3rd Grade Cultural Activities

❤️Looking for a creative and culturally appropriate way to celebrate Native American Heritage or Indigenous Peoples' Day in your classroom? Your students will love learning about the meaning of bears in Native American cultures, while making a beautiful Pacific Northwest-inspired craft and writing projects!

*This is a sample of the full resource. Get all 27 Indigenous animal crafts HERE!

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✏️Use the teaching materials to educate your students about traditional Pacific Northwest art, and the meaning of bears in Indigenous cultures.

✏️Works great as a social-emotional learning (SEL) activity!

✏️Craft is differentiated! There are several ways to make it including, coloring, drawing, painting, or decorating (cut and paste).

✏️Students can also choose from a variety of writing prompts, and writing project options (dotted vs. single lines etc.)

✏️Use these projects to meaningfully decorate your bulletin board, classroom, or hallway, while displaying your students' creativity!

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⭐️Great for centers (literacy, writing, art, social studies), whole group lessons, independent work, partner work, indoor recess, sub tub, intervention programs, and more!

⭐️This resource is low prep and will save you time! Simply print and go!

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✅ Includes: (22 pages)

Teaching Materials: (3 pages)

☑ Cultural information guide (2 pages)

☑ Bear meaning (1 page)

Craft Projects: (9 pages)

☑ Craft directions (3 pages)

☑ Craft pieces (3 pages)

☑ Craft example (1 page)

☑ Craft body templates (1 page)

☑ Craft body art pieces (1 page)

Writing Projects: (10 pages)

☑ Informative writing - brainstorming sheet (1 page)

☑ "Bear" tracing - dotted lines (1 page)

☑ "Bear" or trait - blank dotted lines (2 pages)

☑ "Bear" or trait - blank solid lines (2 pages)

☑ "My Animal Symbol" - dotted lines & solid lines (2 pages)

☑ Full blank page - dotted lines & solid lines (2 pages)

✅ Bonus: (24 pages)

☑ What you need to know (1 page)

☑ Table of contents (1 page)

☑ Black and white set (22 pages)

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⭐️Looking for more Native American activities?

Native American Bundle

⭐️Looking for more Native American crafts?

Native American Writing Crafts Bundle

⭐️Looking for more Indigenous animal activities?

Indigenous Animal Activities Bundle

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FREE!!! 21 journal prompts and/or discussion starters with Thanksgiving themed prompts and visuals for ELA and history/social studies. .

Free Guide to go with my BILINGUAL BOOK.

Adventures with the Cousins

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What is Thanksgiving? - A HISTORY MINI-LESSON

This 10 slide digital Google Slide Lesson answers basic questions about the holiday. Created in a question/answer format, the historical information is clear and concise; perfect for a brief reminder of the original story. The historical information is brought to life with bold photos and an embedded video link for the visual learner.

• When is Thanksgiving?
• Where is Thanksgiving celebrated?
• When did Thanksgiving become a holiday?
• Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
• What was the first Thanksgiving?
• Why is Thanksgiving important?

Explore the wisdom of the Sacred Indigenous teachings with this special lesson about Wolf and humbleness. Dive into the Indigenous tale "Story of Two Wolves" and learn about being humble. Then, try the "Humble Like Wolf" activity included. It's part of a bigger set called the 7 Sacred Indigenous Teachings package. After discovering how wise Wolf is, you'll want to find out about the other six teachings too. Start your learning adventure now!

Page 1: Introduction to the 7 Sacred Teachings (handout)
Page 2: The Story of Two Wolves (An Indigenous story)
Page 3: Humble Like Wolf: student activity

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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with this engaging resource!

Frida Kahlo: The Brave Artist - Reading Comprehension & Activities

Discover the power of self-expression with this inspiring resource!
Learn about Frida Kahlo, a courageous Mexican painter known for her colorful self-portraits.
This resource is perfect for students in 1st-3rd graders.

This is a FREE SAMPLE from our Jam Bundle Hispanic Leaders Biography Reading, designed to introduce 1st-3rd graders to remarkable Hispanic figures.

You may like to explore our HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH Resources.

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❤️Looking for a fun and engaging way to celebrate Martin Luther King or Black History Month in your classroom? Your students will enjoy problem-solving, creative thinking, coloring, and collaboration with these printable straight and jigsaw piece puzzles! (20 pages)

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⭐️This resource includes black and white coloring page puzzles that students can creatively personalize, as well as puzzles in full color.

⭐️Students can color and assemble individually or each student may color one puzzle piece and the puzzle can be assembled collaboratively, as a class.

⭐️For extra fun, you can hide the puzzle pieces around the room for your students to find and piece together!

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✏️ Simply print on card stock, laminate, and cut to use over and over again.

✏️Differentiated to accommodate all skill levels in your classroom.

✏️Perfect for your kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade learners!

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✅ Includes: (174 pages)

Individual Puzzles

☑ Color puzzles: (10 pages)

• Color - jigsaw pieces 2x2 - 4 pieces (1 page)

• Color - jigsaw pieces 3x3 - 9 pieces (1 page)

• Color - jigsaw pieces 4x4 - 16 pieces (1 page)

• Color - jigsaw pieces 5x5 - 25 pieces (1 page)

• Color - jigsaw pieces 6x6 - 36 pieces (1 page)

• Color - straight pieces 2x2 - 4 pieces (1 page)

• Color - straight pieces 3x3 - 9 pieces (1 page)

• Color - straight pieces 4x4 - 16 pieces (1 page)

• Color - straight pieces 5x5 - 25 pieces (1 page)

• Color - straight pieces 6x6 - 36 pieces (1 page)

☑ Black and white puzzles: (10 pages)

• Black and white - jigsaw pieces 2x2 - 4 pieces (1 page)

• Black and white - jigsaw pieces 3x3 - 9 pieces (1 page)

• Black and white - jigsaw pieces 4x4 - 16 pieces (1 page)

• Black and white - jigsaw pieces 5x5 - 25 pieces (1 page)

• Black and white - jigsaw pieces 6x6 - 36 pieces (1 page)

• Black and white - straight pieces 2x2 - 4 pieces (1 page)

• Black and white - straight pieces 3x3 - 9 pieces (1 page)

• Black and white - straight pieces 4x4 - 16 pieces (1 page)

• Black and white - straight pieces 5x5 - 25 pieces (1 page)

• Black and white - straight pieces 6x6 - 36 pieces (1 page)

Collaborative Puzzles

☑ Black and white puzzles: (154 pages)

• Black and white - jigsaw pieces 4x4 - 16 pieces (16 pages)

• Black and white - jigsaw pieces 5x5 - 25 pieces (25 pages)

• Black and white - jigsaw pieces 6x6 - 36 pieces (36 pages)

• Black and white - straight pieces 4x4 - 16 pieces (16 pages)

• Black and white - straight pieces 5x5 - 25 pieces (25 pages)

• Black and white - straight pieces 6x6 - 36 pieces (36 pages)

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⭐️Looking for more Martin Luther King resources?

Martin Luther King Jr. Activities Growing Bundle

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What is Thanksgiving? - A HISTORY MINI-LESSON

This 10 slide digital PowerPoint Lesson answers basic questions about the holiday. Created in a question/answer format, the historical information is clear and concise; perfect for a brief reminder of the original story. The historical information is brought to life with bold photos and an embedded video link for the visual learner.

• When is Thanksgiving?
• Where is Thanksgiving celebrated?
• When did Thanksgiving become a holiday?
• Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
• What was the first Thanksgiving?
• Why is Thanksgiving important?