Native Americans Gr 1-3

By Karen Lowther and Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Book Overview

History Pockets-Native Americans, Grades 1-3, contains nine memorable discovery pockets. The introduction pocket gives an overview of the tribes in North America that are featured. The other pockets focus on food, clothing, shelter, and family life of eight Native American tribes.

Each of the pockets contains:

a reproducible pocket labelthree dictionary words and pictures, plus a shelter stampa fact sheet of background information for the teachera reproducible students information booklet complete with illustrationsarts and crafts projectswriting activities

Evaluation forms are provided at the end of the book to give students a chance to reflect on all they have learned.

The book includes the following pockets:

Introduction to Native AmericansThe Inuit of the Arctic The Tlingit of the Northwest The Nez Perce of the PlateauThe Maidu of CaliforniaThe Sioux of the Plains The Navajo of the Southwest The Iroquois of the NortheastThe Seminole of the Southeast

This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557999015
• ISBN13: 9781557999016
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

History Pockets

My daughter loves using the History Pockets. We used the History Pockets: Ancient Civilizations, Grades 1-3 last year and it made learning a lot of fun. One thing that I learned last year was to make copies and gather materials the night before so that our activity went smoothly. These are great tools for all students.

HPs are always fun and full of quality activities that my boys enjoy

I really like the History Pockets series - they're wonderful. And, this book is quite good and full of a variety of age appropriate activities that my boys really enjoyed. However, I question how some of the tribes were selected; specifically, the Seminoles of the Southeast Region. While the HP units can stand alone quite well as a unit study, I like to complement them with additional information and activities for my boys. I found it particularly difficult to find any complementary information/activities for the Seminoles. I think the Cherokee tribe would have been a much better choice. The same holds true for the Maidu tribe of the Californias - very limited information available to supplement. Also, I wish that this book had included tribes for the Great Basin and the Sub-Arctic regions. To include these two areas would make this unit completely comprehensive and thorough. Nonetheless, it is a good resource to have and follow as part of an early elementary study on Native Americans.

Incredible!

I purchsed this book for a unit study of Native Americans for my second grader and it is worth it's weight in gold! When I received it I wanted to start on it immediately (but we have to wait until September!) This book covers various tribes throughout Northern American with text discussing life relating to each tribe. Children make a pocket (folder) from large sized construction paper relating to each specific tribe. Within each section of the book a tribe is covered with special information about tribal life. It includes cut and paste activities to complete and place in each folder. History pockets could stand alone as a unit study for 1st-3rd graders, but could certainly be expounded upon with additional reading and activities.