Macaroni Necklace 1. Gently shake the jar until the macaroni is brighter than the desired color. Spread the macaroni on paper towels to dry overnight. Repeat with several other colors. Children will string the macaroni in an interesting pattern using heavy string.
Objectives Look at Native American sculpture in the form of a mask.
Understand Native American reverence for plants and animals. Help them to understand that the Seneca, westernmost of the Iroquois Five Nations, who originally lived in west-central New York State, depended on nature to meet their needs for food, clothing, and shelter just as the Sioux and other indigenous peoples of America did. The building pictured on the map is a long house , which the Seneca and other Iroquois tribes built out of poles covered with the bark of elm trees. More than one family lived in a long house, but each family had its own cooking fire. Procedure Tell the children that many of the masks they can see in museums now come from the peoples who were the original settlers of the continents of Africa and North and South America.