Museum Kits

Learn storytelling as a means of recording history.

4.1, 4.4, 4.5, 4.7, 8.1.1, 8.1.5, 8.4.2

Contents:

Ponca Storyteller video tape or DVD

Story trancript cards:

Stories of the Ponca viewing chart

Touch parts of a buffalo and experience what they feel and smell like. Learn how people used the different parts of the buffalo.

4.4, 4.5, 4.7, 8.1.1, 8.1.5, 8.4.2

Science as Inquiry: 4.2.1

Science and Technology: 4.6.3

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: 4.7.2

Contents:

Buffalo Box

Investigative Reporting worksheet

Making Connections worksheet

Traditional Uses of the Buffalo (9 sheets)

Buffalo picture

Listen to and practice using Ponca words for colors, seasons and numbers from one to ten.

Nebraska Social Studies Standards:

4.5, 4.7, 8.1.1, 8.4.2

Contents:

3 Sets of Ponca language flashcards

Ponca audio tape

10 Imitation eagle feathers

Fabric swatches (9 colors)

Re-enact the Trial of Standing Bear.

Nebraska Social Studies Standards:

4.1, 4.2, 4.6, 4.7, 4.13, 8.1.7, 8.4.2, 8.4.3, 8.4.4

Contents:

Trial of Standing Bear video tape or DVD

Trial of Standing Bear script (teacher's copy)

Trial of Standing Bear script

Learn about the Ponca Tribe in a fast paced game-show type of activity.

Nebraska Social Studies Standards:

4.1, 4.4, 4.5, 8.1.1, 8.1.5, 8.1.7, 8.4.3

Contents:

Ponca Jeopardy questions (teacher's copy)

Jeopardy game cards

2 Hand bells