Columbia Connections Curriculum Project Grade 4 Unit
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Columbia Connections Curriculum Project Grade 4 Unit Columbia Connections Curriculum Project Grade 4 Unit David Thompson and The Columbia River Basin School District #20 (Kootenay-Columbia) Columbia Connections Curriculum Project Grade 4 Unit TABLE OF CONTENTS Pre-Assessment ……………………………………………………………………………………………i Unit Study David Thompson ..........................................................................................................……………1 Vocabulary Log ...........................................................................................................…………….4 Map (David Thompson and the Columbia River Basin) …………………………………………...6 Relating Text Information to a map ………………………………………………………………..7 Relating Text Information to a map (Answer Sheet) ..................………………………………….7a Interpreting Symbols ...................................................................................................…………….8 Interpreting Symbols (Answer Sheet) ………..................................................……………………9a Using a Map Grid to Describe Position (Map) …………................................................…………10 Using a Map Grid to Describe Position (Questions) …………..…………………………. 11 Using a Map Grid to Describe Position (Answers) ………….......................……………. 11a Know the Facts ………….………………………………………………………………………12-13 Know the Facts (Answer Sheet) …………………............................................................………..12a Journal Entry …………....................................................................................................................14 Journal Entry Criteria …………...............................................................................................……15 Criterion- Referenced Test …………………………………………………………………………16 Criterion- Referenced Test (Answer Sheet) ......................................…………………………….. 18 Game - Shoot the Rapids .................................................…………......................................…….. 19 Chance Cards …………………………………………………………………………………….20a-j Game Board ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 21 Resources ..................................................................................................…………....................... 22 Appendix Archive David Thompson Surveying the Columbia Valley (1807) ...…………………………..... 23 School District #20 (Kootenay-Columbia) Columbia Connections Curriculum Project Grade 4 Unit PRE-ASSESSMENT Instructions: 1. List all the rivers you know in B.C _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Name the explorers who traveled through B.C. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 3. The Columbia River flows through our area. We are going to study the first explorer who traveled the Columbia River. What are 3 questions you wonder about this explorer or his travels? a) __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ b) __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ c) __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Page i School District #20 (Kootenay-Columbia) Columbia Connections Curriculum Project Grade 4 Unit DAVID THOMPSON David Thompson was a fur-trader, explorer and map-maker. David Thompson explored and mapped many rivers in central Canada and the prairies. When David Thompson was 36 and working for the North West Company, his job was to explore, map and build fur-trading posts west of the Rocky Mountains. He needed to do this quickly because the North West Company was afraid that an American fur-trading company would claim the land and control the furs in this area. David Thompson, his wife, six of his children, and some fur-traders traveled west from what is now known as Alberta. During the summer months the group traveled by hiking, canoeing and horse-backing. During the winter, they traveled using sleds pulled by dog teams or by snowshoeing. They crossed the rough terrain of the Rocky Mountains at Howse Pass and entered the Kootenay - Columbia area. Thompson was the first white man to arrive in this region. Just a short distance south of Windermere Lake, David Thompson built Kootenae House, the first trading post on the Columbia River and its tributaries. The first winter they spent there was hard for them and they almost starved. Page 1 School District #20 (Kootenay-Columbia) Columbia Connections Curriculum Project Grade 4 Unit Soon David Thompson made friends with the Salish and Kootenae people. They often fed and cared for Thompson and his voyageurs because Thompson was fair and understanding of them. Members of these Aboriginal tribes often traveled with David Thompson and together they explored the Columbia River and the rivers and lakes that flow into the powerful river. Navigating the wild waters was very difficult and exhausting. They traveled up and down the Columbia River and went to the mouth of the river at the Pacific Ocean. He arrived here, at what was called Fort Astoria, just a few weeks after the American fur-trading company built their fur-trading post. Although David Thompson's journal is rather vague about this part of his journey, it is probably safe to assume that David Thompson and the North West Company were disappointed that he did not arrive at Astoria first and build the fur- trading fort. However, David Thompson did go on and build other fur- trading posts along the Columbia River and he continued to accurately survey the area so he could make maps. In 1811, David Thompson was traveling up the Columbia River and passed through what we now call the City of Trail. He may have stopped in the Fort Shepherd and Waneta areas. He continued up the river exploring the river bank around Castlegar and stopped to fish and gather berries at what we now call Zuckerberg Island, which is where the Kootenay River joins the Columbia River. Page 2 School District #20 (Kootenay-Columbia) Columbia Connections Curriculum Project Grade 4 Unit David Thompson made many great exploration journeys through the area we now call the Columbia River Basin. During the years between 1807 and 1812, he explored and surveyed the Columbia River from its source to its mouth. He also explored and mapped the Kootenay River, parts of the Pend d'Oreille and Canoe Rivers, as well as a great number of streams and lakes. He covered thousands of kilometers and made accurate maps that are still marveled at today. In fact, it is David Thompson who accurately determined where the 49th parallel west of the Rocky Mountains was Located. This is now the border between Canada and the United States of America. Page 3 School District #20 (Kootenay-Columbia) Columbia Connections Curriculum Project Grade 4 Unit VOCABULARY LOG Keep a list of words. Write a definition. Key Words Meaning ______________________________ ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Page 4 School District #20 (Kootenay-Columbia) Columbia Connections Curriculum Project Grade 4 Unit VOCABULARY LOG CONTINUED ____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________