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My son's latest project (4th grade) is to create a diorama of a native american village, including people and animals and 4 elements of native american life. Can I explain to anybody how much I hate these types of homework assignments? We also had to cut off the bottom of a half gallon plastic milk jug to make a wigwam. People and animals? How is a 4th grader supposed to construct people and animals? Answer: They don't. You have to find somewhere that sells them. The teachers always say 'try the dollar store". Well, they don't carry 1 inch tall native american figurines at the dollar store. I end up spending tons of money on supplies for these things. Why can't Nathan just draw an Indian Village with all these things in it? Why must we construct a 3D thing? How do you glue down plastic native americans and animals so that it survives a 4th grade boy carrying it to class?
I hate these kinds of projects and find them useless. He doesn't learn from them and it isn't fun for any of us, because it takes hours and hours to go from store to store to find plastic native americans. Anybody have any idea where I can find them????
Dee
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