Name: Madison Hopper

Class: ELED 3221

Date: 11/4/16
Indirect Instruction Lesson Plan Template
Earth Materials used to Create Native American Homes
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Central Focus/Big Idea:
Native American homes built using materials found in the environment
Subject of this lesson:
Different earth materials are found in different locations based on the climate and these materials
help Native Americans build their homes.
Grade Level: 1st grade
NC Essential Standard(s):
1.E.2 Understand the physical properties of Earth materials that make them useful in different
ways.
1.E.2.1 Summarize the physical properties of earth materials, including rocks, minerals, soils,
and water that make them useful in different ways
Next Generation Science Standard(s):
1-PS4-4. Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the
problem of communicating over a distance.
21st Century Skills:
Creativity: Students create their own ideas of using the materials to survive or live everyday life
Global Awareness: Students learn about how individuals can use these materials and different
countries have different materials
Environmental Literacy: Students will demonstrate understanding and knowledge of the
environment
Academic Language Demand
Language Function: Students will be able to summarize why certain Native American
homes are in certain locations because of the materials in that given environment.
Students will categorize different native American homes into locations in the US and
Canada
Analyze

Argue

Categorize

Compare/contras

Describe

Explain

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Predict

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Summarize

Scientific Vocabulary: Resource, Material, Climate,

Instructional Objective: Students will independently complete the elaboration worksheet where
the students connect Native American homes to certain locations in the U.S. Theyll meet the
objective by getting all four homes with locations correct.
Prior Knowledge (student): Students should know what a teepee is and who Native Americans
are. They should have a general idea of what materials make up teepees.
Content Knowledge (teacher): The teacher must know the different types of homes of Native
Americans and their locations. He/she needs to know the reason behind why the different homes
are in different places in the U.S. The teacher needs to know what the homes are called, along
with where theyre located, as well as the materials that make up these houses.
Accommodations for special needs (individual and/or small group): The TA will work with the
students with disabilities during the explore session. The explore portion is broken into
simplified steps that can be drawn out or shortened depending on the difficulty the students are
experiencing.
Materials and Technology requirements:
Teepee paper cut out (enough for one per student)
Scissors (each student)
Crayons to color cut out
Tape (a roll or two)
Straws (1 or 2 per student (depends on level of students))
Printed pictures of a Teepee, Wigwam, Adobe, and Igloo for explain
Worksheet for Elaboration
Total Estimated Time: 45 minutes-1 hour
Source of lesson:
Dr. Binns for explore and elaborate portion
Information for explain: https://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/native-american-houses/
Teepee craft instructions: http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/native/mteepee.htm
Teepee craft paper cut out: http://www.dltk-kids.com/t.asp?t=http://www.dltkkids.com/world/native/bteepee.gif
Idea for elaboration worksheet: http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2013/11/five-for-friday-november8th.html
Safety considerations: Make sure students are aware of proper scissor usage.

Content and Strategies (Procedure)

Engage: 8-10 minutes
Teacher will begin by calling students to the carpet and introducing and reading the book the
three little pigs. Teacher will ask if any of the students have read the book. If majority of the
students havent, the teacher will have the students predict what happens in the story based off of
the name and front cover. Teacher reads the books while showing the pictures.
Teacher will ask
What did the pigs do in the story? (Built houses)
What did they use to build these houses? (straw, sticks, and brick)
What is a material? (something that is used to make or build something else)
Why do you think they used the materials that they did? (Because its what they had. Its
because they wanted to)
Today were going to build our own kind of houses. Weve been talking about the Native
Americans, so were going to build one of their houses.
Explore: 15-20 minutes 20 minutes MAX
Im going to pass out some materials. Keep the materials on the table without touching them
until I say go.
Teacher passes out materials for the activity. Teacher aids will help pass out materials and help
and assist students if needed.
The first material is the paper cut out.
When you get your paper cut out, give me a thumbs up! Class I want you to take the paper cut
out you have been given. Youre going to color on the cut out any design you would like.
Give students 5 or so minutes to color.
After the coloring is finished, get the class attention and give directions for next step.
Teacher and aid passes out 1 straw to each student.
Remember class dont touch the straws until I say go. Now, I want you hold both thumbs up if
everyone has 1 straw. Now everyone hold your pointer finger out like this! Youre each going to
get 1 piece of tape. Teacher gives each student one piece of tape and places it on the students
fingers.
Listen very closely, youre now going to watch me so you know what to do next. Teacher
shows students where to tape the first straw. If students are confused, teacher may draw a picture
on the board.

