Over the past few weeks as part of our Notgrass History, we’ve been learning about the Natives of the Southeast and Northeast Woodlands. This has been such an interesting topic that we chose to dive into even more. As part of our Native American Unit Study we went on a field trip, made crafts and more! 
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Native American Unit Study
Over the past few weeks in our homeschool we’ve dove into a Native American unit study. One of our main studies was the Iroquoian, but we also added Cherokee.
We scheduled a field trip to a local event. Here the boys were able to make crafts,
learn about the different Cherokee dances
and walked away with cool necklaces that have their names written in Cherokee.
From there, we visited a place called Judaculla Rock. This was such an interesting place to visit. We were able to read about the story of Judaculla and the boys were able to see the Petroglyph carvings from years past.
To go along with our history, we also chose to build a longhouse. Iroquoian Longhouse was mainly used by the Iroquois Confederacy that includes the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca and the Cayuga people.
Iroquoian Longhouse Activity
Supplies
250 gumdrops
300 toothpicks
White Paper
Tape
The Iroquoian Longhouse activity is one that the entire family can participate in. Before starting your structure, be sure you’ve put it in a good location. The structure is fragile and you won’t be able to move it once you get started.
The list of supplies make this build sound simple, but along the way you will run into a few challenges. With those you’ll have to stop and think about different ways to build the structure.
Talking Sticks
Last but certainly not least, we decided to finish the week with talking sticks. This activity took us outdoors to search for the perfect stick.
Once the perfect stick was found, we brought it in, pulled out all the acrylic paints and just had fun!
I let the paint dry and then sealed it.
