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Georgia and the Trail of Tears

April 21, 2011 Ticia 7 Comments

 

As I was researching Georgia I learned that the Trail of Tears originated here.  So, I decided making a Chreokee Rose and explaining its significance when paired with the Trail of Tears seemed like a perfect lesson.

Then I found Trail of Tears (Step into Reading) {affiliate link}.  Now I remember reading this book before with the kids, but I can’t remember what state we did it with.  Either way it’s a long book, so I edited it down a little for reading aloud.

Cherokee Rose craft

 

Supplies: 5 petal shapes ( used a punch I had, but you could just freehand it), a piece of blue paper for the background, scrap of yellow paper, hole punch, glue

 

 

Cherokee Rose craft

 

1.  Fold your paper in half.

 

2.  Then put 5 lines of glue on your paper in a star shape

 

3.  Arrange petals on the glue (I apparently didn’t take a picture of this step)

 

Trail of Tears craft

 

 

4.  Punch out  somewhere between 5-10 circles per flower.  The kids LOVED this step and argued over who got the hole punch next.

 

 

Trail of Tears

Finished product.

 

On the inside they glued a slip of paper explaining the legend behind the Cherokee Rose. To be completely true to the legend I needed to add the leaves, but it didn’t work for what we were trying to do.

 

And sorry for no pictures of the kids in action with this one, it was easier when managing 11 kids to not try and take pictures at that moment.

history modern history, North America, US history, Westward expansion

Comments

  1. Christy says

    April 21, 2011 at 11:53 am

    Very nice!

    I have that same problem (photos) when I host my story hour. I often have about 15 kids (all preschoolers!) and many of the moms think it is their time to just relax, so I am helping most of them with their crafts. I don't always get the best (or any) pictures!

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  2. MaryAnne says

    April 21, 2011 at 2:07 pm

    Very cool! We do a science class with friends, and I hardly ever blog about it because pictures are really hard to get with lots of little kids involved!

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  3. Raising a Happy Child says

    April 21, 2011 at 2:30 pm

    Nice craft. I have never tried to teach a group (except a group of adults) – this is definitely a skill to learn 🙂

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  4. Debbie says

    April 21, 2011 at 2:55 pm

    This turned out very nice. Selena loves the hole punch, but has yet to make it work. This inspires me for something our Sunday school children could make for Mother's Day.

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  5. Wonder Mom says

    April 21, 2011 at 3:03 pm

    WHAT?!?! You couldn't take pictures AND stop hole punch fights at the same time? (I think I need to take back your Wonder Woman attire…) ;0)

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