Howdy, I am B. J. Bison with some
ways to share the Vore Buffalo Jump. Hmm…
What ‘Make and Take’ one of a kind projects can
be made to have as a souvenir of the Vore
Buffalo Jump? What careers are needed for the
Vore Buffalo Jump to exist and to include in the
Archaeologist - Zoologist: Vore Buffalo Jump
Book of Careers?
Be your awesome
selves as you consider
these projects.
Highlight the ones you like in lime green as you read so you can easily
find them without rereading and have them Smartboard Ready.
Ways to Share the Vore Buffalo Jump
WHAT’S 48CK302? SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION CODE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
This coding system was developed for archaeological sites.
 48 refers to the alphabetical order of state –not including Alaska or Hawaii
 CK refers to the county within the state – Crook
302 is the site number in the order it became a site. Make a 48CK302 book to take home. Explain
the code to your family.
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Click on the following letter size file to open. Check setting and print as a letter size or print two 5 x 7
sizes on one page.
How small can you make the following 48CK302 folding project?
I.D. BRACELET FOR FIELD TRIPS
Vicky Blackwell’s site http://www.vickiblackwell.com/ppttemplates.html includes
Denise Girgas’ I.D. bracelet for field trips: photo, name, school, phone. Click below.
Clear 2 inch wide tape or clear contact paper makes them more durable. Incorporate a selflocking strip from cooking bags to make the bracelet more secure.
ID Bracelets for Field Trips thanks to Denise Grigas for this template
AMERICAN INDIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
How many ways can you use their book reviews, livestream, book awards? www.ailanet.org
B. J. Bison’s Suggestions: Pick a review, make a word cloud to make anything such as:
cardstock bracelets, bumper stickers, caps, t-shirts. Display them at a library, book store, or
museum, the county fair, and community events.
A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY ON NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, FOR K-12
by Anthropology Outreach Office Smithsonian Institution 1996
Go here for book lists in these categories: General, Southwest, NW Coast, California, Plateau,
Arctic, Plains, Great Basin, Subarctic, Northeast, Southeast http://anthropology.si.edu/outreach/Indbibl/
Conduct a survey. Which books listed on the American Indian Library Association website or
on the Critical Bibliography on North American Indians for K-12 are in your classroom, school
library, or public library?
What can you do so that there is an opportunity to read these books by you, your
classmates, and members of your community? Share your results.
VORE BUFFALO JUMP COMPUTER MOUSE PAD
Design a computer mouse pad featuring the Vore Buffalo Jump. What designs, colors, facts,
and details will you include? What size and shape will it be?
‘WHAT I WISH’ CARD FOR THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP
What are the wishes or dreams you hope come true for the Vore Buffalo Jump? The Vore
Buffalo Jump Foundation wants to know what you are thinking. Two Wish Cards print out in
this sample. Design your own Wish Card if you would like. Click, enlarge, print on letter size
paper.
MAKE A MODEL TIPI, PARFLECHE, BLACKFOOT ELK LODGE COURTESY OF
PAUL GOBLE’S BOOK: TIPI HOME OF THE NOMADIC BUFFALO HUNTERS
Author/Illustrator, Paul Goble has alerted teachers and librarians about pages that can be
duplicated and enlarged to make a model tipi pages 34, 35, parfleche page 50, and a Blackfoot
Elk Lodge page 65.
On Author’s Note page 5 Mr. Goble shares:
“ In this work, I have always been conscious that I am painting people’s most personal dreams.
It has been done out of admiration, wishing not to offend the spirits of the original owners of
the tipis, their present-day descendants, nor the blessed bird or animal spirits, who gave these
designs to people in dreams.
A Note for Teachers and Librarians
Over the years you have sent me many photographs and letters about projects which you have
carried out with your students on aspects of Native American Culture. You have forwarded
your students’ letters and paintings, which I have faithfully answered! Time and again I have
noticed your need of help with tipis, their construction, and above all their painted designs.
Here there are design ideas galore, which I hope will be helpful, and pages to photocopy for
students to cut and color model tipis.
A Special Note for Young Readers
When I was your age my mother made me a small tipi and painted it with Native American
symbols. It excited my interest, and made me want to know more. This book is the kind of
book I began looking for, but never found. So I have made it for you. I hope you enjoy it, like I
have loved the thrill of discovering all these stories and gloriously colored tipis.”
FOLDING PETAL BOOKS: HEXAGON, PENTAGON, TRIANGLE, SQUARE
Free downloadable patterns from Alec Hunter Academy www.homeschoolshare.com
“Write one fact on each petal. Fold flaps in using the dotted lines as your guide. Tuck the last
flap under so that book will stay closed.”
www.alechunter.org/index.php/files/20/Downloads/252/petals.pdf
HEXAFLEXAGON INSIDE OUTSIDE BOOK CHALLENGING!
Write a VBJ fact on each of the finished triangles instead of gluing rounded triangle shapes
over each folded triangle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6g6MfE4wBs
USE YOUR SENSES! TOUCH, SMELL, AND LISTEN BINGO!
Check out the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s Rachel Carson Centennial Touch, Smell & Listen Bingo
for these terms: rough, buzzing, moving, dull, snapping, smooth, wet, rustling, pointy, bumpy –
plus more!
http://gfp.sd.gov/outdoor-learning/docs/SensoryBingo.pdf
BISON/BUFFALO VIDEOS ANIMATIONS
 Bison crossing river, grazing, rolling 5:32 MINUTES
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/wyoming/mammal/buffalo-american-bison
 Bison moving down a hillside 1:41 MINUTES
 Bison cantering
Scroll down to the Eadweard Muybridge animation 2006 here:
http://plantsandrocks.blogspot.com/2012/11/theres-hole-in-ground-geology-isdestiny.html
How many verbs (action words) can you name/write to go with this silent video? How many
adjectives (describing words) can you name/write? How many nouns (names of a person,
place, thing/object, or idea)? Make a Verb List, an Adjective List, and a Noun List to keep for
your writing ideas. https://vimeo.com/6196318 Use the 2.25 inch x 11 inch strips of lined
paper shown under Tiny Triangle Books if you wish. See it next.
TINY TRIANGLE BOOKS---FOR TINY HOUSES OR TINY TIPIS?
Use 2.25 inch wide paper 11 inches long for tiny triangle book or use wider and larger strips of
paper for larger triangle books. Enlarge the sample of the 2.25 inch x 11 inch strip of paper.
Enlarge and print 3 column page of lined strips. Note: The lined strips can be used for
anything. Click on 3 column lined file, enlarge, check margins, print letter size.
TRIANGLE BOOK
Good for any topic. Cut many squares all the same size out of any type of paper. Fold
squares in half to make 2 wide based isosceles triangle shaped pieces. Find the middle of the
wide base of the triangle and fold the triangle in half. Staple several folded triangles together
to form a triangle book.
ONE PAGE ‘KEEP ON FOLDING’ TRIANGLE BOOK
Use any size of a rectangular piece of paper. Consider using 8.5 x 10.5 paper in white,
color, or double sided color. Fold up the right bottom corner to meet the edge of the left side.
There will be a long rectangle at the top of the triangle shape you just made. Fold the
rectangle down over the triangle shape. There will be a small triangle to left to fold over the
large triangle.
Decide where you are going to put the title, author’s name, publishing company, bar code.
What are you going to write about the Vore Buffalo Jump? Will it be fiction or nonfiction?
Will it be narrative, expository, persuasive, or descriptive? Will it be a poem?
See http://hunbbel-meer.hubpages.com/hub/Four-Types-of-Writing
or this colored chart: https://libertyschooldistrict4thgrade.wikispaces.com/Types+of+Writing
View Lucy Calkins Youtube 8:08 minute segment on “Read your writing as if it were gold.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO29k1-RvsA
B. J. the Bison says, “First, write whatever you want while writing it like you mean it. Then read
it as if it were gold.”
PLAY ‘I SPY’: PRESCHOOL THROUGH ADULT
This game can be played anywhere using anything at anytime during sessions using
adjectives to describe objects. How long has it been since you’ve played this game?
