Unit 2 – Time Line and Native Tribes

Overview and objectives:

Make timeline - put in hall

             - add east coast and European events.

  - add our family timeline

Native tribes

            - locations

                        - color on map

             - lifestyle

             - field trip

Starting in lesson 2 we will be working on the indigenous people of California.  Here is a great sample curriculum that includes info on the tribal regions.  http://www.splashpublications.com/files/californiahistory.pdf Going from this I made a map using a basic blank map of California and then drew in the areas based off of the map in this book.  My son will then color in each region as we study it.  We will pick one tribe from each region to really learn about.  I will post websites as I find them as well as books that we read from the library. 

Additionally, my son really got into the projects of the topographical map and time line.  Apparently he likes crafts more than I thought!  So, at his request we are also making sample dwellings for each region.  This is completely optional!  We are only doing this because he wants to!  Oh, and as I do it I am having flash backs of building my daughter’s mission.  Ahhh!!!!  Be warned that depending on the skill level of your child, this may become more YOUR project than theirs.  My son is enjoying it and learning, so we will persevere through. 

If you are crazy like me and want to do the buildings here is how we went about it:

1 large piece of foam core

1 box craft sticks

1 box craft tooth picks

Tacky Glue

Salt Clay – see Unit 1:1

There are 6 basic regions for the native tribes so I divided the foam core up into 6 squares.  I then took the salt clay and rolled out a square 7”x7” and put that in my first square.  Put the rest of the clay away for next time.   Now I used craft sticks to make the dwelling.  We glued them onto a support beam then when the wall was dry we put a bead of glue on the clay and pushed the wall into the “dirt”.  Cut and build getting as detailed as you wish.  You will see from my pictures that we just did it and didn’t worry too much about perfection.  Good luck!