To start the day our teacher showed us some things the she brought from home. These artifacts could have been used by the Native Americans. She also brought a big woven rug and two smaller ones that we could sit on to be more comfortable than sitting on concrete. We all did not fit on those rugs, but luckily some other people brought things to sit on. After looking at all the amazing things our teacher brought she sent some people to go collect some yucca leaves over in one of our gardens. We were going to use the leaves to make rope/string. First we had to collect them soak them in water then hit them with smooth wooden blocks. When we were done we had to soak them again and make sure that the small strings would not get tangled.
Some Classtopians brought tents to set up so we all helped set them up. Jesse brought two small tents, Christopher brought a very large tent, and Kylie brought one medium sized tent. It took a while for us to set up the two tents since most of us had never built tents. Kylie's did not take long because she knew how to set it up. However Christopher's took at least an hour, since it was so big.
Some of us girls were interested in weaving so that's what we did. Our teacher showed some of us how to do it ad soon enough most of us got it. Some of us made small baskets or basket handles. I was able to make a bracelet but it was hard to adjust.
Some of us brought some dye to dye our clothes in. We brought in white shirts to dye. We had pomegranate, coffee, green tea, and some onion skin as our dyes.We had those four choices for our clothes. My favorite one was coffee. I liked it because it made my shirt smell like coffee. It smelled very good.
We all had fun as Native Americans on Thursday.
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| Setting up one of Jesse's tents |
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| Setting up Kylie's tent |
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| Setting up the hardest tent of all. |
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| These are the Yucca leaves to we used to make the rope/string. |
My favorite part of native america day was to dye the shirts.
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