The Haggin Museum
Museum2Schools History:
Acorn Making
Who: 3rd Grade/20 students
Museum2Schools History:
Acorn Making
Who: 3rd Grade/20 students
What: One hour workshop
Where: Your classroom
Trained museum Docents will come to your classroom to present the lesson. Students will learn about the Miwok Indians from our area and their primary food source, the acorn. With hands on materials, games and activities this central aspect of life comes alive.
Working with small groups of students, Docents will: Introduce the Museum and its exhibits relating to the First People of the area using photographs.
Explain the process of collecting and processing acorns using an art activity in which children put the process into the correct sequence.
Demonstrate the tools used to prepare acorns and give students the opportunity to handle acorns, crack them and pound them into meal.
Emphasize that the Miwok people are still living; they are a contemporary culture.
Play a game of chance widely enjoyed by Indian children in many areas called the Stave Game.
The Haggin Museum Curator of Education and Museum Docents created Acorn Making using the following California State Content Standards for Grade 3 History and Social Science:
Grade Three
3.2 Students describe the American Indian nations in their local region long ago, and in the recent past.
1. Describe national identities, religious beliefs, customs and various folklore traditions.
2. Discuss the ways in which physical geography, including climate, influenced how the local
Indian nations adapted to their natural environment (e.g. how they obtained food, clothing,
tools).
3. Describe the economy and systems of government, particularly those with tribal constitutions,
and the relationship to federal and state governments.
4. Discuss the interaction of new settlers with the already established Indians of the region.
To arrange for a Museum2Schools History Acorn Making program at your school, call the Curator of Education at (209) 940-6315 at least three weeks in advance of your desired program date. We can accommodate up to 20 students in each one hour long presentation. Teachers must remain present in the classroom.
Trained museum Docents will come to your classroom to present the lesson. Students will learn about the Miwok Indians from our area and their primary food source, the acorn. With hands on materials, games and activities this central aspect of life comes alive.
Working with small groups of students, Docents will: Introduce the Museum and its exhibits relating to the First People of the area using photographs.
Explain the process of collecting and processing acorns using an art activity in which children put the process into the correct sequence.
Demonstrate the tools used to prepare acorns and give students the opportunity to handle acorns, crack them and pound them into meal.
Emphasize that the Miwok people are still living; they are a contemporary culture.
Play a game of chance widely enjoyed by Indian children in many areas called the Stave Game.
The Haggin Museum Curator of Education and Museum Docents created Acorn Making using the following California State Content Standards for Grade 3 History and Social Science:
Grade Three
3.2 Students describe the American Indian nations in their local region long ago, and in the recent past.
1. Describe national identities, religious beliefs, customs and various folklore traditions.
2. Discuss the ways in which physical geography, including climate, influenced how the local
Indian nations adapted to their natural environment (e.g. how they obtained food, clothing,
tools).
3. Describe the economy and systems of government, particularly those with tribal constitutions,
and the relationship to federal and state governments.
4. Discuss the interaction of new settlers with the already established Indians of the region.
To arrange for a Museum2Schools History Acorn Making program at your school, call the Curator of Education at (209) 940-6315 at least three weeks in advance of your desired program date. We can accommodate up to 20 students in each one hour long presentation. Teachers must remain present in the classroom.
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