Unit 1: North American Regions and Indigenous Peoples
Shelter, Food and Clothing
Native Americans: People of the Forest
https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/869676d7-7716-45a3-ac6d-85da7bb18363?hasLocalHost=false
Video segments: Peeling Bark and Making a Wigwam
Native Americans: People of the Plains
https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/17e3b0c5-364b-41a1-9eba-8a0d10cad694?hasLocalHost=false
Video Segment: The Teepee
Native Americans: People of the Desert
https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/7f0c62c2-698b-41c0-b260-2fd3c6cdbb58?hasLocalHost=false
Video Segment: People of the Desert - The sections of the video that would work -Hunting, Preparing Meals, Making Tools. (Up to 8 minute mark in video)
Reading Folktales
Stories located in appendix: These retellings may be printed
Northeast: Gluscabi and The Game Bag
Southwest: How Butterflies Came to Be
Great Plains: Grandfather Rock
Northwest: Coyote and the Salmon
Southeast: The Coming of the Corn
Native American Myths
http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/native-american-myths/
NA Cultural Detectives Graphic Organizer
Current Day Natural Resources
Map of Connecticut Tribes, Villages:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/uconnlibrariesmagic/3332840235
Color Map of Connecticut Tribes, Villages: zoomable http://emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/354/423/title-asc?t:state:flow=810302e7-4dad-40f1-bd98-09484869f145
Google Earth or Google Maps terrain map of Connecticut
Wildlife in Connecticut
http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2723&q=326186
Using Topographical Maps
Regions of the US from Junior Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/magazines/junior/pdfs/JUNIOR-011011-REGIONS.pdf
Topographical Map of the US from Encyclopedia Britannica
http://media1.school.eb.com/eb-media/03/111403-050-693B582E.jpg
Interactive US map of vegetation in year 1500: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u1/
Map of Waterways in the US from Encyclopedia Britannica
http://media1.school.eb.com/eb-media/63/110463-050-70313491.gif
The Year Without a Summer (1816)
New England Historical Society article 1816: The Year Without a Summer http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/1816-year-without-a-summer/
Printable version of the Article in Appendix
Milbridge Maine Historical Society: The Year Without a summer 1816 in Maine. Includes an old rhyme related to the event and a diary entry.
http://www.milbridgehistoricalsociety.org/previous/no_summer.html
Exploring Beliefs, Values and Laws of Indigenous Peoples
True Flix: American Indians Classlink
Big Universe: Classlink
Native American Religions, Native American Family Life, Native American Festivals and Ceremonies
We Were Here First: Apache, Navajo, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Comanche, Lenape
Scholastic GO: America the Beautiful: US Topics: Native Americans Classlink
Native Americans: People of the Forest
https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/869676d7-7716-45a3-ac6d-85da7bb18363?hasLocalHost=false
Video segments: Peeling Bark and Making a Wigwam
Native Americans: People of the Plains
https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/17e3b0c5-364b-41a1-9eba-8a0d10cad694?hasLocalHost=false
Video Segment: The Teepee
Native Americans: People of the Desert
https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/7f0c62c2-698b-41c0-b260-2fd3c6cdbb58?hasLocalHost=false
Video Segment: People of the Desert - The sections of the video that would work -Hunting, Preparing Meals, Making Tools. (Up to 8 minute mark in video)
Reading Folktales
Stories located in appendix: These retellings may be printed
Northeast: Gluscabi and The Game Bag
Southwest: How Butterflies Came to Be
Great Plains: Grandfather Rock
Northwest: Coyote and the Salmon
Southeast: The Coming of the Corn
Native American Myths
http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/native-american-myths/
NA Cultural Detectives Graphic Organizer
Current Day Natural Resources
Map of Connecticut Tribes, Villages:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/uconnlibrariesmagic/3332840235
Color Map of Connecticut Tribes, Villages: zoomable http://emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/354/423/title-asc?t:state:flow=810302e7-4dad-40f1-bd98-09484869f145
Google Earth or Google Maps terrain map of Connecticut
Wildlife in Connecticut
http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2723&q=326186
Using Topographical Maps
Regions of the US from Junior Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/magazines/junior/pdfs/JUNIOR-011011-REGIONS.pdf
Topographical Map of the US from Encyclopedia Britannica
http://media1.school.eb.com/eb-media/03/111403-050-693B582E.jpg
Interactive US map of vegetation in year 1500: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u1/
Map of Waterways in the US from Encyclopedia Britannica
http://media1.school.eb.com/eb-media/63/110463-050-70313491.gif
The Year Without a Summer (1816)
New England Historical Society article 1816: The Year Without a Summer http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/1816-year-without-a-summer/
Printable version of the Article in Appendix
Milbridge Maine Historical Society: The Year Without a summer 1816 in Maine. Includes an old rhyme related to the event and a diary entry.
http://www.milbridgehistoricalsociety.org/previous/no_summer.html
Exploring Beliefs, Values and Laws of Indigenous Peoples
True Flix: American Indians Classlink
Big Universe: Classlink
Native American Religions, Native American Family Life, Native American Festivals and Ceremonies
We Were Here First: Apache, Navajo, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Comanche, Lenape
Scholastic GO: America the Beautiful: US Topics: Native Americans Classlink