A.   Read 22-27 in The Iroquois

1.  How is our faith different from the way the Indians believe?

2.  The Indians had respect and were attentive to the world around them. Their livelihood as well as their survival depended on attentiveness and resourcefulness.

a.  Look up Prov. 20:12

B. Song & Dance

1.  Music was essential to Native Americans for all kinds of purposes. Name a few!  Read pgs. 75 & 76 in  More than Moccasins

a. Make a ‘rasp’ from  pg. 77 in
More than Moccasins

2.  Make a drum. You can buy a kit or stretch circular leather or vinyl over an oatmeal container. Hole punch around top and bottom rounds and lace with twine or yarn to hold on both ends.

3.  Create a rain dance. Discuss how David would dance before the Lord. What differences do you find between the worship of David and of the Native cultures?

a. Refer to:

Psalms 30:11
Psalms 149:3
2 Samuel 6:14-16
Eccl. 3:4

C.  False Face Society

1.  Review pgs. 25 & 27 in The Iroquois

2.  Read pg. 73 in More than Moccasins

D.  Story Telling

1.  Legends were a custom of story telling in all Indian Folklore

a.  Read excerpts from Tales of the Iroquois

2.  Make a Storytelling Bag:

a.  Read pg. 181 in More than Moccasins. Make the bag shown or stitch felt, chamois, vinyl, leather, suede, etc... together to make a storytelling bag. Decorate with feathers and/or beads.

b.  Have the kids make up stories and find articles to represent the stories and keep them in the bags.
 

E.  Continue reading of :
   The Iroquois Trail: Dickon Among the Onondagas and Senecas
 

Wampum, Story Bag (with trinkets), Rasp

A.   Read pgs. 59-61 in The Iroquois

B.  When did the Tuscarora tribe join, making it the League of Six Nations? Where were they originally from? What made them move? What has been the motivating factor of the League forming?

C.  Pull up info on Iroquois/Tuscarora tribes Online

1.  Tuscarora and Six Nations Website:
http://tuscaroras.com/index.shtml

2.  This is Iroquois.net:
http://www.iroquois.net/

3.  The Iroquois League:
http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~dee/CULAMRCA/IRLEAGUE.HTM

4. Flag of the Iroquois League:
http://www.gbso.net/ZUKI/Iroquois.htm

5. Great Law of Peace of the Haudenosaunee:
http://www.cas.suffolk.edu/berg/GreatLaw.html

6. Haudenosaunee: People Building a Long House
http://sixnations.org/

7.  Ganondagan State Historic Site - The Haudenosaunee
http://www.ggw.org/freenet/g/gan-shs/iroquois.htm

D.  Continue reading of :
   The Iroquois Trail: Dickon Among the Onondagas and Senecas

A. THE REPORT:

1.  Gather information from note-taking, vocabulary and any resources we've used and create a report on the Iroquois. Start with outline notes (possibly even dictated into a tape player) and finish with a neatly hand-written or typed report (depends on which needs more practice!) Attention will be given to grammar, usage, spelling & punctuation as to what the child has learned up to now.

a.  Be sure to include a basic idea of daily life, but feel free to indulge areas of interest!

b.  Give it a title and an illustrated cover.

B.  Continue reading of :
   The Iroquois Trail: Dickon Among the Onondagas and Senecas

A. FEASTING BEGINS!!!

1.  Make invitations to invite family and friends to celebrate the culmination of your unit!

2.  Decorate a room with your projects that you've made throughout the unit to view.

3.  Prepare a menu to tell a little about the foods you are serving.  Foods & Recipes can be found in More than Moccasins and at this URL:

Iroquois Food & Recipes:
http://keihansweb.tuscaroras.com/iroquois/foods.html

4.  Dress up in the clothes and jewelry that you have made.

5.  Be sure to share story telling, play music, do your rain dance!

6.  Play the Iroquois games.

7.  Use the language at the back of the book The Iroquois Trail.

8.  Share the Iroquois history with your company, but above all, praise God that we are all still His creations, loved and masterfully designed by the one and only Great Spirit, Jesus Christ.

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

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