School Project

In the 4th grade, Maggie is learning about Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest. In class they are doing all sorts of activities relating to Native American life. They've made bead necklaces, made head dresses, they had to write a myth about how an animal got one of it's features or how something came to be. Next week they are having a potlatch, which is a celebration with songs, stories and dance that celebrate many different. Maggie is participating as an eagle in a dance. I'm going to go watch it on Wed. and will post more pictures. So, along with these activities, the students were asked to create a Native American village at home. Garrett and Maggie worked on it for about a week and created a fantastic scene. Here are some pictures:

This is the daughter and mother (made of clay and kind of hard to see) preparing food. the daugther is collecting berries and the mother is cooking fish.

This is the eagle soaring above the long house, the totem pole and the waterfall and snowcapped mountains.

This is the father in a canoe trying to kill a seal.

This is a bear catching a fish at the river.

More of the waterfall, trees (with real tree branches) and mountains

This is looking inside the longhouse (with beds and a fire)

This is the totem pole.

Maggie with the finished project.

It's hard to see it clearly from the pictures, but they did a fantastic job, with tons of detail and a lot of hard work! Way to go guys!