Iroquois Plate Game 

Do Now: You are a toy designer. Draw your new toy and write 1 sentence describing it. 

"A toy that makes wishes. Say something in the microphone and you get what you want!"

"The eye phone"

"Make-A-Brother/Sister. You can make your own sibling! Note: Don't take in the water or else!"

"A talking refrigerator!"

"A hand that you can use instead of getting up yourself, and a remote to track something if you lost it in your house."

"This is a toy of old people who would like to play with an Abraham Lincoln Doll."

"I would make a board game called The <3 of Manhattan"

To continue with our Native American Art, the 3rd and 4th grade made their own Iroquois board game.  Each student received a bag of materials that contained a paper plate, a piece of paper with a circle divided into 4 sections, 6 dried lima beans, and instructions to play the game.

First, students drew four animals, one in to each section of the circle. They drew a bear,  a deer, a turtle, and a wolf, four animals that represent some of the Iroquois tribes.

Next, students cut out the circle and glued it to the center of the plate. 

The last step is to color half of each of the six lima beans, leaving one half its natural white color. 

To play the game:

1. Place the six beans on the plate, and grab the plate with two hands.

2. Bang the ground next to the plate so that the beans hop up and then land.

3. If 4 (or more) of the 6 beans land on the same color, you get 1 point!

4. You and your partner take turns. The first player to reach 10 points wins the game.