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Thanksgiving Activity for the Classroom | Actividad de Acción de Gracias para el aula

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National Museum of the American Indian

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19,666

Video Title

Thanksgiving Activity for the Classroom | Actividad de Acción de Gracias para el aula

Description

Teachers, this quick and simple corn necklace activity, using widely accessible and inexpensive materials and designed for kindergarten through 5th grade, provides an alternative to the culturally inappropriate paper feather headdress sometimes made during Native American Heritage Month. The video provides step-by-step instruction on how to make the necklace. By highlighting the cultivation of corn and other agricultural contributions made Native peoples, the activity can extend or culminate a classroom lesson and connect to social studies, science, math, or, art. Maestros, esta actividad para crear un collar en forma de mazorca de maíz es rápida y sencilla. La actividad utiliza materiales ampliamente accesibles y económicos y está diseñada para para niños de preescolar a 5º grado, ofrece una alternativa al tocado deplumas de papel, culturalmente inapropiado, que a veces se hace durante el mes de la Herencia del Indígena Americano. El video ofrece instrucciones paso a paso sobre cómo hacer el collar. Al resaltar el cultivo del maíz y otras contribuciones agrícolas que hacen los pueblos indígenas, la actividad puede ampliar o culminar una lección en el aula y conectarse con los estudios sociales, las ciencias, las matemáticas o el arte. Captions available in English and Spanish. Subtítulos disponibles en inglés y español.

Video Duration

1 min 41 sec

YouTube Keywords

Native American Indian Museum Smithsonian "Indigenous Peoples" "Smithsonian Institution" "Smithsonian NMAI" "National Museum of the American Indian"

Uploaded

2015-11-25T16:42:56.000Z

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YouTube Videos

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National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel

SmithsonianNMAI

YouTube Category

Education

Topic

Native Americans;American Indians

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Record ID

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