FOLDING BOOKMARKS
Create two acrostic poems and use them to create a song, design a flag on the back, and
study bison bones. Try drawing the bones, too. Try reading the word buffalo in other
languages. Thank you Vore Buffalo Jump Foundation for these images.
Go here for source for les beofs: http://www.storyofthebison.com/tatankaaboutbison.html
Design your own four sided folding bookmarks using your drawings.
ADOBE SLATE FREE PUBLISHING TOOL
“Named App Store Editors’ Choice, Slate lets you turn your next newsletter, report, invitation
or travel adventure into a gorgeous visual story that delights readers on any device. Simply
tap to select a unique look — beautiful fonts, color and magazine-style design are
automatically incorporated. Fluid movement and elegant motion are applied instantly. Share
your Slate story link anywhere. Grab attention, increase awareness and inspire action.
Stand out. …SHARE THE LINK EVERYWHERE. IMPRESS READERS.
Your Slate story looks beautiful on any device - phones, tablets and desktops.
• Inspire readers to action with buttons that link to: donate now, volunteer or learn more!
• Share your Slate story link on Twitter, Facebook, email, text message or embed it on
your website. To start creating your Slate, simply sign-up for your free Adobe ID or use
your Facebook log-in. Log-in allows us to publish and host your Slate stories, so they
will always be associated with you. Adobe ID's are completely free and don’t require a
subscription to Creative Cloud.”
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-slate-make-your-words/id968433730?mt=8
ADOBE VOICE FREE VIDEO TOOL
“If you like Slate, you’ll love another member of our family — Adobe Voice. Featured by Apple
it is one of the Best Apps of 2014, Adobe Voice is a free iPad app that helps you create
stunning animated videos – in minutes.”
‘I wonder about…’ STUDENT MINI NOTE PAPERS
Consider using this file to print double sided ‘I wonder about’___________ note papers
for any session or topic. This file makes 3 mini student note papers per letter sized paper. If
you print double sided, there will be 6 mini student note papers per page. Click, enlarge,
check settings, print letter size.
FOLDING ‘T’ BOOK WITH ONE SHEET OF ANY SIZE PAPER
Here’s a sample. The ‘T’ book can be folded up in more than one order to make different
books that open with one pattern. Click, enlarge and print out this sample or make your own.
ONE PAGE RECTANGLE BOOK
These folding rectangular books can be made with any size paper and can also be glued to a
slightly larger different colored rectangle to add variety. Click to enlarge, adjust settings and
print a pattern.
TOP 6 FACTS ABOUT THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP ACTIVITY MAT
Click, enlarge, check settings, and print as one page or print 2 or 4 to a page for mini – activity
mats.
READ ALL ABOUT IT! THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP MAKES HEADLINES
Free newspaper templates to download and customize.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/03/wonderful-free-templates-to-create.html
ILLUSTRATED BISON FACT SHEET
Mammals – bison http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/grasslnd/animals/index.htm
HISTORY OF THE BISON READING WARM UP
History of Bison: Reading Warm Up Grade Level 3rd – 4th
https://www.teachervision.com/tv/printables/TCR/TCR_DWReading_GR4_15_key.pdf
EXTRA! Extra! READ ALL ABOUT IT! VORE BUFFALO JUMP GAZETTE
Click on the following samples that was made in a legal format. The samples only show part of
the pages in letter sized views. See file labeled: #4 EXTRA VBJ newspaper LEGAL front &
back. Check settings and print on legal paper. This file does not hold its formatting when it is
a paste in here.
YOU ARE IN THE NEWS AT THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP
Imagine that a newspaper or magazine is going to publish an article about you at the Vore
Buffalo Jump. What’s the name of the publication? Be sure to tell why you are in the article!
DESIGN A BANNER FOR THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP
What slogan could you use for the Vore Buffalo Jump? What designs could you use?
Free banner shape:
http://www.storyit.com/shapes/banner.htm
DESIGN A POSTER ABOUT THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP
Design a poster about the Vore Buffalo Jump to be added to the Vore Buffalo Jump webpage
and or Facebook. What details do you want to include? Why? What do you want people to
know about the Vore Buffalo Jump? You may draw illustrations with captions. What is the title
of your poster? What headings are you going to write?
5 THINGS TO CHIRP ABOUT….QUICK DRAWS
Have you seen or heard Wyoming’s State Bird, the Western Meadowlark, at the bison
sinkhole trap? Have you seen beetles, cutworms, caterpillars, grasshoppers, spiders, sow bugs,
and snails which are 65 – 70% of the meadowlark’s diet? Is the sinkhole a good place to ‘Get some
grub’? How many quick draws can you make of the meadowlark and some of its food?
Go here to link to more details and to listen to its song:
http://county10.com/2015/07/22/5-things-to-chirp-about-the-western-meadowlark-wyomingsstate-bird/ or http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/wyoming/bird/western-meadlowlark
MORE QUICK DRAWS USING KIDS ONLINE RESOURCES: BUGS/ENTOMOLOGY,
MAMMALS, BIRDS, AMPHIBIANS
Wild About Insects! The Care and Keeping of Junior Entomologists
by NJRENIE ON JUNE 15, 2012 http://simplekids.net/junior-entomlogist/
Kids Online Resources for entomology: http://www.kidsolr.com/science/page18.html
Check out other topics: botany, geology, herpetology, anthropology
Anthropology in the News – From Texas A & M. & Anthropology Tutorials – Cultural and
Physical Anthropology tutorials.
American Bison by National Geographic for Kids
Photos with overview, scientific name, family name, habitat range, endangered status,
classification, life span, diet, weight comparisons, speed comparisons, length comparisons,
video clip of adult bison headbutting http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/americanbison/#bison-snow-closeup.jpg
National Wildlife Federation: bison, grizzly bear, mule deer, pronghorn, red fox, toad
Check out their online library. Each animal has a page giving details about:
Genius, species, description, size, diet, typical lifespan, habitat, range, communication, life
history, reproduction, threats.
https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Mammals/Pronghorn.aspx
Bureau of Land Management Library
Explore here. http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/blm-library.html
CIRCLE BOOKS
Check out Vicki Blackwell’s circle book page for a:
 circle book template (type in what you want and print)
 circle book black line master for inside pages
 completed circle book sample about the state of Maine for inspiration
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/TTSocialStudies/ttssdaytwo.htm#circlebooks
DICTIONARY TEMPLATE FOR A VORE BUFFALO JUMP DICTIONARY
Check out Vicki Blackwell’s word template for a dictionary and make a personalized dictionary
about the Vore Buffalo Jump. “ Click here to download the Word template. Students can
use the template for vocabulary, spelling words, or content area vocabulary. Click here for a
first draft completely blank template.” The template has colorful designs for each letter.
Printing in black and white is also an option.
VBJ ACTIVITY MAT: WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE VORE BUFFFALO JUMP
Click on file, enlarge, check settings and print.
6 STEPS TO LEARNING TO DRAW A BUFFALO
Linda and Peter M. Spizzirri’s book “Draw Me American Wildlife 1 shows 6 steps to practice
drawing a buffalo and other wildlife.
http://www.amazon.com/Draw-American-Wildlife-Learning-Experience/dp/B00177EF6U
WORD SEARCHES
Choose your own vocabulary for the Vore Buffalo Jump or use: archaeology, bison, buffalo,
ethnohistory, zoology, geology, paleoclimatic, Absaroka, Shoshone, Mandan, Hidatsa, Kiowa,
Plains Apache, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Lakota, culture, skull circles, wolf dog, brain tanned tipi,
sinkhole, friendship song, articles, artifacts, bones, field schools, universities, varves,
adventure, learning, research, tours
http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/general_content/free_resources/teachers_corner/wordsearc
h/wordSearch.jsp
WILDLIFE IS EVERYWHERE
Use this Project Wild K – 12 Curriculum Activity guide lesson plan from pages 51 and 52 as a
guide while exploring the Vore Buffalo Jump. How are you going to record what you notice?
http://gfp.sd.gov/outdoor-learning/docs/WildlifeisEverywhere.pdf
DESIGN A MUSEUM DISPLAY
What are you going to put in it? What facts are you going to include? Will it have electronic
devices for the public to use? What colors are you going to use? What do you want the public
to learn? Click on file, enlarge, check settings, and print.
