{"id":659546,"date":"2009-02-18T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2009\/02\/18\/american-indian-study\/"},"modified":"2009-02-18T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T14:30:00","slug":"american-indian-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2009\/02\/18\/american-indian-study\/","title":{"rendered":"American Indian Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have just completed a Unity Study on American Indians.&nbsp; We created a lapbook that was&nbsp;purchased from &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.handsofachild.com\/shop\/\">Hands of a Child<\/a>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Some of the items we learned about included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Types of dwellings Native Americans lived in across the nation <\/li>\n<li>Food and how it was gathered <\/li>\n<li>Why face pain was used <\/li>\n<li>Toys and Games \n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3640\/3289630131_11c2b29cf6.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3364\/3289630343_dc96a5d00c.jpg?v=1234960831\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3440\/3290448532_efa5a3853f.jpg?v=1234960803\" \/><br \/>\nWe made little tepees&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3624\/3290368430_ff9d489865.jpg?v=0\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3642\/3289550331_9bb30570d3.jpg?v=0\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3496\/3289550577_370c5373ba.jpg?v=0\" \/><br \/>\nWe made headresses.&nbsp; &#8216;A&#8217; wanted to be a &quot;chief&quot; and have feathers go all the way down his back, but once he realized he would have to color all the feathers, he decided to scale it back a bit.&nbsp; The boys called themselves &quot;The apple and pretzel tribe&quot;&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3517\/3289550741_242ae9a90b.jpg?v=0\" \/><br \/>\nWe made decorative &quot;rattles&quot;&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8216;A&#8217;s rattle.&nbsp; On the left is a &quot;Native American who is concentrating on catching a buffalo with two &#8216;sand times&#8217; (hourglasses).&nbsp; On the right is a &quot;Native American outside his tepee.&nbsp; It is starting to rain, but the flower shines bright.&quot;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3482\/3289551205_acd7ecfe66.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;R&#8217;s rattle.&nbsp; On the left is &quot;an American Indian chief with a bunch of feathers on his head and a flower.&quot;&nbsp; On the right, &quot;a Native American under a rainbow.&quot;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3576\/3290369676_a12005b7ba.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nWe made Navajo Indian Fry Bread.&nbsp; In my defense, I used whole wheat and vegetable oil :).&nbsp; We topped them with sugar and cinnamon.&nbsp; They were really yummy and similar to&nbsp;doughnuts.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3504\/3290369840_af855afaaa.jpg?v=0\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3521\/3289551675_e2bfbf3165.jpg?v=0\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3459\/3289551875_fcbb525cbc.jpg?v=0\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3358\/3290370524_8b368d4b6e.jpg?v=1234962837\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3453\/3289552459_2d552acced.jpg?v=0\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3274\/3290370924_3e1ed2c93a.jpg?v=0\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3506\/3289552947_922083b34b.jpg?v=0\" \/><br \/>\nWe learned about a popular game called &quot;The Hand Game&quot;.&nbsp; 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