Second Grade Social Studies:

Lakota IndiansApril Cousins

Liz KimMichelle Harris

Objectives● SOL 2.2

● The student will compare the lives and contributions of three American Indian cultures of the past and present, with emphasis on the Powhatan of the Eastern Woodlands, the Lakota of the Plains, and the Pueblo peoples of the Southwest.

● The Students will learn about the Lakota Indian Tribe and the types of food they hunted, gathered, and consumed.

● The students will connect to the lesson by “hunting and gathering” for food like the Lakota Indians, and create an ideal meal based off of the foods that were available using myplate.

● The students will be able to try a “new” food.

Objectives (cont.)

*Modification for Kindergarten: K.1● The student will recognize that history describes events and

people of other times and places by

a) identifying examples of past events in legends, stories, and historical accounts of Powhatan, Pocahontas, George Washington, Betsy Ross, and Abraham Lincoln

*The students will learn about the lifestyle of the Powhatan Tribe through engaging in group “hunting and gathering” activities. The number of items to be found by students can be reduced and modified.

Objectives (cont.)

*Modification for 1st grade: 1.1● The student will interpret information presented in picture

timelines to show sequence of events and will distinguish among past, present, and future.

*Students will compare foods and gathering techniques from the past, present, and future Lakota Indian Tribe. The hunting and gathering activity can be used; the number of items to gather can be modified.

Equipment And Set-Up

● Print and laminate pictures of each food item from the hunting lists.

● Laminate cut outs of food items will be hidden around the classroom for the students to hunt and find.

● Ex) Fish in a “river”; buffalo in a “pasture”; berries in a “bush”● Put magnets on the back of each cut out of: fish,

blackberries, strawberries, apples, and grapes.● In one corner of the room, lay out a hula-hoop to represent

a body of water. Put several fish (with magnets attached) inside the hula-hoop.● Make “fishing rods” by tying a piece of string to the end of a pencil.

Attach a paperclip to the other end of the string. Make one for each group.

Equipment and Set-Up (cont.)

● In various areas of the room, scatter cut outs of deer, duck, squirrel, turkey, elk, buffalo.

● Draw several pictures of bushes on the White/Chalk board, and stick the magnetic berries inside the “bushes” that are drawn on the board. Next to the bushes, draw trees for the apples and vines for the grapes. Place the magnetic cut outs on the board.

● Designate a spot in the room to be the crop field. Place rows of corn, sweet potatoes, squash, peanuts, sunflowers (seeds), and wild rice.

Materials

● Laminated cut outs:● 8 Apples● 2 Buffalo● 4 Corn● 1 Deer● 1 Duck● 1 Elk● 4 Grape clusters● 8 Blackberry clusters

● With Velcro on back● 2 Peanuts

● 4 Squash● 2 Squirrels● 2 Strawberry clusters● 8 Sunflower (seeds)● 8 Sweet Potatoes● 1 Turkey● 4 Wild Rice● Fish (Amount can be

varied)● With magnetic strip on

back

Materials (cont.)

● 1 – 2 rolls of magnetic strip tape

● 1 Hula-hoop● 1 Chalk board/ White

board● Dry erase markers

(green and brown)● 1 Tape (Scotch Tape) ● 4 Laminated Myplate

handouts (One for each group)

● Fishing rods (one for each group)● 1 unsharpened pencil● 1 24-inch string (length

can be changed)● 1 paperclip

● 4 Baskets (one for each group)

● 4 different hunting lists (one for each group)

Materials (cont.)

● Samples of food for each student:● Blackberries● Sweet Potato● Sunflower Seeds

**Food sampling items can be modified according to teacher preference and food availability**

**Amount of laminate cut outs can be varied**

Hunting List

GROUP 1

● 1 Deer (Gallop)● 1 Duck (Skip)● 2 Blackberry clusters

(Jump!)● 4 Apple (Reach on tip-toes) ● 2 Sunflowers (seeds)

(Bend)● 2 Peanuts (Leap)● 2 Sweet potato (Hop)● 1 Wild Rice (Reach)

GROUP 2

● 1 Squirrel (Skip)● 1 Turkey (Gallop)● 2 Strawberry clusters

(Leap)● 2 Blackberry clusters

(Jump!)● 4 Apple (Reach on tip-toes)● 2 Sunflower (seeds) (Bend)● 2 Sweet potato (Hop)● 1 Wild Rice (Reach)

Hunting List (cont.)

GROUP 3

● 1 Buffalo (Gallop)● 2 Fish (Skip)● 2 Grape clusters (Reach on

Tip-Toes)● 2 Blackberry clusters

(Jump!)● 2 Sunflower seeds (Bend)● 4 Corn (Leap)● 2 Sweet potato (Hop)● 1 Wild Rice (Reach)

GROUP 4

● 1 Elk (Gallop)● 1 Squirrel (Skip) ● 2 Blackberry

clusters(Jump!)● 2 Grape clusters (Reach on

Tip-Toes)● 2 Sunflower seeds (Bend)● 4 Squash (Leap)● 2 Sweet potato (Hop)● 1 Wild Rice (Reach)

Procedures

● The students will be assigned to four different groups.

● The classroom will be modified to resemble the outdoors and different food items that the Lakota Indians would have eaten will be hidden around the room in various locations (ex: Fish in a “river”; Buffalo in a “pasture”; Berries in a “bush” etc.)

Procedures (cont.)

● Each group will receive a “hunting and gathering” list and a basket to put their food in when they find it.

● Each food item on the hunting list will also include a locomotive skill that all students in the group must do until they find that item.● For the fishing corner: The teacher will assign a student to be

the “fisherman.” To catch the fish, the student will hold the pencil and use the paperclip on the string to connect the paperclip with the magnet on the fish.

● The students will put the items they find in their group basket.

Procedures (cont.)

● After the groups have collected all of their items, they will work together in their groups to come up with an ideal meal according to the MyPlate handout using the food they hunted and gathered.

Template of the MyPlate Handout

Procedures (cont.)

● After the activity is complete, each student will be given the opportunity to try a food item that they gathered. These foods may be new to them. The teacher will have samples of:● Blackberries● Sweet Potato● Sunflower Seeds

Works Cited

WEB SITE

● Barr, Kathryn R. What Did the Lakota Indian's Eat? 1999-2012. 15 October 2012 <http://www.ehow.com/info_8748309_did-lakota-indians-eat.html>.

IMAGES● http://www.realage.com/cm/user/

images/WildRice_30086356_1106321024.jpg

● http://www.self.com/fooddiet/blogs/nutritiondata/sweet_potato.gif

● http://www.trees-online.co.uk/images/thornfree-blackberry-soft-fruit-bush.jpg

● http://www.photo-dictionary.com/photofiles/list/4833/6366straw_basket.jpg

● http://www.wildnatureimages.com/A%20to%20C3000/BUFFALO-HERD-YNP..jpg

● http://www.choosemyplate.gov/images/MyPlateImages/JPG/myplate_bw.jpg