2 PAGE INTERLOCKING ‘V’ BOOK USING 2 DIFFERENT COLORED PAPERS
The sample shows a personalized Vore Buffalo Jump cover, the inside view, ‘V’ pattern for
the cover, and the ‘hourglass’ insert. Click on each, enlarge, check settings, and print.
STEP BOOKS FOR ANY PROJECT
This multi-page book is easy to do and requires only 2 staples. Choose all one color of paper
or use more than one color to enhance the ‘tab system’. Draw a line down the middle of the
Step Book to increase the number of topics on the ‘tabs’. This system can be used for
outlining a topic as well.
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/makingbooks/stepbook.htm
PATTERN WRITING: BISON, BISON WHAT DO YOU SEE?
See Vicki Blackwell’s site for inspiration. Check back often because she keeps adding ideas!
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/makingbooks.html
VORE BUFFALO JUMP HORIZON GUIDE
Supplies
 one 8 x 10.5 sheet of cardstock to cut into 4 equal long rectangular shapes per person
 one sandwich bag that seals
 pencils
 clear 2 inch wide boxing tape
 crayons
Step 1.
Step 2.
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Students write their names on one side of each cardstock strip.
Students fold each strip in half.
Students take one strip and writes a capital E on the fold.
Students face where they think the sun will rise. USE A COMPASS TO CHECK.
Students hold the cardstock strip marked ‘E’ and place the E just below their
eyes to view the horizon line they see just above the cardstock strip.
Step 4. Students take their time drawing the horizon line on the cardboard strip
Step 5. Students gets another strip and face East. Students turn backwards to face West
and write a capital ‘W’ on the middle of the strip. The process is repeated for holding
the strip just below their eyes so they can see the horizon that is just above the strip
marked ‘W’. Students draw the horizon line.
Step 6. Students get another strip and face West. Then the students make a quarter turn to
the right to face North. The process is repeated for the North strip.
Step 7. Students get the last strip and repeat the labeling process before facing North.
Students then face backward to be facing South. The labeling and drawing process
is repeated.
Step 8. Students will tape the ends of the strips in order: North, East, South, and West.
Students make sure that the ends of the strip line up before taping. Continue taping
to make a circle of 4 taped strips to have a VBJ Horizon Guide
Step 9. Students put their VBJ Horizon Guide over their heads and test it out by facing the
different directions to see if they can match the horizon line they see with what they drew.
Students may share with classmates and try out their VBJ Horizon Guide. What do they
notice?
Students should be encouraged to use their VBJ Horizon Guide in other locations and ask
themselves: What do I notice? What is different about this horizon and the one I drew at the
VBJ? (contrasting) What is the same about this horizon and the one I drew at the VBJ?
(comparing) Did you forget to take the horizon guide with you or you don’t have any paper or
pencil? Use the tip of your nose to trace the horizon. Think about what could have
caused the horizon to look the way it does while gluing your eyes on the horizon while
tracing the horizon with your nose
CLOSING OF SESSION: Students fold their Vore Buffalo Jump Horizon Guide along the folds
and taped ends and place in a sandwich bag that seals.
PRINTABLE WRITE ON SHAPES
“Each piece of clip art is designed to print as lined shapes for use in a variety of writing
projects. Students can use the printed graphics to write their stories, poems, reports,
homemade books, notepads, stationery, etc. Teachers can use the printed shapes for bulletin
boards, stories, word lists, vocabulary, sentence building exercises, notepads, etc.”
Banner:
http://www.storyit.com/shapes/banner.htm
Speech bubble - circular: http://www.storyit.com/shapes/speechcircle.htm
Speech bubble - rectangular: http://www.storyit.com/shapes/speechrect.htm
Triangle: http://www.storyit.com/shapes/triangle.htm
Elements of nature shapes cloud, moon, raindrop, sun, star:
http://www.storyit.com/shapes/writeons.htm
JIGSAW PUZZLE
Make a puzzle out of your drawing about the Vore Buffalo Jump using:
 make you own by drawing on the front side of a preprinted puzzle printed on cardstock
 a purchased blank pre-stamped puzzle board
 make a puzzle postcard to take home to mail to someone
 each student makes ONE puzzle piece about the Vore Buffalo Jump to add to
classmates’ puzzle piece to make a community puzzle
http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/media/images/free_resources/teachers_corner/printa
bles/classPuzzle.pdf?ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395181113&bmUID=14
37246021674
 use jigsaw patterns to print out on card stock for student to draw on:
http://lrrpublic.cli.det.nsw.edu.au/lrrSecure/Sites/Web/faces_jigsaws/support/Support_05.5_make.htm
http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/media/images/free_resources/teachers_corner/printables/bo
okPuzzle.pdf?ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395181113&bmUID=1437245941880
OVAL BOOK FOR ANY PROJECT
Staple ovals at one end or at the top to make a durable book.
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/makingbooks/index.htm
FLIP FLAP BOOK
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/makingbooks/flipflap.htm
FACT FLIPPER
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/factflipper.html
ACCORDIAN BOOK
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/makingbooks/accordionbook.htm
KID PIX 3 PATTERN WRITING
“Kid Pix 3 is one of the best software programs available to allow computer users to produce
projects and presentations of all kinds. Its versatility and ease of use makes it one of the most
valuable tools for teachers and students. Pattern writing using books is an excellent project for
students of all ages. The pattern from Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and Polar
Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? was used along with George Rodrigue's Blue Dog to
create the Blue Dog Book.” http://www.vickiblackwell.com/makingbooks.html
DESIGN ONLINE FLIP BOOK ABOUT NORTHEAST WYOMING AND THE VBJ
See Iowa’s Archaeology on the Road for ideas. http://iowaarchaeology.org/node/38
FOLDING MINI BOOK USING ONE SHEET OF PAPER – STAPLELESS POOF BOOK
Check out Vicki Blackwell’s site. Use the template to type in your book and print it out!
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/makingbooks/poofbook.htm
Or use any size of paper: sections of bulletin board paper or gift wrap and follow the directions
to fold one piece of paper into an 8 page book. Then, draw, label, and write about what you
noticed at the Vore Buffalo Jump.
Students may also use an online template to create their stapleless book at:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/stapleless/index.html Type & Print
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpS5OolhMqw
http://pictureengine.net/?p=7960
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21qi9ZcQVto
http://www.sallt.org/training_options/PDFs/booklet_folding_instructions.pdf
http://www.laurenstringer.com/uploads/2/5/6/4/25641572/make_a_sixpage_book_out_of_one_sheet_of_paper.pdf
Challenge: Turkish Map fold
http://www.greenchairpress.com/blog/?page_id=2083
DESIGN A POSTER ABOUT THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP: NO TEMPLATE
Design a poster about the Vore Buffalo Jump to be added to the Vore Buffalo Jump webpage
and or Facebook. What details do you want to include? Why? What do you want people to
know about the Vore Buffalo Jump? You may draw illustrations with captions. What is the title
of your poster? What headings are you going to write?
SHAPE BOOKS
Download free clip art to select your own or use these: bison, tipi, bison skull, gray scale
photocopy of the VBJ bone bed or other shape of your choice.
Realistic bison. See file of sample shape book below. Enlarge to make a copy or make 2 to
4 mini-books per page.
https://openclipart.org/detail/7468/buffalo
Outline buffalo: See sample of partially completed outline buffalo below.
https://openclipart.org/detail/195976/bucking-bison-outline
 Use your imagination to create interesting designs within the buffalo shape
 See Sue Coccia’s art techniques for inspiration www.earthartinternational.com
Hints for Shape Books:
 Print in letter size setting or make 2 to 4 mini – books per page.
