====== Fort Ancient Farmers: Activities Page ====== [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/32979/0|Columbian Kentucky: A hands on workshop for teachers]] * Grade Levels: 4th-8th * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/history/search/results?qu=kentuckians+before+boone&te=|Kentuckians Before Boone]] by A. Gwynn Henderson, Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, 1992. 58 pg. ===== Classroom Learning ===== - [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/25142/0|Activity 1: Kentucky Timeline]] Students construct timelines that compare Kentucky prehistory with events occurring worldwide. __Materials:__ Timeline illustration handout, length of rope at least 15 feet, clothespins, 3x5 in. index cards, colored tape, paper plates, sources of pictures of historical figures and events, paper clips. //Refer to Columbian Kentucky:A hands-on workshop for teachers for content and lesson planning assistance.// - [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/24912/0|Activity 2: Understanding Indian Houses]] Students compare Native American and contemporary houses. __Materials:__ Calculator, measuring tape, string; rope; or yarn, scissors, house descriptions from //Kentuckians Before Boone// (pg. 6-8 or 13-14), blank paper, pencil. //Refer to Columbian Kentucky:A hands-on workshop for teachers for content and lesson planning assistance.// - [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/24651/0|Activity 3: Imagining Prehistoric Clothing]] Students list materials available to prehistoric Kentuckians, then draw the clothing the Indians might have worn and compare it to their own. __Materials:__ Prehistoric clothing worksheet, crayons or colored markers or colored pencils, images of sixteenth century Americans, clothing excerpts from Kentuckians Before Boone (pg. 9 and 48-49), manilla folder, gummed circles, pencils.//Refer to Columbian Kentucky:A hands-on workshop for teachers for content and lesson planning assistance.// - [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/30496/0|Activity 4: Evaluating Indian Foodways]] Students match images and descriptions of prehistoric Kentucky foods and compare them to contemporary counterparts in nutritional terms. __Materials:__Prehistoric food images and answers, 3x5 inch index cards, scissors, glue stick, crayons or colored markers or pencils, poster board, yardstick, felt-tipped marker. - [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/24333/0|Activity 5: Kentucky Indian Games]] Students learn games played by Native Americans in Kentucky and compare them to contemporary favorites. __Materials:__ 2 brown beanbags, brown felt, fabric glue, canning jar lid, brown paper, felt-tipped marker, walnuts, bake-able craft clay in neutral color, paring knife, game instructions, clear contact paper, game matrix worksheet.//Refer to Columbian Kentucky:A hands-on workshop for teachers for content and lesson planning assistance.// - [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/25363/0|Activity 6: Death Rituals in Prehistoric Kentucky]] Students read a description of a prehistoric funeral and analyze lists of burial goods that reflect the activities and values of prehistoric people in Kentucky. __Materials:__ Burial excerpt from //Kentuckians Before Boone// (pg. 37-41), lists of burial goods found at Kentucky archaeological sites [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/30215/0|The Crigler Mounds Burial Goods]], highlighter marker, pencil, blank paper. //Refer to Columbian Kentucky:A hands-on workshop for teachers for content and lesson planning assistance.// - [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/23840/0|Activity 7: Mapping Native American Stories]] Students read and analyze Native American stories and compare their basic elements with stories from other cultures. __Materials:__ Native American story texts (provided in attached activity 7 worksheet), story maps(provided in attached activity 7 worksheet), pencils, blank paper. //Refer to Columbian Kentucky:A hands-on workshop for teachers for content and lesson planning assistance.// ===== Museum Learning ===== - [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/24438/0|Museum Activity 1: Museum Alphabet]] Students create an alphabet broadside featuring words from the museum. __Materials:__ Eighteenth-century pictorial alphabet broadside (attached), clipboards, blank grids (attached), pencils. - [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/24045/0|Museum Activity 2: Museum Object Hunt]] Students identify and examine objects used in the daily activities of the period represented at the museum. Teachers: also attached: **Museum How to do it plan**- Museum object cards, follow instructions on worksheet and have students answer questions about objects listed in each picture. - [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/25466/0|Museum Activity 3: Prehistoric Kentucky Matrix]] Students gather and sort information from the museum into a matrix that displays aspects of Kentucky's four prehistoric cultures. __Materials:__ Matrix forms for each student group (attached). - [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/25580/0|Museum Activity 4: Mapping the Past]] Students use semantic map graphic to gather and sort information at the museum in preparation for a creative writing assignment. __Materials:__ Webbing worksheet (attached), clipboards, pencils. ==== More Information ==== * [[native_americans_in_boone_county-fort_ancient|Fort Ancient Farmers Teacher Kit]] * [[native_americans_in_boone_county|Native Americans in Boone County- Adena: Moundbuilders]] Materials created by Vicky Middleswarth. Special permission granted by A. Gwynn Henderson. This material is used for the Native Americans in Boone County: Fort Ancient: Prehistoric Farmers Teacher Kit. This material is used by the Boone County Public Library for educational purposes only.