The Iroquois: The Haudenosaunee - The People of the Longhouse


Lesson 4
(1 Day)

I. DAILY LIFE: FOOD/HUNTING/FISHING/TRANSPORTATION:
A.   Read pgs. 42-53 in The Iroquois

B.  Read Corn is Maize

C.  Plan the menu for the “powwow” at the end of the unit.
      See pgs. 133-161 in More Than Moccasins for food ideas.

D.  Make canoe - draw card stock to look like birch bark (pg. 27 in  More
      Than Moccasins) Park your canoe outside of your Longhouse!

E.  Continue reading of Indian Captive
 
 

Elm Bark Canoes

  Lesson 5
(2 Days)
I. DAILY LIFE: TOYS, GAMES, AND ENTERTAINMENT:
A.   Read pgs. 39-41 in The Iroquois

B.  Read  pg. 101-102 in More than Moccasins   Skim through ‘Games’
      chapter for future ideas.

1. Make Bowl Game (pg. 41 in The Iroquois  -  pg 106 in
   More than Moccasins)

2.  Buzz  (pg. 121 in  More than Moccasins)

3.  Lacrosse (pg. 123 in  More than Moccasins)

4.  Make a corncob or corn husk doll (pg. 92 in  More than
  Moccasins)

C.  Continue reading of Indian Captive
 
Corn Husk Dolls

Lesson 6
(1 or 2 Days, depending on craft(s) chosen)
I. DAILY LIFE: ARTS/CRAFTS/TOOLS/WEAPONS
A.    Read pgs. 54-58 in The Iroquois

B.   Designs of embroidery, weaving and patterns of bead work often represented the tribe they were from. Do a weaving project such as:

1.   Weave colored paper through a piece of poster board. Cut parallel slits approximately 1" apart, not cutting all the way to the edge of the board. Weave the different colored papers throughout.
2.   Branch weaving is a beautiful way to show the art. Find a "Y" shaped branch and weave a color yarn or twine around the branch between the "V" section of the Y, to give you your base to work on. Use all kinds of yarns to weave the opposite way. Use wheat, shells, beads, dried flowers and whatever you can think of to adorn the weaving.
C.   The Iroquois made pottery as well as wove baskets. Read 17-22 in
  More than Moccasins.
1.   Research 'petroglyphs'. How were they used?

2.   Make a pot and decorate with either the simplicity of
      Iroquois form, or with petroglyphs.

D.  Begin family reading or individual assigned reading of
   The Iroquois Trail: Dickon Among the Onondagas and Senecas
   (This will continue throughout following lessons)
 
Branch Weaving

• Lessons 1-3
• Lessons 4-6
• Lessons 7-10

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