Friday, May 31, 2013

Final Project Post #7: Making Snares



Can you imagine leaving your young son in the wilderness for months with little shelter and food.  Certainly not!  Today, parents would get arrested for that.  However, it makes for a great read in my summer school novel study, The Sign of the Beaver.  When young Matt’s rifle is stolen, his only means of hunting for meat, he is forced to learn some cleaver ways of hunting for food.  His Indian friend, Attean, teaches Matt how to make a snare to catch small game in; such as, rabbits and fowl.  At first this was very difficult for Matt and he often thought Attean was making fun of his crude snares, but after much practice Matt became a very good snare craftsman. 

Using their iPads students will research different ways to make small snares.  The students will be placed in groups of three and given material; such as, twigs and string, and try making snares.  This will take team effort, following directions, and a lot of patience.  After each group has completed their snares we will use a small stuffed animal as our test bunny (Cute).  My hope is all snares are strong enough to withstand the test and we will catch a stuffed rabbit.  No, I am not going to rabbit stew. Ha!  I know some of you were thinking I would.  This should be a fun craft and the students will use reading skills while learning about team effort.           

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