Ohio Native Americans

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Ohio Native Americans

• ED 417
• By Amanda Conklin and Kelli Collins

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Objectives

• Native Americans 3rd Grade
• Students will understand Ohio Native American
  cultures.
• Students will compare Ohio Indians cultures to
  one another.
• Students will create a scene in a Native American
  life.
• Students will learn about legends and create
  their own.
• Students will learn about pictographs and create
  their own.
• Students will make a Venn diagram that shows the
  differences and similarities of their life and a
  Native Americans life.

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Materials

• Comparing Chart
• Furnishing A Home worksheet
• Crayons, markers, glue, and scissors
• Composition Notebooks
• Book The Legend of the Bluebonnet
• Book The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
• Poster boards with Venn diagram

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Ohio Native Americans

• Original Inhabitants
• The Erie Tribe
• The Kickapoo Tribe
• The Shawnee Tribe
• Tribes that migrated into Ohio after Europeans
  arrived
• The Delaware Tribe
• The Miami Tribe
• The Ottawa Tribe
• The Ohio Seneca Tribe
• The Wyandot Tribe
• Map and Other Information
• Migration Map
• Native American Clothing
• Student Activities
• Web Sites

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The Shawnee

• Location Southern Ohio
• Language Algonquian
• Food corn, squash, and beans
• Shelter wigwams (Pictured to the left)
• Clothing Women wore skirts and leggings. Men
  wore breechclouts and leggings. Made out of
  buckskin.
• Family Roles Men hunted and fished. Women farmed
  and cooked.
• Transportation canoe
• Ceremonies spring bread dance, green corn dance,
  and autumn bread dance.

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The Delaware Tribe

• Location Eastern Ohio
• Language Lenapé and Algonquian
• Food corn, beans, squash, berries, and nuts
• Shelter wigwams
• Clothing made out of buckskin
• Family Roles Women did the farming, cooking, and
  raising of the children. Men did the hunting,
  fishing, and fighting.
• Transportation canoe (Pictured to the right)
• Beliefs They believed that spirits ruled the
  world.

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The Miami Tribe

• Location Southern Ohio
• Language Algonquian
• Food fish, corn
• Shelter dome-shaped wigwams
• Clothing animal skins, leggings, and moccasins
• Transportation canoe
• Ceremonies feather dance
• Beliefs They believed that the sun was the
  creator of all things.

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The Ottawa Tribe

• Location Northern Ohio
• Language Algonquian
• Food fish, wild rice, sap from trees
• Shelter longhouses
• Transportation canoe
• Beliefs They believed that there were two great
  spirits one good and one evil.

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The Ohio Seneca Tribe

• Location Eastern Ohio and Central Ohio
• Language Iroquoian
• Food corn, squash, and beans
• Shelter longhouses
• Family Roles traditional
• Transportation canoe
• Beliefs Iroquoian Traditions

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The Wyandot Tribe

• Location Southern Ohio
• Language Iroquoian
• Food fish, deer, corn, beans, squash
• Shelter longhouses
• Clothing buckskin clothes
• Transportation canoe

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Map of Tribe Migration
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Mens Clothing

• A piece of hide or fabric that would hang over a
  belt.  It would extend over the front and back
  of the man.  This was called a breechclouts or
  breechcloths
• Leggings were worn in colder climates
• Cloaks were worn in cold weather
• Headgear varied from tribe to tribe
• Formal wear varied form tribe to tribe
• Moccasin

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Womens Clothing

• Skirts and leggings
• One piece dresses
• Clothing varied from tribe to tribe
• Moccasin
• Cloaks were worn in cold weather
• Headgear varied from tribe to tribe
• Formal wear varied form tribe to tribe

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Native American Clothing

• After colonization Native Americans began to
  share other tribes clothing, headdresses and
  blankets.
• Native Americans adapted European costumes by
  decorating cloth garments with beads and
  patchwork.

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Student Activities

1. Students will use the comparing chart to compare
   Ohio Native American tribes cultures.
2. Students will use Furnishing a Home worksheet
   to demonstrate Native American housing.
3. Students will read The Legend of the Bluebonnet
   and discuss legends.
4. Students will write their own legend about their
   surrounding environment.
5. Students will discuss Little Gophers
   pictographs.
6. Students will create their own pictographs that
   will retell an important event in their lives.
7. Students will use a Venn diagram to compare and
   contrast She-Who-Is-Alones life with their own.
   

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Comparing Chart
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Worksheet
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Book Selection
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Book Selection 2
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Web Sites

• Ohio History Central American Indians
• American Indians
• Native American Facts for Children
• Native American Legends
• Native American Pictographs