Native Americans in the Northern Plains painted stories on the skins of buffaloes. They are similar to Hmong story cloths.

WITH A PARTNER

Read about Buffalo Hide Paintings.

ON YOUR OWN

On a sheet of paper, draw your own Buffalo Hide painting on the "parchment paper." You can choose one of these three stories to tell in at least six or seven pictures:

* Your family's immigration story

* An important event in your or your family's life

* Put yourself in the position of an ancient Native American and recount a story that you might experience

After you are finished with your drawing, please write about it.

If there is time, record your explanation using Vocaroo and paste its url address into your comment.

We are going to begin learning about the First Americans, also called Native Americans. Write down information you can add to your categories.

AS A CLASS:

We will watch this movie on Native Americans and this one on the Cherokee.

We will also watch a movie on the Iroquois Confederacy.

ON YOUR OWN:

Then read Different Tribes, Different Times.

Read What Did Native Americans Do First?

Read and watch Early Native American Life (Click on California and then "go.") Be sure to click on the audio.

Look at this map from the year 1500 of what would be the United States.

Learn more about the buffalo.

Watch this movie on the Continents. You can watch this movie on the continents, too.

See how the first Americans came here.

Do these clozes on tepees and longhouses.

Go this page and click on "Interactive Maps." Then visit each of the maps.

Watch this National Geographic video about the first Americans.

Why do people move to a new place?

Please answer the question in the comments section of this post.