 Staple lined paper between cover and blank back cover
Options for Shape Books
 Make a bison shape book by stapling on the left or top with lined paper in between.
Then cut around the shape of the buffalo. Allow about one half inch margin around the
buffalo.
 Use other shapes such as a tipi. An undecorated tipi picture will give the students more
ownership.
 Here are the results for ‘tipi’ using google’s free clip art:
https://www.google.com/search?q=free+clip+art+tipi&biw=1920&bih=955&tbm=isch&imgil=CM49EiKEr_O6M%253A%253Bo8WlaIAch58ALM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fblogtired.co.uk%25252Fphotographcyf
l%25252Fteepee-clip-art&source=iu&pf=m&fir=CM49EiKEr_O6M%253A%252Co8WlaIAch58ALM%252C_&usg=__qudxJ_hhiXUGKVWahmcylOPzTvQ%3D&ved=0CEMQyjdqF
QoTCI_lhYfg3cYCFdMtiAodKtIFiw&ei=UqSmVY_0NNPboASqpJfYCA#imgrc=CM49EiKEr_O6M%3A&usg=__qudxJ_hhiXUGKVWahmcylOPzTvQ%3D
 Go here for free decorated tipi choices and select large download for an 8 x 10.5 inch
paper.
https://openclipart.org/detail/218844/tipi
https://openclipart.org/detail/193599/tipi-teepee
https://openclipart.org/detail/12920/cartoon-tipi-tent-with-red-flag
https://openclipart.org/detail/65485/teepee
DESIGN YOUR OWN STATIONERY
The sky is the limit on this one! Here’s one to modify.
CREATE A TV OR RADIO AD ABOUT THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP
Live from the Vore Buffalo Jump… this is (your name) reporting for KVOR……
Use your professional reading voice to read the radio/tv ad or script alerting local people and
tourists about the many features of the Vore Buffalo Jump. What would you like to tell
everyone about the buffalo jump? What is there to see? What is there to do? What are the
call letters for your radio/tv station?
Wouldn’t it be fun if a nearby radio station and/or tv station came to the Vore Buffalo Jump to
record/film as you pretend to be an announcer Live from the Vore Buffalo Jump?
DESIGN A COLORING PAGE OR COLORING BOOK
Design a coloring page of a buffalo, tipi, the sinkhole, or other feature of the Vore Buffalo Jump
to share with your classmates. What could you draw that they might enjoy coloring? A copy
of each of your classmates’ coloring page could be photocopied-- with permission -- and
stapled into a coloring book to take home. How about creating you own title page, publishing
company complete with town, state and copyright year. Make up an ISBN code and scanning
code for the back cover. What blurb can you write to add to the back page to encourage
readers to explore your class’ coloring book? Who will you draw on the author’s page?
What biographical information will you include about the authors? Have fun!
PLANT DECODER
What plants did you notice at the Vore Buffalo Jump? Share what you saw with your group
and teacher and add the plant name to the chart paper for all to see. Your teacher will
have sample plants in plastic bags taped to plant name on the chart. Draw and label each
plant in your Plant Decoder book to take with you. What other locations have these same
plants? Add the locations to your Other Locations page. What do you notice about the
plants that live at the Vore Buffalo Jump? Write what you notice about these plants on the
What I Noticed page. Share your book with your classmates and your family.
Plant Decoder Book: fold any size of paper into fourths the Hot Dog Way -- the long way –
horizontally
PROJECT BUDBURST: PHENOLOGY – THE TIMING OF WHAT PLANTS LOOK LIKE
DURING PHASES TO DETERMINE CLIMATE CHANGE
Learn how to observe a plant by going to a webpage sponsored by the National Ecological
Observatory Network (NEON) Citizen Service and the National Science Foundation at
http://budburst.org/two-ways-to-observe Report what you observe either once a year or year
round. Go here for report forms: http://budburst.org/reportforms View video (3 minutes 17
seconds) at: http://www.neoninc.org/content/project-budburst
Your school or organization can become a Project Budburst Partner using a garden, park,
schoolyard, museum, state park or wherever you find plants of interest - including a vacation!
http://budburst.org/partners Project BudBurst will “work with you to develop customized
resources that feature 10 plants of interest. You, your visitors, staff and volunteers can
report phenological observations. By contributing observations, you will be able to observe
how plants are responding (or not responding) to changing environments. You will find
information for how to become a partner on each of the Partner program landing pages.”
Use BudBurst Buddies http://budburstbuddies.org/ A “companion program to Project
BudBurst, uses story to introduce science concepts and the process of observation and data
collection to students. Students allow the explorations of the story characters, Lily and Sage, to
learn that plants respond to changing seasons and that like Lily and Sage, they too can
undertake their own plant investigation.” Free story, journal pages, coloring pages, word
search and a matching game are available.
Or who wants to select the Vore Buffalo Jump as a Project Budburst Partner featuring 10
plants from the site? Give 10 plants a voice through YOU!
MAKE A HERBARIUM FOR THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP FOR YOURSELF, A CLASS
PROJECT OR A SCOUT PROJECT
Check out the Sept. 2015 e-Bugler an electronic blast from Fort Laramie Historical
Association. Back issues are here: http://www.fortlaramie.org/ebugler.html
When the next e-Bugler is online, the Sept. 2015 issue will be listed as a back issue on the
above site. Meanwhile, here is a paste in of some of the details. Sign up for the e-bugler for
FREE here: http://www.fortlaramie.org/ebugler.html
“A herbarium is a collection of preserved plants that are stored, cataloged, and arranged systematically for study
by professionals and amateurs from many walks of life. Assembling a herbarium into a scrapbook was a very popular
pastime in the mid-1800s.
Clyde Collis' herbarium book with specimens, descriptions, and classifications, 1912.
http://www.lloydlibrary.org/archives/inventories/clyde%20collis.html
In 1845, a young, fifteen-year-old, soon-to-be-famous poet, Emily Dickinson, wrote a letter to her dear friend Abiah
Root and inquired: “Have you made an herbarium yet? I hope you will if you have not, it would be such a treasure to
you; most all the girls are making one. If you do, perhaps I can make some additions to it from flowers growing
around here.”
Dickinson pressed over 400 specimens into a leather-bound album, arranging her specimens artistically, labeling sixtyfive of the four hundred with the genus and species according to the Linnaean system of classification. Dickinson's
herbarium is available to view online through the Harvard University Library here.
Elizabeth Burt, 1862
The Fort Laramie National Historic Site museum collection has the herbarium of Elizabeth Burt. Elizabeth was the wife
of Major Andrew Burt who was stationed at Fort Laramie in 1874 and again in 1887. Elizabeth kept extensive diaries
from which she later wrote her life story. This was made into the book, "Indians, Infants and Infantry -- Andrew and
Elizabeth Burt on the Frontier" by Merrill J. Mattes.
Andrew loved collecting fossils, birds' eggs, curios, minerals and plants. Often he would bring Elizabeth flowers on his
return from a battle or wilderness expedition. These flowers ended up in Elizabeth's herbarium.”
Also see: Digital Imaging of Plant Specimens for Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Larry Schmidt – PI
http://www.cfc.umt.edu/cesu/Reports/NPS/UWY/2012/12Schmidt_FOLA_plant%20imaging_fnlrpt.pdf
Northern Great Plains Herbaria
http://ngpherbaria.org/portal/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=186
Rocky Mountain Region Digital Herbarium:
https://www-lib.uwyo.edu/digitalherbaria/index.php
ETHNOBOTONY- THE STUDY OF HOW PEOPLE USE NATIVE PLANTS
“Ethnobotany is the study of how people of a particular culture and region make use of
indigenous (native) plants. Since their earliest origins, humans have depended on plants for
their primary needs and existence. Plants provide food, medicine,
shelter, dyes, fibers, oils, resins, gums, soaps, waxes, latex, tannins, and even contribute to
the air we breathe. Many native peoples also used plants in ceremonial or spiritual rituals.
