Hunting

1. Introduce the lesson by referring to the Archaelogical dig at Warren Wilson College. Display the Views of the Past poster and have the students make some deductions about how the Native Americans hunted for food as well as what they hunted.

2. If possible show a real arrowhead that was excavated from the site at Warren Wilson College site. Otherwise, show pictures of arrowheads from the period.

There are pictures of arrowheads discovered in the summer of 2001 at

www.warrenwilson.edu.

3. Discuss the differences and similarities in the size, shape, and color of the the arrowheads. Discuss the tools used to make the arrowheads and describe how they were used to form the arrowhead.

4. Activities for different age levels:

Matiching Arrowheads (K-2)

Creating arrowheads from clay (K-5)

Measuring and comparing the differences in length (2 and up)

Writing a discription of the process of making an arrowhead

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