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** Early Elementary Activity: **

 * Activity: Hit The Penny**

-Broomstick or bamboo pole -Penny for each player and stick
 * Materials:**

> This game is popular with Chilean children and is often played outside. With the help of a Christmas-tree stand, the game can be played indoors. The game is a true test of aim. Playing the Game > 1. Bury one end of the stick in the ground so it stands up straight. Mark off a circle around the stick that is approximately 3 feet or 1 meter in diameter (the stick is in the center). Put the penny on top of the stick. > 2. Have players stand about five feet from the stick. Taking turns, players try to knock the penny off the stick with their own penny. > 3. A point is scored if the penny is knocked off the stick and out of the circle with a player's penny. No points are scored if the penny lands in the circle or isn't knocked off the stick. > Winning the Game > Player with the highest score wins.
 * About the Game:**

Reference: Hit the Penny. (n.d.). Teaching Resources, Children's Book Recommendations, and Student Activities | Scholastic.com. Retrieved December 15, 2010, from http://teacher.scholastic.com/

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** Upper Elementary Activity: **
**Activity: Salt Dough Maps** Recipe: -3 cups white flour (not self rising) - approx. 1 ¼ cups of warm water - 1 cup of salt ~should fell clay-like ~Make overnight

Trace Chile on a piece of cardboard in a permanent black marker. Have each student use the cardboard cutout to trace Chile onto their cardboard piece using a permanent marker Give each student an index card to make a key for their map. Give the students a ball of dough and have them fill in the country. When they are done have them take 4 fingers and make it as smooth as possible. The students should use push pins along with their key to label their map. They should ;label all main cities on their map. For example if the label Santiago using a red push pin, then in the key Santiago should be listed using a red marker or pen. After the push pins are all in place let the map dry for 24-48 hours. Review the push pins and then add in the major bodies of water and bordering countries using markers and watercolors. Also add a compass to the map. For an assessment give them a blank map and ask them to fill as much in as they remember.



This worksheet can also be used as an in introduction to this activity. []

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** Fine Arts Activity: **
Activity: Chilean Rainsticks

Crayola Supplies Household Supplies Why? Listen to rain indoors with these replica rainsticks from Chile. Discover native legends from many cultures in the Americas. Steps
 * Paint Brushes
 * Erasable Colored Pencils
 * Washable Kid's Paint
 * No-Run School Glue
 * Pointed Tip Scissors
 * recycled newspaper
 * aluminum foil
 * paper towels
 * container(s) of water
 * recycled file folders
 * seeds
 * decorative craft items
 * recycled gift wrap or paper towel roll
 * 1) Find out how, where, and when rainsticks were discovered. Identify their uses in various indigenous cultures of the Americas. Choose Native American symbols that are especially appropriate to decorate your replica rattle.
 * 2) Seal your tube. Choose a recycled cardboard tube. Cut it to the desired length with Crayola® Scissors.
 * 3) On a recycled file folder, trace around an open end of your cardboard tube with Crayola Erasable Colored Pencils. Draw a larger circle around the first one. Cut around the bigger circle. Cut several slits from the outer edge of the larger circle in to the smaller circle. Make two of these double circles, one for each end of the tube.
 * 4) Fold the slit edges up from the smaller circle. With Crayola School Glue, seal one end of the tube with one of the circles. Air-dry the glue.
 * 5) Fill your rainstick. Roll and twist a long piece of aluminum foil into a spiral snake. Place the foil snake inside your tube.
 * 6) Pour a few seeds into your tube. Hold your hand over the open end of the tube and gently turn your rainstick over to see how it sounds. Experiment with the amount of seeds until you have the sound you like best.
 * 7) Glue the second end of your rainstick closed.
 * 8) Decorate your rainstick. Cover your art area with newspaper. Decorate the outside of your rainstick with authentic Native American colors and designs using Crayola Washable Paint and Paint Brushes. Air-dry your rainstick.
 * 9) Glue on decorative craft materials for a finishing touch. Air-dry before turning your rainstick from one end to another.

Reference: Chilean Rainsticks Lesson Plan - Crayola OFFICIAL Site. (n.d.). Official Crayola Site. Retrieved December 15, 2010, from http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/chilean-rainsticks-lesson-plan/

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