bachelor of Science in public relations from the University of Florida in 2007 and has been writing professionally ever since. She also has extensive hands-on experience planning weddings and other private functions. She has created original print materials including announcements, invitations and programs for weddings, corporate events and private functions.

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