Indian Day Project

During the Indian's day, schools and other cultural and educational institutions encourage children and young people to get to know the different cultural practices of the indigenous people and in this post we selected several ideas and suggestions for the your Indian Day Project for Kindergarten and Elementary Education.

Children's Songs for the Indian Day:

The little indian:

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Indians:

Dia do Índio Project for maternal

Like this Dia do Índio Project for maternal We will work with the following areas of knowledge: Oral/Sound/Musical Language, Plastic Language, Nature and Society and address the following contents: Fine/gross motor coordination; sounds, body expression, indigenous culture and colors.

The highlighted theme “O Índio”, aims to promote the development of a critical conscience in students, aware of their role as subjects and objects of History.

The proposal of the project is to spread traditional dances and games of the indigenous people, presenting, in addition to the cultural richness, the tradition of the tribe present in the music.

In this way, the teacher's role is the mediator, starting from the child and provoking new discoveries and productions. Working with projects implies teaching in a different way, taking into account how the children learn and the best way to provide them with different types of interactions/experiences.

MAIN GOAL:

• Working the theme "Indian" in various playful ways that favor the understanding of children about how to indigenous life and that promotes critical-reflective awareness about indigenous peoples in the historical process Brazilian.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

Create playful teaching strategies that lead children to:

• Know more about the life of the indigenous people;
• Value your habits and customs;
• Reflect on the influence of whites on the Indian's life;
• Encourage creativity;
• Develop reasoning and attention;
• Differentiate the life of the Indians from the life of the white man.
• Develop motor coordination;
• Develop body expression;
• Know the primary colors;
• Know geometric shapes (triangle, rectangle and square);
• Understand the concept of far and near.

ACTIVITIES:

• Informative readings; recreational; Poetics; Tales; Songs; Paintings; Collage; Cutouts; Indigenous handicrafts (headdress, souvenir, necklace, arrow, maraca).

METHODOLOGY:

• The activities will be developed individually and collectively with teacher and child interaction.
• Various activities of indigenous origin will be promoted with the children. Some activities will be carried out in the classroom and others outside.
• Various objects of indigenous origin will be made together with the children.

RESOURCES:

• Sulfite, EVA, glue, scissors, cardboard, manila paper, colored pencils, gouache paint, CDs, stereo, television, etc.

CULMINANCE:

• There will be an exhibition of all the activities carried out by the students during the development of the project for the other classes.

ASSESSMENT:

• During the work, the interest of students will be observed in all proposed activities and special attention should be paid to those who are uninterested or apathetic to same. A record will be made of students' questions and opinions regarding the highlighted topic.

Activity Suggestions:

• Indian Day Activities for Elementary School
• Indian Day Activities
• Indian Day Activities for Early Childhood Education
• Indian Day Activities

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Indian Day Project for Initial Series

Goals:

• Knowing and reflecting on the history of the Indians;
• Know, analyze and debate indigenous habits and customs;
• Knowing, analyzing and debating the indigenous influence in our lives;
• Learning to respect the Indians in order to build citizenship in a multiethnic and multicultural society;
• From the generator theme, develop activities in the different Study Areas.

Purpose Proposed in the NCPs of interest in this project:

• Knowing and valuing the plurality of Brazilian sociocultural heritage, as well as sociocultural aspects of other peoples and nations, taking a stand against any discrimination based on cultural differences, social class, beliefs, sex, ethnicity or other individual characteristics and social.

PLANNING:

• Proposals for Activities that will work on the transversal themes: Ethics, Health, Environment, Cultural Plurality and Citizenship.

Awareness:

• Propose students to research and take to the classroom photo clippings of people who may appear to be indigenous descendants. With all the photos in hand, the teacher in a circle will analyze each photo together with the students. Seeking to encourage everyone to give their opinion. In a second moment, list on a poster the knowledge that the students already have on the subject (Previous Knowledge).
• Encourage students to express themselves, ask questions and register on a poster. Soon after, on another poster, list the students' provisional doubts, that is, ask what want to know about the topic and still don't know, again provoke the students to launch their doubts.
• Finally, propose that students illustrate the posters with photos and drawings.

Proposals for Integration Activities of Study Areas:

GEOGRAPHY:

• Locate on a map or terrestrial globe points of the national territory where indigenous tribes still live;
• Compare the way of life of Indians from other regions with the way of life of Indians who still inhabit the Amazon rainforest

STORY:

• Recognize the ways of life of the Indians, their culture, their food, forms of work and survival; - Reflect and give an opinion on the role of the Indian in the formation of the Brazilian nation

PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE:

• Raise the vocabulary used by indigenous people and discover their meanings;
• Produce, using different forms of expression, individual and collective texts on the debates and reflections on the subject;
• Guide students to prepare short texts about each discovery made;
• Read stories originally indigenous or dealing with indigenous people and their values;
• Organize an illustrated dictionary with indigenous words.

ART:

• Observe art manifestations of basketry, ceramics, feathers and other objects made of vegetable bristles and ropes, made by the Indians of today and in the past;
• Observe illustrations by artists from the time of Brazil – Colony that portrayed the indigenous and their cultural manifestations;
• To experience through songs about the theme a little bit of indigenous culture – singing and dramatizing;
• To experience, through manual and plastic artistic activities, a little of the indigenous culture, creating objects and musical instruments.

