Activity 75: Tipi Talk

Whether it’s a 100-room palace or a small hut made of branches, all human shelters serve the same basic purposes: they provide privacy, shelter from inclement weather, and protection from danger. In this activity, your students will take a close-up look at one kind of dwelling—the tipi used by Plains Indians—and will discover how homes can give clues about the lives of people who live in them.

This is one of 96 activities that can be found in PLT’s PreK-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide. To get the activity, attend a training either in person or online and receive PLT’s PreK-8 Guide.

The PreK-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide is a supplementary curriculum that is multi-disciplinary, with an emphasis on science, reading, writing, mathematics, and social studies.

Each activity displays explicit connections to practices and concepts expected by the following national academic standards so teachers can easily see where the materials will fit into their lesson plans:

• Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
• Common Core Toolkit, includes
  • English Language Arts (CCSS.ELA)
  • Mathematics (CCSS.MATH)
  • College, Career, and Civic Life Framework for Social Studies (C3)

Our professional development further demonstrates these connections, as well as to state and local standards, contact your state coordinator.

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