Examining human life on earth requires understanding the role of plants in historical and
current day cultures.”
What evidence is there of the plants that existed at various levels at the Vore Buffalo Jump?
How were plants used at the Vore Buffalo Jump? How could you use the information about
ethnobotany provided by the U. S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to education your
family, your classmates, and the community? Explore! Make a plan! Gather facts! Educate!
Have fun!
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ethnobotany/index.shtml
WILDFLOWERS JUST FOR KIDS FROM THE USDA FOREST SERVICE
” Hey Kids! Celebrating Wildflowers has some great information and fun things for you to do. Learn
more about wildflowers on our National Forests and Grasslands with puzzles, coloring pages, and fun
activities! Check out the links below to see what we have for you.” B. J. Bison says, “Click away and
enjoy! How can you share what you find interesting? Pssst! There are lots of ideas for teachers, too!
Spotlights
Activities
Fun things to do!
Coloring Pages
Get out your crayons and get ready to color!
Vocabulary
Find out
what some of our Celebrating Wildflowers words mean
Word Search
Enjoy our Celebrating Wildflowers word search puzzles
Teachers, we have resources for you too…
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/kids/index.shtml
CHALK THE BUFFALO JUMP
http://county10.com/2015/07/14/this-is-more-fun-than-watching-paint-dry/
CREATE A COMIC STRIP EXPLAINING SINKHOLE, ANOTHER WORD, OR YOUR TOUR
Online comic strip creator: http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/gamestools/comic-creator-a-30237.html
CREATE A CARTOON
The Wyoming Association of Professional Archaeologists (WAPA) posted these cartoons on
their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/Wyoming-Association-of-ProfessionalArchaeologists-WAPA-190174197681122/timeline/
The WAPA and The Wyoming Archaeological Society share a webpage:
http://www.wyomingarchaeology.org/
What cartoons can you make using archaeological news, ideas, words or phrases?
CHEYENNE NATIVE AMERICAN GAME
“Have your students learn how to play an old Native American game. This Cheyenne game is
fun and”...Cheyenne Native American Game
CREATE TRADING CARDS ABOUT THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP TOUR
An online source for the template:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/trading_cards_2/
Type in title and select Real Place to get the template that has questions to match taking a tour
of the Vore Buffalo Jump. Option: Create Your Own requires students to create the questions
and supply the answers.
DESIGN A WEBPAGE
Draw and label what you would like to have on the Vore Buffalo Jump webpage.
Use your imagination. What would you like to see on the webpage that would be interesting to
you, your classmates, your family, or to people who live in Japan, Germany, or another country
you wonder about? What features should every webpage have? What colors do you want to
use? Would you be willing to give permission for the Vore Buffalo Jump Foundation to scan
your webpage idea to put on Facebook for people all around the world to view?
SHAPE POEMS
Shape poems can be created electronically here:
http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/activities-projects/write-themepoems-30173.html
Online shape poem creator:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/theme_poems/
or on paper.
Decide on a shape from the Vore Buffalo Jump: tipi, the sinkhole, buffalo hide map, buffalo
skull, clouds, etc. How would you draw ‘wind’? Draw the shape you want as large as you can
to fill up the paper. Next think up 8 words –or more – to describe the object you drew.
Write these words in any order you want using any size of lettering or colors.
SIGNS ALONG THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP
Read the book, Signs Along the River: Learning to Read the Natural Landscape, by Kayo
Robertson, Roberts Rinehart, Inc. Publishers 1986 to set the mood for observing the signs of
nature at the Vore Buffalo Jump. Students record their observances in their own Signs Along
the Buffalo Jump booklet. (Quick way: one sheet of paper folded into fourths to make 8
rectangular recording units:
http://www.amazon.com/Signs-along-River-Learninglandscape/dp/091179722X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437080487&sr=81&keywords=Signs+along+the+river+by+kayo+robertson&pebp=1437080538755&perid=00R3YGF5
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A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP SITE
“Have you ever used a map? Maps can help us find our way to a place even if we have never
been there before. Most maps are flat drawings of a piece of the Earth’s surface seen from
above – the sort of view that birds have when they fly overhead. A map is easier to use than
written instructions because it is a simple picture showing where things are. Ancient maps
were drawn on animal skins or cloth, and the word ‘map’ comes from the Latin work mappa,
meaning cloth. …Maps only show things that are always there. They do not show cars ro
people. When they draw maps, mapmakers must decide what to put in and what to leave out,
depending on who will use it and why they need it.” Maps and Mapping by Barbara Taylor,
Kingfisher Books, New York,1992, pp. 4-5.
http://www.amazon.com/Maps-Mapping-Young-DiscoverersExperiments/dp/1856979369/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437079899&sr=81&keywords=maps+and+mapping+by+barbara+taylor&pebp=1437079967559&perid=09R5A8
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Make a map a bird’s eye view or aerial view of how you got to the Vore Buffalo Jump. Include
a bird’s eye view of the Vore Buffalo Jump with all its details, also. What do you want to have
in your Key for others to use? Recycling Tip: Consider opening up a paper sack and create
your map on the back where there isn’t any advertising.
ANIMAL SKIN CLOTHING
A reading comprehension lesson on how the Native Americans used animal skins for clothing.
https://www.teachervision.com/reading-comprehension/printable/7184.html
MAKE A ‘WHAT DO YOU NOTICE SPIRAL’ ABOUT BUFFALO JERKY OR THE VBJ
What you notice about the piece of buffalo jerky you are about to taste? What do you see?
What do you hear? What do you feel? What do you smell? What do you taste? Write what
you notice in a spiral starting at one area of your paper and begin writing as many details as
you can in a spiral shape. Tell the person on both sides of you why you think we are writing
in a spiral shape. What does your neighbor think? Ask your family what they think about why
you wrote in a spiral at the Vore Buffalo Jump. Make your own spiral or use this site to print
out one: http://www.storyit.com/shapes/spiral.htm
Recycling Tip: Consider using newsprint pages from the tv schedule included in newspapers
and a Sharpie pen to write your spiral message. The Sharpie pen writing will stand out
against the small black type of the newsprint. See example with these words:
I saw a hawk flying over the sinkhole. There were ants by the gate. I saw a beetle go under
some grass. I smelled wet ground. I heard my shoes make crunching noises as I walked down into the sinkhole. I
felt some rain on my head. I saw some green leaves and some brown leaves on the same plant. There was a huge
clover plant growing by the path. I kept sneezing. My friend said ‘Bless you!’ four times.”
PLACEMAT FOR THE VBJ
Fill in the blanks for animals, bones, people, tools, Sinkhole Trap poem, and comic strip.
See file labeled #26 Placemat Vore Buffalo Jump animals. Check settings for landscape view.
This file does not hold its formatting when it is pasted in here.
SPIRAL, SQUARE, OR TRIANGLE NOTE RECORDING SHAPES WITH MATCHING
BOOKMARKS
Students write words and/or sentences about facets of the Vore Buffalo Jump on their selected
shape. Students also design a bookmark to go with the details they are sharing. Upon
completion students cut off the bookmarks and then follow the dotted lines on the shape.
Hang the shapes and watch them twirl.
Make a spiral if you wish! Click on these to enlarge.
DESIGN YOUR OWN MOCCASINS
What do you think would be needed in order to have a pair of moccasins? Why?
Draw and label your ideas about the features of a pair of moccasins.
What would you think could be used to make a pair of moccasins? Why?
What style of moccasin would you like?
What designs would you like to add to the moccasins? Why?
What colors would you choose? Why?
Choose a style from this idea page.
http://www.nativetech.org/clothing/moccasin/detail/sioux.html
Draw and decorate you moccasins. Show your classmates.
WYOMING STATE MAMMAL, BIRD, FLOWER
 American Bison: View details and a photo about the American Bison on the
Smartboard, computer, ipad, or android:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/american-bison/#bison-herd-plains.jpg
 Wyoming – Equality State: State Mammal: buffalo, State Bird: Meadowlark; State
Flower: Indian Paintbrush Have you seen them at the Vore Buffalo Jump?
