{"id":27114,"date":"2014-11-04T09:49:40","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T13:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=27114"},"modified":"2014-11-04T09:49:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T13:49:40","slug":"school-projects-native-american-tepee-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=27114","title":{"rendered":"School Projects:  Great Plains Native American Tepee Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300216c.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1300216c\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300216c.jpg?resize=590%2C360\" width=\"590\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Great Plains Tepee Project<\/p>\n<p>Brina recently did a Social Studies project for school.\u00a0 She was studying about the Native Americans and the different regions.\u00a0 Brina picked the Great Plains Region and the tepee for her project. \u00a0 She had to make a tepee and write a paragraph on how the lodging benefited them.\u00a0 On this Social Studies project Brina did the Great Plains Region with Tepee housing and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/2014\/11\/school-projects-southwestern-region-native-american-pueblo-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karlie chose the Southwest Region<\/a> with Pueblo housing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1280735c.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1280735c\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1280735c.jpg?resize=475%2C400\" width=\"475\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Making her designs on the tepee!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1280739c.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1280739c\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1280739c.jpg?resize=532%2C400\" width=\"532\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She finished the Native American designs on her tepee!\u00a0 Looks good!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1280821c.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1280821c\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1280821c.jpg?resize=521%2C400\" width=\"521\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tepee Construction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cereal Box<\/li>\n<li>Old White T-Shirt<\/li>\n<li>Elmer&#8217;s Glue<\/li>\n<li>Wooden Dowels<\/li>\n<li>Hot Glue &amp; Hot Glue Gun<\/li>\n<li>Markers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cut a cereal box into a semi-circle.\u00a0 Use Elmer&#8217;s Glue and attach the T-Shirt to the non-print side of the cardboard from the cereal box.\u00a0 Once the glue dries use the markers to create your own special Native American designs on your tepee.\u00a0\u00a0 Cut out the door to your tepee.\u00a0 Hot glue the wooden dowels to the inside of the tepee.\u00a0 Once the glue dries stand the tepee up and hot glue it to the poster board.\u00a0 To help your tepee maintain its shape you can use rubber bands around it as it dries in place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1280827c.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1280827c\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1280827c.jpg?resize=516%2C400\" width=\"516\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Brina&#8217;s Great Plains Paragraph:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>The Great Plains Native Americans used tepees because they were very transportable.\u00a0 They used the tepees so they could follow the buffalo and other animals while hunting them.\u00a0 Their main source of food was buffalo meat.\u00a0 The tepees were light weight, transportable, could be folded up, and carried to the next spot.\u00a0 they also used the tepee poles to carry buffalo meat.\u00a0 The tepees were shelter during the nights for the families and transportable when they were trying to find food.\u00a0 The tepees were a valuable tool used to help feed their families.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300219c.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-27146\" alt=\"P1300219c\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300219c.jpg?resize=612%2C360\" width=\"612\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300219c.jpg?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300219c.jpg?resize=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Brina&#8217;s social studies project ready to go!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300230c.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-27150\" alt=\"P1300230c\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300230c.jpg?resize=629%2C252\" width=\"629\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300230c.jpg?w=998&amp;ssl=1 998w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300230c.jpg?resize=300%2C120&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300230c.jpg?resize=768%2C308&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She was so excited to hot glue her horse and a folded up tepee on her poster board!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300244c.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27154\" alt=\"P1300244c\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300244c.jpg?resize=400%2C590\" width=\"400\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300244c.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300244c.jpg?resize=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Her tepee turned out well!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300252cc.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27158\" alt=\"P1300252cc\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300252cc.jpg?resize=577%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"577\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300252cc.jpg?w=577&amp;ssl=1 577w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300252cc.jpg?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Brina was super excited about the fire because Jake used his 3D printer to make it for her project!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300263c.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-27162\" alt=\"P1300263c\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300263c.jpg?resize=567%2C400\" width=\"567\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300263c.jpg?w=567&amp;ssl=1 567w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1300263c.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Awesome learning lesson about the Great Plains Native Americans and their transportable home &#8211; the tepee!\u00a0 It was a great project!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Plains Tepee Project Brina recently did a Social Studies project for school.\u00a0 She was studying about the Native Americans and the different regions.\u00a0 Brina picked the Great Plains Region and the tepee for her project. \u00a0 She had to make a tepee and write a paragraph on how the lodging benefited them.\u00a0 On this Social Studies project Brina did the Great Plains Region with Tepee housing and Karlie chose the Southwest Region with Pueblo housing. Making her designs on the tepee! She finished the Native American designs on her tepee!\u00a0 Looks good! Tepee Construction: Cereal Box Old White T-Shirt Elmer&#8217;s Glue Wooden Dowels Hot Glue &amp; Hot Glue Gun Markers Cut a cereal box into a semi-circle.\u00a0 Use Elmer&#8217;s Glue and attach the T-Shirt to the non-print side of the cardboard from the cereal box.\u00a0 Once the glue dries use the markers to create your own special Native American designs on your tepee.\u00a0\u00a0 Cut out the door to your tepee.\u00a0 Hot glue the wooden dowels to the inside of the tepee.\u00a0 Once the glue dries stand the tepee up and hot glue it to the poster board.\u00a0 To help your tepee maintain its shape you can use rubber bands around it as it dries in place. \u00a0Brina&#8217;s Great Plains Paragraph:\u00a0 The Great Plains Native Americans used tepees because they were very transportable.\u00a0 They used the tepees so they could follow the buffalo and other animals while hunting them.\u00a0 Their main source of food was buffalo meat.\u00a0 The tepees were light weight, transportable, could be folded up, and carried to the next spot.\u00a0 they also used the tepee poles to carry buffalo meat.\u00a0 The tepees were shelter during the nights for the families and transportable when they were trying to find food.\u00a0 The tepees were a valuable tool used to help feed their families. Brina&#8217;s social studies project ready to go! She was so excited to hot glue her horse and a folded up tepee on her poster board! Her tepee turned out well! Brina was super excited about the fire because Jake used his 3D printer to make it for her project! Awesome learning lesson about the Great Plains Native Americans and their transportable home &#8211; the tepee!\u00a0 It was a great project!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57,58,64,3,65,67,6,11,16,25,32,40],"tags":[6933,7395,10825,10826,10827,11883,11917,13114,14463,14713,16676,16677,16680,16681,20799,20835,20887,21829,24317,24318],"class_list":["post-27114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafts","category-creative-kids","category-events","category-events-holidays","category-family","category-family-activities","category-family-fun","category-family-fun-2","category-kids","category-raising-multiples","category-school","category-teaching-our-children-2","tag-educational","tag-extra-credit","tag-great-plains","tag-great-plains-native-american-tepee-home","tag-great-plains-native-americans","tag-home","tag-home-made-out-of-buffalo-skin","tag-indians","tag-learning","tag-light-weight-native-american-home","tag-native-american-housing","tag-native-american-indian-homes","tag-native-american-tepee-home","tag-native-americans","tag-sc","tag-school","tag-school-projects","tag-social-studies","tag-transportable-homes","tag-transportable-native-american-home"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcnfwQ-73k","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}