We drew pictures to show how the Indians used fish to fertilize the corn at planting time. We glued some of the real corn to the pictures. We also used the corn to practice adding and subtracting. We even put some of the corn in a little basket in the house keeping center. The children played with corn for weeks.
Students make a Indian word book .
I got this idea after reading Word Bird's Thanksgiving Words by Jane Belk Moncure to the class. Fold several pages in half and staple together. Each day write a few words and draw a picture pertaining to the word. Teacher guide the students to suggest words that relate to the facts learned about Indians. Teacher guides the students to spell each sound in the word.