Join us as we learn aboutNative Americans for Kids; this weeks lesson is on theEastern Woodland Tribes.

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In thisnative americans lessonwe will learn about thePacific Northwest Tribes.

Eastern Woodland Tribes

This week we started our Native American Unit.

Join us as we learn about Native Americans for Kids; this week’s lesson is on the Eastern Woodland Tribes. In this hands-on Native American lesson we explored the indigenous people living what isnow the eastern half of the United States of America from Illinois to the Atlantic Ocean and Wisonsin to Louisiana. We talked about how archeologists dig up ruins of ancient civilizations and did an arrowhead dig and use our free printable native american worksheets to first color, read and learn about these woodland native american.  Simply download pdf file with native american printables and you are ready to learn! These Native American Activities are great for teaching pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students.

We read through the information on theIroquois factsand thePowhatan tribe for kids.

Then the kids filled out our sheet on the Woodland tribes at a glance.

I divided up some gardening beds and put anarrowheadin each section.

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The kids then began digging, trying to find their Indian arrowhead.

When everyone had found their arrowhead, we made arrows from them.

I used adowel rodwhich my husband made a notch in just big enough for the arrowheads.

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Then we wrapped twine around the arrowhead to hold it in place.

We made Native American Arrows

Next we wrapped twine around afeatherat the back of the dowel.

The kids thought their arrows were so cool and they had a blast trying them out in the backyard!

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Native American Woodland Tribes Lesson

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