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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Buffalo Robe Game
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Buffalo Robe Game
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Physical Education |
| Grade Level: |
4 - 6 |
| Duration: |
varies |
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classroom; gymnasium, or outdoor area |
| Objective: |
Students will learn to cooperate with one another while learning a Native American game. |
| Materials: |
blanket or tarp (represents buffalo robe) |
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| Procedure: |
- Have everyone hold hands in a circle. Place the "robe" in the center of the circle.
- Everyone must try to pull their neighbor onto the buffalo robe without breaking hands or landing on the robe yourself.
- If hands are broken, both persons are out of the game.
- Anyone who touches any part of the robe is also out.
- The person who is out will leave the circle and the others reform the circle.
- The last person left wins.
- The tarp or blanket may be folded as the number of people left playing the game decreases.
- The game can be used to improve strength, endurance, and honesty. Games are an important part of passing on traditions and skills.
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Did You Know?
In the summer of 1831 Lieutenant Jefferson Davis — later Secretary of War and President of the Confederate States of America — superintended work at a U.S. Army sawmill now located within the "Heritage Addition" of Effigy Mounds National Monument.
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Last Updated: August 15, 2009 at 14:11 EST |
