Learning Targets I can identify the original Indigenous tribes of the Great Plains. I can identify many attributes of the original Indigenous tribes of the western part of the North American continent. I can analyze the role that residential schools played in the Indigenous communities. Megalibrarygirl, CC BY-SA 4.0, via …
National Oatmeal Day is celebrated on October 29th! Celebrate this day by trying the overnight oats recipe! Share it with your friends and family. Draw some of your favorite toppings! Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list of handouts
Print out the handout below to learn about key words from the Indigenous cultures of the Great Plains! Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list of handouts
National Dessert Day is celebrated on October 14th! Fun fact: The term “dessert” comes from the French word desservir, which means “to clear the table.” This is because dessert is served after a main meal dishes have been cleared. Celebrate this day by enjoying an ice cream sundae! Share it with your …
National Fluffernutter Day is celebrated on October 8th! A fluffernutter sandwich is simply peanut butter and marshmallow fluff between two slices of bread. Fun fact: “The Yummy Book” in 1940 recognized a fluffernutter sandwich as an meal and included the recipe. Celebrate this day by making a delicious fluffernutter sandwich at home! Share …
Thanksgiving is on November 25th this year! Listen to this song about the Pilgrims and their first Thanksgiving at Plymouth! Sing along and fill in the blanks as you listen. They Were the Pilgrims Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list of handouts
National Frappe Day is celebrated on October 7th! Fun fact: Dimitris Vakondios invented the Greek frappe in 1957. Fun fact: George Howell invented the Frappuccino in Boston, Massachusetts, and trademarked the name “frappuccino” in 1994. Fun fact: frappe + cappuccino = frappuccino Celebrate this day by making a delicious frappe at home! Experiment with …
N. Scott Momaday is a very important Western Indigenous writer and poet. Born in Lawton, Oklahoma in 1934, Momaday grew up in and around several Native American reservations in Arizona. His father was full Kiowa and his mother, with whom he spent the entire first year of his life with …
