September 30, 2010 Day Nineteen

5 x 5 for 5th Grade

5 Vocabulary
1. Conquest: A nation, a territory, acquired by conquering.
2. Marco Polo: The person who creates the dream of the Indies and the spices.
3. The Indies: The slang for Asia and China.
4. Colonization: Whenever a species takes over an area and starts building stuff there.
5. Destiny: Something that is destined to happen, particularly by God.

5 Details/Facts
1. Wampum belts and necklaces tell stories.
2. Pocahontas Disney version was made in 1995.
3. Raccoons are indigenous to North America.
4. Pocahontas was a real Indian.
5. Dad did not leave for Asia today.

5 Sentences
1. Some of the white men conquered the Native Americans.
2. I love playing the game "Marco Polo" in the pool.
3. Christopher Columbus wanted to get to, "The Indies."
4. The white men did a lot of colonization in, North America.
5. My destiny is to do what I want to do, when I grow up, not what someone else wants me to do.

5 Questions & Answers

1. 
   
   Why would a Native American give a Wampum belt to someone?
   A: to trade for brass, clothes, or something else.
2. 
   
   What does hardtack taste like (good, descriptive sentence)? Why did sailors eat hardtack?
   A: Hardtack is dry and it tastes like hard biscuit, I didn't like it that much.
3. 
   
   What does Pocahontas mean to "paint with all the colors of the wind"?
   A: Native Americans thought that nature had a soul, and she was trying to teach John Smith that.
4. 
   
   What does "savage" mean?
   A: savage is what the white men called the Indians.
5. 
   
   Describe the difference between how Native Americans and Europeans feel about buying and owning land.
   A: Native Americans think that you can't own land, they share the land; the white men think they can buy the land from the Native Americans.

Sophie's Blog: Write about skating today. What did you learn? What did you practice? What was most fun? Write 5 good sentences.

Today I had a lesson with Linda and a lesson with Rob. With Linda I showed all the stuff that Vladimir and Elaina taught me. She was very impressed!!! With Rob I worked on my dances for testing, they were pretty good! And me and Rob did free dance. He did all sorts of lifts with me. It was so much fun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Activities @ Farm School

Art: Sophie designed and made (with manual labor help from Mom & Gamma, who supplied all the materials, including the feathers from Buddy the Turkey) a beautiful and unique Native American necklace inspired by the bead pattern she chose from her Web Quest on Day Eighteen. The intention of the necklace was both to make something thematic and beautiful and to understand the significance of beadwork to Native Americans but also to use the finished product as part of one of the costumes for Sophie's play.

Movie: Pocahontas (Disney version, 1995). While working on the necklace we watched Pocahontas. We discussed that although the cartoon version was very much a fairy-tale telling of the Jamestown settlement and John Smith/Pocahontas love affair, it was still a good, accessible representation of the initial meeting of Native Americans and Europeans. We took every opportunity to point out parts of the movie that demonstrated what Sophie's learned about Native Americans and sailors and the first Europeans. We had a laugh because one of the activities we did today was make hardtack, a cracker/biscuit, flavorless flour/baking powder/salt/water concoction that sailors ate aboard ship and it was referenced in the movie more than once.

Cooking/Chore/Craft: Today we let Lily have the cooking portion of this activity and she and Gamma made hardtack for us to try. Sophie and Gamma prepared the "Wampum" beads by dyeing dioteli pasta colors that represent the mussel shells used by the Native Americans to make wampum. Later this weekend Sophie will write, design, and make her own Wampum belt to be used as a prop in her play.

Sophie's Native American necklace

Hardtack