Problem Formulation:

• Question in class:
• Is there still prejudice against the Indians?
• What do children know, think and think about this?
• What can and do they want to do to help change the picture of prejudice and discrimination?
• Is indigenous cuisine used in Brazilian cuisine? Like?
• Are there still sites of indigenous groups and reserves?
• What are these tribes? How do they live? How do they maintain themselves? What are your current customs?
• What are the words and customs of indigenous origin?
• Is there an influence of the Indians in the Brazilian language?
• Are there Indian influences on handicrafts?
• Are there Indian influences in home medicine? What about personal adornments?

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Indian Day Project for Early Childhood Education – Jardim 1

The theme allows the student to perceive themselves in other social groups, helping them to build their identity, in acting as the other group in social life, in the preservation of the environment in which they live and in the construction of values.

General objectives:

• Reflect and value the cultural plurality that exists in Brazil. Realize That People Needs To Be Evangelized.

Planned steps:

• Construction of a cookbook with indigenous cuisine.
• Songs about the Indians.
• Records Through texts and drawings.
• Making a mural.
• Researches.
• Conversations on the topic.
• Making headdress and rattle.
• Face Painting.
• Drawings to color.

Planning suggestions:

• Language: Syllable patterns D, C, M, T. ..
• Math: Numbers, Amount, Largest and Smallest, High and Low, Short and Long.
• Nature and Society: The Life of the Indians (Hunting, Fishing, Where they live, food, tea).

Games and games to work the Dia do Índio Project

Curumim goes to Oca!

Material:

• Bows (hula hoop)

How to play:

• Randomly distribute the bows across the floor. Start with the same number of Participating Children.
• How they must walk between the arches, at the teacher's signal "Curumim goes to Oca!"
• They must enter the arch.

Tip: This game was based on the COELHINHO SAI DA TOCA game

Culmination:

• Music Presentation: O indiozinho (João Colares) with characterized students
• Exhibition of photos and indigenous cookery book.

Assessment:

• The Evaluation Will Be Procedural Through Project Development, Observing Participation, Enthusiasm, Collaboration in Proposed Activities, verifying Work Effectiveness.

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Indian Day Project

According to the PCN, it is necessary for the student to know and value the plurality of Brazilian sociocultural heritage, as well as sociocultural aspects of other peoples and nations, taking a stand against any discrimination based on cultural, social class, belief, sex, ethnic or other individual characteristics and social.

The Indian Day is a rescue of our history and our roots.

Goals:

• Know a little about the history of the Indians;
• Know, analyze and debate the habits and customs of indigenous peoples;
• Reflect on the relationship: whites x Indians;
• Encourage the celebration of the Indian's day;

Methodology:

Awareness:

• Conversation Wheel on the topic;
• Poster with photographs of the Indians;

Development:

• Cover of the little works;
• Puzzle;
• Memory game about indigenous objects;
• Memory Game about the expressions of the Indians;
• Drawing to paint;
• Activity element that is not part of the indigenous culture;
• To paint, cut out, and assemble an Indian woman;
• Paint according to the legend;
• Connect the sets;
• Discover the word;
• Making of indigenous masks;
• Confection of headdress;
• Making of mockup;
• Drawing, cutting and pasting with various types of materials from indigenous culture;
• Presentation of a song about the Indian's day;

Check it out at: Activities for the Indian Day – 1st and 2nd year

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Indian Day Project for Early Childhood Education to print

Dia do Índio Project to print

See too: 15 suggestions for songs about the Indians

Indian Day Project for Kindergarten and Elementary Education

This Indian Day Project for Early Childhood Education, which we will make available below, was prepared by teacher Valéria Tavares and belongs to her wonderful blog: www.ensinandocomcarinho.com.br

The commemorative dates must be worked interdisciplinary in class. The Indian's Day is a special date that is always widely explored among children, making them know and value the plurality of Brazilian sociocultural heritage, in addition to cultural differences, the different peoples. Working the day of the Indian is to rescue our history and our roots. The project helps students to understand and build their identity and perceive themselves as an integral part of a society full of unique characteristics, values ​​and cultures.

Main goal:

• Appreciate and learn about the history of the Indians, as well as their culture and teachings.

Specific objectives

• Know the habits, customs and way of life of the Indians;
• Raise awareness of the importance and respect for the contribution of Indians to society;
• Stimulate children's imagination and creativity;
• Make the learning process enjoyable during the project's development, through art, dance and environmental preservation.

Awareness:

• Welcome with a conversation circle about the Indians;
• Presentation of videos about culture, dances, housing, indigenous music, etc.
• Presentation and dance of the song CURUMIM EI, EI

Development:

• Storytelling about the Indians;
• Exhibition of typical Indian food;
• Research on the games created by the Indians;
• Listening to songs representing the Indians;
• Making a mural by the gang;
• Free drawings about the Indians;
• Assembly of the Oca in the classroom;
• Painting on children's faces;
• Making of masks for dramatizations;
• Diverse activities on the theme with: cutouts, collages and assemblies with objects;
• Manufacture of Indian accessories (headdress and rattle);
• Making party favors;

Assessment:

• The assessment will be analyzed through the participation of children, as well as their artistic productions and resourcefulness in the classroom.

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• Indium Headdress Molds
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