Students tape the straw on their teepee. Give them a minute or two to figure it out.
Now everyone hold two thumbs up if youre done taping your straw.
Teacher instructs students to cut the straws just enough to where just a little bit of the straw goes
outside of the tent.
The teacher and teacher aids may go around the room to fold the teepees and tape them shut (this
part is challenging with the straws)
Teacher instructs students to cut the straws just enough to where just a little bit of the straw goes
outside of the tent.
Teacher will instruct students to cut a triangle in the side of the teepee for the door
Once all of the teepees are done. Everyone hold up your awesome Native American Teepees
because they look fantastic!!
Explanation:
Teacher will gather everyone back to the rug. And ask,
What kind of Native American home did we make? (teepee)
What materials did we make our teepees out of? (paper, tape, and straws)
When the native Americans built their homes, do you think they built them out of paper and
straws? (No)
Why not? (They had to live in them) (They didnt have paper or straws)
Native Americans made their homes out of things they found around them. They had to find
different materials that the earth provided for them. Does anyone know what I mean when I say
materials that the earth provided? (if yes, what does it mean? / if no, say the earth gives us what
we need to survive. It gives us food to eat and it gives us things to make our homes with.)
Native Americans used tree limbs and wood to support their teepees just like how we used straws
to support ours. They used animal hide to make the outside of their teepees just like we used
paper to cover ours. Who knows what animal hide is? (allow anyone to answer then say its
animal skin. Its also used for coats to keep them warm. The Native Americans who made
teepees for houses lived in what is called the Great Plains.
The Great Plains is a large area of flat land that is covered in grass. Animals like Buffalo walked
all over these lands. The Native Americans that built the teepees used the buffalo hides to build
them. The great plains are in the middle of the U.S. where all of the land is flat. (Teacher holds
up map of U.S. and points to great plains). Someone point to where the great plains are. These
native Americans used the buffalo hides for their homes because its the only thing they had.
Native Americans built more homes other than the teepees. They built different homes because
they lived in different places. Who can tell me what the word climate means? Its all about

weather. Some places are really cold and others are really hot. Others are really dry and other
places rain all the time.
The teacher will say the name of each type of home listed on the worksheet (wigwam, igloo,
teepee, and adobe) for elaborate and will say what type of climate the home is made in as well as
what materials were used for each home. The teacher showed pictures of each home for the
students.
Adobe say it with me Adobe is built in hot and dry areas like a desert. Because its hot and dry,
there arent many trees to build their homes out of. All they have is sand and some water. They
mix together the sand and water to make clay bricks.
A wigwam is located in the woodlands. These houses are built out of tree bark because in this
area, there are a lot of trees.
This is an igloo. This house is made of nothing but blocks of ice! Is ice hot or cold? Since its
cold, do you think this is from a hot climate or a cold climate? Igloos are made where its super
cold!
Elaborate:
Students will each receive a paper with a map of the U.S. and Canada. The sheet will also have
pictures of 4 different types of Native American Homes. There will be a teepee, wigwam, adobe,
and an igloo. The students are going to draw a line from the type of house to where theyre
generally located on the map.
Worksheet is located at the bottom of the page.
Evaluate:
Teacher will collect worksheet from elaboration.
Student should get 4 out of 4 because we explained each house in the explain section.
Assessment Results of all objectives/skills:
Class didnt have enough time to get to the elaboration portion of the lesson.
Reflection on lesson:
CT signature/confirmation: _________________________________ Date: ________________