What does Wyoming’s state flag look like? Draw and color.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/states/wyoming/#Wyoming-GrandTetons.jpg
WRITE A CINQUAIN POEM ABOUT BISON
Here is a cinquain about a tiger.
Tiger
striped, fierce
leaping, pouncing, snarling
I hope I never meet one in the night
ROAR!
What is the pattern of the poem?
Line 1: One word (subject of the poem)
Line 2: Two words (adjectives) that describe line 1
Line 3: Three words (action word ending with ‘ing’ (verb) that relate to line 1
Line 4: Four or five words (feelings or a complete sentence) that describe the subject or are
related to it in some way
Line 5: One word that sums up line 1 or is a synonym of line 1.
Now try writing a cinquain poem about bison, a wolf dog, or another animal or insect that is
found at the Vore Buffalo Jump.
DESIGN A FLAG
Check out the official flag and explanation of the Oglala Sioux tribe Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation Pine Ridge, South Dakota flag.
Design a flag to represent something from your culture, a past culture, or a future
culture----or design a flag for each.
* What shapes, designs, or symbols do you want to use? Why?
* What colors do you want to use?
* What will the colors represent?
Write a one page design interpretation to go with your flag.
Give a presentation to your family, your class, or an organization.
Click to enlarge.
LEWIS AND CLARK TRIBAL PROJECT – FLAGS
SHOSHONE FLAG FORT WASHAKIE WYOMING
Source for Shoshone flag usage:
http://county10.com/2015/10/26/tomorrow-eastern-shoshone-business-council-special-election/
What images are on the Shoshone flag? Why do you think those images were chosen?
Why do you think the buffalo is in the center? What other tribes have animals on their flags?
“Tribal Flags: The Lewis and Clark Expedition crossed the lands of many American Indian
tribes. Shown below are 65 flags representing those tribes. Click here to see the list.
Click on a flag to see an enlargement and the tribe’s name and location today. Descriptions
and the history of each flag is provided, if available.” Check out the Tribal Legacy Project’s
Tribal Flags pages. http://cms.lc-triballegacy.org/Tribal%20Flags
HOW TO HONOR…A PERSON, AN IDEA, A CULTURE
Click to enlarge.
This quilt was presented to Bob and Irene Root in honor of their son, Dr. Barry R. Root, who
was a dentist at the Hot Springs VA Hospital in Hot Springs, SD.
* Why do you think the Oglala Sioux Tribe presented this quilt and the Oglala Sioux flag at Dr.
Root’s funeral?
* What quilt could you design and/or make to honor a person, an idea, or a culture?
* What other items could you design and/or make? Why?
* How could jewelry be used to honor? Why?
* How many different items can you design and for whom?
* How many narrative, expository, or persuasive writings can you produce to go with what you
created?
PLAINS INDIANS – TIPIS
Plains Indians -- Tipis Reading Level 2nd – 6th
“A story and reading comprehension activity about the Plains Indians and the type of home
they”...
https://www.teachervision.com/tv/printables/0876287887_39.pdf
SHELTER IN ART…and ART IN SHELTER
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Where can you find evidence of shelters in art?
Where can you find evidence of art in shelters?
What art can you make for shelter/s?
What shelters can you make for art/s?
What message/s do you think the earrings or necklace can give?
Why do you think someone would create these?
What evidence of lines of symmetry can you find?
Are any of the designs congruent?
If you were going to design a display for a museum or a kiosk in a public place about shelter,
what messages would you want to explain.
* How would you explain the messages?
WOLF DOG
How could you illustrate a story about Wolf Dog of the Vore Buffalo Jump? What details would
you include in Wolf Dog’s story? Would your story be nonfiction or fiction? Would you
organize the text in paragraphs or would organize words in lines and stanzas to make a poem?
View Jan Brett’s book, First Dog, or listen to Mary Hall read the book to you in this 10 minute
video. Notice how she illustrated each page around the boards in addition to the story pages.
https://vimeo.com/71522911
Here is Jan Brett’s blurb about her book. What blurb could you write about your story about
Wolf Dog of the Vore Buffalo Jump?
http://janbrett.com/bookstores/first_dog_book.htm
“Between 35,000 and 12,000 years ago, as the last of the great glaciers of the Pleistocene
advanced and retreated over the grasslands of Europe and the New World, people like
ourselves--Homo sapiens sapiens--began to flourish. Hunters and gatherers, they wore
clothes made of animal skins, had shell and bone ornaments and used such tools as spears
and knives. They made music and were prolific artist. This was a time of exceptional artistic
achievement and technological advance, and it may have been during this period that the first
wild animals were domesticated.
Jan Brett has created an appealing story from this possibility, setting it in a breathtaking Ice
Age landscape populated with animals that coexisted with early man in Europe and the New
World. The images and ornaments of her borders were inspired by the cave paintings and
artifacts surviving from this time.”
WOLF DOG HAND SIGNAL
Consider using a Wolf Dog hand signal as a way for everyone to focus when it is time to listen.
Here’s how to make a wolf dog with your hands. Touch your two middle fingers to your thumb
for the snout of your Wolf Dog. Use your index and little fingers for ears. Make the ears turn
to listen for sounds.
VBJ FACT GAME – RIDDLE STRIPS TO PLAY OR MAKE A SET TO TAKE HOME
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What animals were funneled into the sinkhole? (bison/buffalo)
What evidence do we have about the type of animals that are in the sinkhole? (bones)
When was the sinkhole used? (850 – 1750)
How do we know the years that the sinkhole was used? (Layers called varves are
matched with data from tree rings.)
 Name tribes/nations who have used the buffalo jump. (Kiowa, Cheyenne, Arapaho,
Absaroka/Shoshone, Mandan/Hidatsa, Lakota)
 Why were animals funneled into the sinkhole? (People needed food, tools, clothes, and
homes.)
 What is the name of this site and where is it located? (Vore Buffalo Jump between
Sundance and Beulah, Wyoming I-90 Exit 205 West and Exit 199 East)
Options for VBJ Game – Riddle Strips
1. Laminate or cover with clear contact paper teacher made strips of paper with questions
about the Vore Buffalo Jump on one side with the answers on the back. Make 6 sets for
12 people to play as partners. Always have blank strips available for students to make up
their own questions and answers. Students may take home the Riddle Strips they made.
2. Or make 12 different colored sets with each set in a sealing bag appropriate for the size of
strips or cards. Store all 12 smaller bags in a gallon sealing bag to have on hand anytime for a
class of 24!
DID YOU KNOW? FOLDING SQUARE make one to take home
Use the blank folding square to add details about the Vore Buffalo Jump. Play this fact game
with your classmates and family.
Go here for a free blank folding square: 8 questions are needed.
https://vintagetoysblog.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/paper-fortune-teller-free-printable-template/
Directions for folding are included. A preprinted game focused on physical activity and
friendship is provided.
One could be created specifically oriented to facts and decorations appropriate for the
Vore Buffalo Jump:
 any 4 words: bison, skull, bones, varves, food, artifacts, research, pishkus, etc. could
be switched out for the words yellow, red, blue, green at the corners
 Native American designs could replace flowers, etc.
MAKE MASKS FOR YOU OR A HORSE
Read free downloadable, printable 15 page Smartboard Ready Little Brave: A Traditional
Sioux Folktale adapted by Emily Kavicky, Harcourt Brace School Publishers
Design a mask for the Sioux tribe, any other tribe, or the Vore Buffalo Jump. Page 15 has 5
Think Critically questions.
https://www-6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/reading/storytown/na/gr4/readers_9780153598609_/9780153509803.pdf
American Indian Horse Masks by Mike Cowdrey and Ned and Jody Martin
http://www.amazon.com/American-Indian-Horse-MasksMartin/dp/0965994759/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1443581545&sr=81&keywords=american+indian+horse+masks
Check it out or interlibrary loan it from your public library.
