Lesson 6a Construction and Power Point

Construct your houses, if you are so inclined. 

Here is where we turn our research on the Chumash into paragraphs or captions for pictures that you find online or in your books.  Those in turn get put intot he power point.  Have fun!

Lesson 6 Southern Region

For the Southern Region we studied the Chumash Indians.  We read the book “The Library of Native Americans ‘The Chumash of California’”  by Jack S. Williams.  It is part of the same series that we have used all along.  There are a lot of books available to choose from for this tribe.  They are quite interesting and you could really spend some time here if you wanted to.  We filled out the note paper as we read, just like the other tribes.

Lesson 5a Construction and power point

It's that time!  If you are still doing the construction...good for you!  I have given up on it.  We need to move on. 

Work on your power point today.  Work on turing those notes into paragraphs or captions for pictures that you find online or in your books.  Have fun!

Lesson 5 – Great Basin Cultures

            Again, this is a HUGE region.  It looks like most or all of the tribes in this region were nomadic hunter/gatherers.  We picked the Mono to learn about.  I am using another book from the library and is part of the same series as the one I used for the Ohlone.  It is called “The Library of Native Americans ‘The Mono of California’” by Jack S Williams.  Again, we are spending two days going through this book and filling out the form that I mentioned in the overview. 

Lesson 4a – Construction & Power Point

          Same thing as we have been doing.  For us, I am not having him actually construct a house here because we went on a field trip where he got to see a real one already made!  He will be uploading pictures from his trip though and using that as a main focus of his power point.

Lesson 4 - Central Cultures

Today we learned about the tribes of the Central Region.  Now, this is a huge region so for now we are going to focus on our local tribe – the Ohlone.  I am using a book that I picked up at the library called “The Library of Native Americans ‘The Ohlone of California’” by Jack S Williams.  I like this book because it has plenty of pictures and interesting facts.  Some of the other books had a few facts and then jumped right into how the natives were mistreated.  While this is part of our history, it is not where I want the focus to be for us.  We will discuss it but our focus is going to be understanding how the natives lived and survived in our area and what their culture is like.  We are spending 2 days going through this book and finding interesting facts.  We will also be going on a field trip to learn about them too later this week.

Lesson 3a – Construction & Power Point

            Time to build another house!  This time though they had two houses!  One for winter and one for summer.  We cut down on the size here and made both fit in one square on the board.  We made the house out of the craft tooth picks.  We made the tent out of craft sticks that I split down the middle to make thinner.  We rubberbanded the ends together and stuck the bottom part into the salt dough.  Then my son wove brown paper to represent the mats that they used to cover their summer tents.  This we cut and wrapped around the poles and glued together.  (hint: once the paper is woven, cover the back in painters tape or some such.  Then when you cut it, it holds together.)  My son even added a totem pole out of the scraps.  We took pictures of his final house and uploaded it to a new power point and then wrote a description of the house.

Summer Home 

Winter Home