Or check out B. J. Bison’s Classroom Trunks from the Vore Buffalo
Jump. This book is included as well as many others for your class to
explore.
Read Smartboard Ready article about how the Wyoming State Museum had a horse mask
restored. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700202921/Rare-American-Indian-horse-maskfaces-restoration.html
See it fully restored in this Smartboard Ready article: http://horsetalk.co.nz/2012/11/18/lakotahorse-mask-back-museum-display/#axzz3nBow4xxi
and at the Wyoming State Museum webpage: Enjoy exploring their online photos of artifacts
http://wyomuseum.state.wy.us/Collections/Index.aspx or in person!
Go see the horse mask at the Wyoming State Museum in Cheyenne!
B. J. Bison Design Suggestions for a Horse Mask:
 Use 36 inch wide bulletin board paper in an assortment of colors. Tear off in sections
every 36 inches to have 36 x 36 inch square sections of paper to use.
 Or use faux leather or fur, muslin, canvas, cotton. Add buttons, ribbons, feathers (duck,
goose, pheasant, chicken.) Or use dyed corn husks like the horse mask at the
Wyoming State Museum (p. 44)
 Consider using graph paper (1/4 inch) to color in beadwork. Mod Podge your finished
designs and glue to your paper or fabric.
 Instead of gluing try using large blanket stitches to sew on your dry Mod Podge graph
paper beadwork with crochet thread. See tutorial on how to do a blanket stitch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im7QKTd1zLY
 See these pages in American Indian Horse Masks:
.known types of horse masks p. 99
. folded side views for pattern ideas pp. 8, 10, 31, 32, 35,47, 48, 49,52, 86
. unfolded/open view for pattern ideas pp. 21, 22, 30, 31, 32, 34, 77
. photos of the horse mask at the Wyoming State Museum pp. 44 & 45.
GRAPH PAPER BEADWORK
Use colored pencils to color in your bead design on graph paper. Color each square by
coloring lines along each side of the square until the square is filled to give a bead look.
Consider using:
 2 colors per square such as coloring red lines along the inside of each line to leave a
place for a yellow dot in the center
 a variety of sizes and color of graph paper
B. J. Bison Suggestions: Try buff or tan colored graph paper to give the illusion of buckskin.
Consider posting your design on the Vore Buffalo Jump facebook page for others to enjoy.
HOW TO READ AN OBJECT
Consider using this form provided by the National Park Service and Teaching Museum
Collections Management Program to Read any object at the Vore Buffalo Jump:
*properties of object
*function/purpose
*physical features
*materials
*construction/technique of manufacture
*design and decoration
*context and history
*value
http://www.nps.gov/museum/tmc/docs/How_to_Read_an_Object.pdf
How are you going to share how you read the object you selected? Consider posting on
Vore Buffalo Jump Facebook page.
HOW TO READ A PHOTO
Consider using this form provided by the National Park Service and Teaching Museum
Collections Management Program to Read any photo about the Vore Buffalo Jump
*What do you see?
*Divide the image into quarters.
*Describe what you see? People, time, activities, objects, animals, plants, place, title, etc.
*What can you say about the photo using questions and inferences?
http://www.nps.gov/museum/tmc/docs/How_to_Read_a_Photo.pdf
How are you going to share how you read a photo from the Vore Buffalo Jump?
Consider posting on the Vore Buffalo Jump page.
HOW TO TEACH WITH OBJECTS FROM THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP
Consider using the National Park Service’s templates for how to teach using museum
collections. YOU are the teacher. What objects would you select? What lessons can you
develop? Try them out on your class, other classes, other schools and organizations in your
community and elsewhere. How about posting your lesson on the Vore Buffalo Jump
Facebook page?
http://www.nps.gov/museum/tmc/docs/TMCtemplate.html
I - HAVE - WHO – HAS TEMPATE: MAKE ANY LESSON INTO A GAME
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WRITE AND DRAW BUFFALO JOKES FOR END OF SESSIONS
Q: What did mama buffalo say when her youngest went off to college? A: "Bison!"
Q: How can you tell if a buffalo is under your sleeping bag? A: The ceiling of your tent is very
close.
Q: What do you find between the hooves of buffaloes? A: Slow buffalo hunters.
Q: What do you get when you cross peanut butter with a buffalo? A: You either get peanut
butter that roams the range or a buffalo that sticks to the roof of your mouth.
Q: How can you tell a buffalo from a field mouse? A: Try to pick it up. If you can't, it's either a
buffalo or a very overweight mouse.
Q: What time is it when a buffalo sits in your canoe? A: Time to get a new canoe.
Q, How do you make sense out of a bison buffalo? A: With buffalo nickels.
Q: What has 2 tails, 3 horns and 6 feet? A: A buffalo with spare parts!
Q: Why did the buffalo cross the road? A: To prove to the possum that it could be done!
Q: What do you call a buffalo at the North Pole? A: Lost!
Q: What's brown but turns red? A: An embarrassed buffalo!
Q: What the difference between a Buffalo and Bison? A: You can't wash your hands in a
buffalo!
Q: What is as big as a buffalo but weighs nothing? A: Its shadow!
Q: What do you call a single buffalo? A: A buffalonely
Q: What is the Native Americans name for buffalo that can fly? A: Buffalo Wild Wings
Q: What do you call a buffalo in a phone booth? A: Stuck!
Q: What happens when 2 single buffalo meet up, fall in love and run away to get married? A:
They buffalope.
Q: What time is it when a buffalo sits on your bed? A: Time to get a new bed!
Q: How do you know when there is a buffalo under your bed? A: When your nose touches the
ceiling!
Q: What do you call a buffalo with a carrot in each ear? A: Anything you want as he can't hear
you!
Q: What kind of milk comes from a forgetful buffalo? A: Milk of Amnesia
Q: What do you call a buffalo that doesn't give milk? A: A MILK DUD!
Q: How do you make a milkshake? A: Give a buffalo a pogo stick.
http://www.jokes4us.com/animaljokes/buffalojokes.html
FOLDING VBJ CARD
What card can you create with the letters V….B….J? Here’s a folding one if you’d like to
use it. Click on outline VBJ card, enlarge, print as one full 8 x 10 or multiple copies per page.
CREATE POSTCARDS ABOUT THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP
What do you want to draw, and explain to your family and friends?
Here’s an online site to download a free blank postcard maker. Have fun!
Subjects English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing
Grade Levels PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,5th, Homeschool
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Blank-Postcards-color-bw-193934
View Vera B. Williams’ book, Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea.
See the page about the buffalo! Does your library have a copy?
If not, consider interlibrary loaning it through your public library.
http://www.amazon.com/Stringbeans-Trip-Shining-MulberryBooks/dp/0688167012/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1442417043&sr=1-1&keywords=9780688167011
Perhaps you or your class would like to use her book as inspiration for a collection of
postcards about a fieldtrip to the Vore Buffalo Jump.
Or view a child’s book review on Reading Rainbow on You tube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqmSvnjbSLw
Perhaps you would like to take turns videoing reviews about the postcards you have created
about the Vore Buffalo Jump.
WORD BOX MINATURES
Use one page from one of Gene Gade’s articles at:
http://www.vorebuffalojump.org/content/educational-programs/articles/
to classify words into categories: nouns, verbs, words that are plural, words that are
singular, colors, 2 syllable, 3 syllable, 4 syllable, antonyms, synonyms, words with long vowels,
words with short vowels, contractions, words with a prefix, words with a suffix, rhyming,
compound words, etc. Are there any multisyllabic words? Are there any words with 5
syllables? 6 syllables?
Challenge: Classify words from an entire article.
Make your own cards or have your teacher download Virginia Conrad’s FREE noncommercial
colorful word box miniatures to use as a guide at:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Box-Miniatures-24-Ways-to-UseMagazine-Words-1102309?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Image++Word+Box+Miniatures--24+Ways+to+Use+Magazine+Words&utm_content=https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/W
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Be sure to thank Virginia Conrad for sharing her FREE templates!
GRAPH your results!
What statements can you write about what information your
graph shows? How can you share your results?
GREETING CARDS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Here’s a Valentine’s Day card from B. J. Bison for you to send to family and friends. Click on
card, enlarge, check settings, and print on one sheet of letter paper or make 4 per page. What
other cards can you make? Birthday? Friendship? Get well? Halloween? Thanksgiving?
Patrick’s Day? What Vore Buffalo Jump card could you make for National Ice Cream Month?
Make up your own holiday! Have fun!
PAPER SACK DESKTOP KIOSK OR BOOK
Consider recycling a paper sack of any color or purchasing white lunch sacks.
 How are you going to share information about the Vore Buffalo Jump?
 What do you want your audience to value?
 Where could your books or desktop kiosks be displayed?
 How many locations can you and your classmates name?
 Which locations are you going to try? What is your reasoning?
 What could you do to assess what people thought about the books or kiosks?
Front of a book project.
Top view of Desktop Kiosk
WHAT DO WE GET TO DO? GAME BOARD
Materials:
 one game board to project with ELMO on SMARTBOARD for a class to respond
together as one group or game boards to share with small groups
 one di with 1 – 6 for each game board
 one sheet 8.5 x 10.5 paper for the number 2
Rules:
 When a number has been used, keep rolling the di until all numbers have been rolled.
Variations:
 Use a di with more numbers and create enough activities to match the total
number on di
 Stop the game to finish at a later time while trying to roll unused numbers.
 Have a time limit on how long the game can be played.
See game board next!
If this Make & Take Multiage file is Smartboard - Ready,
everyone can do what the di says at the same time
without making the game board!
Be prepared for laughter!
SUPERHEROES: PAST AND PRESENT
How many Superheroes can you make for the Vore Buffalo Jump? Who are all the people or
groups of people associated with the Vore Buffalo Jump? Who were the early users of the
sinkhole trap? Why are they Superheroes?
Design and color their outfit, equipment, and the color of their eyes, hair, etc. On the back list
the skills and super powers they possess. Pick one today and design their super hero outfit,
the equipment they need, and their biography for the back. Pick another one tomorrow.
Make and Trade them all with your friends! There are all sorts of Super Heroes at the
VBJ: individual members of the Vore family, WYDOT employees, archaeologists, builders,
welders, staff, volunteers. Start making your Super Heroes today with their individual outfits
and bios (biographies) on the back.
Do you want to make them as trading cards or cutouts----or both?
Here’s the Hole in the VBJ Wall Super Hero B. J. Bison made at the Gatorade website for
Jennifer who rescued the kittens in the wall of the sinkhole in the summer of 2015.
Go here to use the Gatorade Site. http://www.gatorade.com/leagueofcaptains/creator/
Jennifer is Pure Titanium, Swift, and Determined! Her shoes were designed by the VBJ
Foundation and are an experimental prototype. Near her at all times are her VBJ
hooded sweatshirt, binoculars, hat, and water bottle filled with VBJ Super Water for
instant recharging! (Maybe you would like to design a label to put around an
unopened disposable water bottle for FUN or for your next trip to the Vore Buffalo
Jump!) Consider submitting your designs for a superhero or water bottle label to the
Vore Buffalo Jump facebook page.
Here are some other sites to experiment with designing Superheroes.
http://marvel.com/games/play/31/create_your_own_superhero
http://www.heromachine.com/heromachine-2-5-character-portrait-creator/
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/make-your-own/style-hero
http://cpbherofactory.com/
MONTANA SKIES CROW ASTRONOMY
Montana Office of Public Instruction
http://opi.mt.gov/PDF/IndianEd/Search/Social%20Studies/G3_6Star_stories_crow.pdf
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Cultural and Science Connection p. 2
Essential Understandings and Montana Content Standards p. 3
Listening to the Crow Stories p. 4
Planetarium Possibilities p. 5
Crow Stories and Science Stories
Sun and Moon p. 7
Moon Rotation and Moon Phasing
Activities – Jump to the Moon and Grandmother Moon
The Seven Stars: The Story of the Seven Bulls p. 18
Constellations / Star Maps
Activities – Earth Maps and Star Maps
The Twins and the Hand Star p. 28
Constellations / Mapping
Activities – Constellation Creation & Creative Writing
Say It In Crow p. 38
Perhaps some of these could become a 2 or 3 station activity that starts in one station
and continues to the next. Which ones would you select?
ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA (A.I.A.) LESSON PLANS AND PROJECTS
Check out their Shoebox Archaeology Digs Grades 3- 6 and Transparent Shoebox Grades K-2
plus many more.
https://www.archaeological.org/education/lessonplans
INTERNATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY DAY: THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER
The Archaeological Institute of America sponsors International Archaeology Day on the third
Saturday of October along with over 250 collaborating organizations across the United States,
Canada, and overseas. Download a free International Archaeology Day logo or poster here:
https://www.archaeological.org/archaeologyday/about
The Wyoming Archaeological Society is a collaborating sponsor! View their webpage:
www.wyomingarchaeology.org
What are you going to do to honor International Archaeology Day?
How are you going to share your ideas?
ALPHABET BOOK FOR THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP
Use crazy fonts or design your own for each letter of the alphabet. Then draw and label at
least one VBJ object or idea for each letter. See B. J. Bison’s Writers’ Kit for examples of
alphabet books. (Explain why the apostrophes are located where they are in the title.)
DICTIONARY FOR THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP
Use this format to create a dictionary of words for the Vore Buffalo Jump:
Word: pronunciation, n. v. adj. adv (type of word n, v. adj, adv,noun, pron etc/) word divided
into syllables, numbered definitions, illustration.
How many words can you think of for each letter of the alphabet?
B.J. Bison Suggestion: Make your own dictionary or submit words for a class dictionary that
can be duplicated for each of your classmates.
ARCHAEOLOGIST TO ZOOLOGIST: THE VORE BUFFALO JUMP BOOK OF CAREERS
Make an alphabet book of careers. How many careers have been needed for the Vore Buffalo
Jump to exist? B. J. Bison has a list of 83. How many can you name? Which careers interest
you? What skills and education are needed for each career? Include illustrations, labels, and
captions. How are you going to share what you created?
B. J. BISON’S BIOGRAPHY, STAT SHEET, BIRTHDAY PARTY PLAN
It’s been said that B. J. Bison was born on a beautiful spring morning near Sun Watching
Dance in what is now known as the Black Hills of Wyoming. B. J. is a nickname. What do
you think the initials B. J. represent? Hmmm...what would a stat sheet look like? You know statistics, details, information!
 Write down what you think on the B. J. Bison Stat Sheet or see pages 76-81 of Land of
Nakoda: the story of the Assiniboine Indians From the tales of the Old Ones told to
First Boy (James L. Long) With drawings by Fire Bear (William Standing) Federal
Writers’ Project, Western History Classics Montana Historical Society,
Riverbend Publishing P.O. Box 5833, Helena, MT 59604
www.riverbendpublishing.com
 Consider writing more of B. J. Bison’s life story or biography.
 Why not plan a birthday party for B. J. Bison? What would you include in the plan?
When would it be held? Where would it be held? How could EVERYONE participate even people on continents all around the world?
B. J. Bison’s stat sheet is next. Click on it, check settings, copy, paste and
print.
Let’s check out what everyone has made!
Cousin Hank’s grandma says to mind your manners and enjoy all of the many different
and varied items your classmates have made.
SUGGESTIONS FOR SHARING PROJECTS
 Praise by emphasizing people’s effort in thinking, questioning, answering,
drawing, writing, sharing. Wow, you really worked hard on this.
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Consider submitting a photo of your project to the Vore Buffalo Jump’s
Facebook page. Remember to ask your parents for permission first!
Thank you for going on an adventure with me!
This has been waaaaay more fun than a
pishkun!
(Ask your teacher what pishkun means.)
Pssst! Pishkun or “deep blood kettle is a Blackfoot word for a buffalo jump. Ouch, I’m glad I’m a cartoon.