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DOCUMENT RESNME ED 110 406 50 008 555 AUTHOR Milne, Bruce G.; Hoover, Herbert T. TITLE 101 Things to Do for Your Bicentennial: A Program, the American Issues Forum. A Teaching Guide for the Cultural History and Geography of the Western Frontier and Upper Missouri Region. _ INSTITUTION South Dakota Univ., Veriillion. Educational Research and Service Center. SPONS AGENCY National Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH), Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 75 NOTE 299p. AVAILABLE FROMUSD Educational Research and Service Center, School of Education, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069 ($8.00; $7.50 each for 10 or more' copies) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.76 PLUS POSTAGE. HC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Activity Units; American Ind an Culture; Conceptual Schemes; Cultural Awareness; Cultural Education; Demography; Elementary Se daryrEducation; *Folk Culture; Geographic Regi ns; *Human Gebgraphy; Junior High Schools; *Letson P1 ns; Physical Geography; Social History; Social St dies; Teaching Guides; *United States History IDENTIFIERS *Bicentennial; Frontier History; United States ABSTRACT The junior- high -level teaching'guide incorporates historical, geographical, social, political, and cultural materials that cover the heritage of the society of the Western Frontier and Upper Missouri region: Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and Montana. The purpose is to acquaint students with culture, of the area by using questioning techniques and by employing a conceptual approach for applying human geography of the, past to the present. Although -rt.ady-made lesson plans are specifically designed for junior high age groups, the activities and materials are versatile enough for use in either elementary or 'secondary schools. An overview of the Bicentennial theme tells teachers how this can be related to school programs in 1975-76. The 10 teaching units which comprise the major portion of the guide are on American Indians; explorers, trappers, traders; soldiers and forts; transportation, commerce, communication; cattlemen; agriculture; government and politics; conservation and ecology; towns and town builders; and culture. Units contain numerous projects, maps, charts, preparation and teaching time, pages are reproducible and can be transferred to a notebook or file box. (ND) A TEACHING GUIDE FOR THE CULTURAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE WESTERN FRONTIER AND UPPER MISSOURITEGION 101 THINGS TO DO FOR YOUR BICENTENNIAL : A PROGRAM FOR THE AMERICAN ISSUESFORUM CD .4. C) r--I v--1 BY BRUCE G. MILNE HERBERT T. HOOVER Associate Professor of Education Professor of History University of,South Dakota University of South Dakota U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. INFORMATION SPECIALISTS EDUCATION WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION HIS, DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO- DUCED !E XACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN- SUSAN C. PETERSON ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS Research and Writing STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SENT OFt iCIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY KAREN J. LINDEKUGEL Researeb, Graphic Art and Lay-Out Design PC T.Tf.tttS5IONTO GI PRODuc THIS COPiLtlf.HTFTT MATT: t+I AL or MICRO FICHE ONLY otA, III I T. ikANTED SY BARBARA J. ORDE &uct=0 I Felt ANO fiTT,ANI/A 6 ION,ma OPERA I Research and Graphic Art ttI 'NOT.isf,tt, fAll NT' At "`"H THE NA 111.1.tt T.LT I OT F (MCAT ION 1,17 OIF 1 Pl rurrncrr-1 tot. OUTSIDE HI r PLNIPTT1 't PERM'S tPtt,tttil 04NFR A Project Funded in Part by a Grant From the National Endowment for the Humanities As An American Issues Forum Project (NEHES-23341.75-304) Ln oo Published By The EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND SERVICCENTER SCHOOL OF .EDUCATION 40 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA VE RM I LLION, SOUTH DAKOTA V) Printed by HILL'S CREATIVE PRINTING, Vermillion, South Dakota C rg) Copyright 1975, by the Educational Research and Service Center School of Education University of South Dakota Vermillion, South Dakota 57069 00004 i ABOUT THE AUTHORS BRUCE G. MO LNE, an Associate Professor in HERBERT T. HOOVER, a native of Minnesota the School of Education and the Director of the is Professor of History at the University of South Educational Research and Service Center at the Dakota.His principal academic interests are the University of South Dakota, comes from the Big history of the American Frontier and the history Sky Country of Montana. He has a varied career of American Indians.He has received national in education, which inclUdes many years of service recognition with appointment to the rolls of as an elementary and secondary classroom teacher, "Outstanding Educators of America for 1975." .principal and superintendent prior to entering His publications include a co-authored oral his- teacher education.He is nationally recognized tory, To Be An Indian (New York, 1971); The for his contributions to the education of the Chitimacha People (Phoenix, 1975); and The gifted and the talented. Among his publications Practice of Oral History (New York, 1975). is a book on affective education, The First Step .Is Awareness, (Department of Public Instruction, Pierre, South Dakota, 1970). i n 00005 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS in presenting this Teaching Guide for the Cul- tura!History and Geography of the Western Frontier and Upper Missouri region, the authors wish to acknowledge the of several individuals and agencies. Ms. Char la Ketter&g, stenographer, whose patience, speed and accuracy, in producing rough draft and final copy made it possible to meet the many projected deadlines. Ms. Patty Carlson, clerk-typist, who pro- cessed much of the clerical services and correspondence. Jan and Ron Hill of Hill's Creative Printing for ,theil devoted service in composition, translation of graphic materials into copy and their enth4astic support in producing a quality document. President Richard L. Bowen, Dean Thomas E. Moriarty of theSchool of Education, Dr. Donald Habbe of-the College of Arts and Sciences and other University personnel who gave administrative and professional support in producing a Bicentennial work. The American Issues Forum and particularly chairperson Diane Eisenberg of the National Endowment fore Humanities, who assisted in support of the project. And to theranypublic and-private agencies, such as colleges, chambers of commerce and libraries, which provided resource materials used in thepublication. 00006 Table of Contents Introduction Introduction A-1 Map of Indians in 1815 Bicentennial Themes Map of Indian Lands, 1861. 1865 American Issues Forum B-1 Map of Indians in 1950 How to Make a Bicentennial Symbol B-3 Hidden Indian Tribes E-14 Bulletin Board Ideas B-4 Match the Reservations With Their States E-18 t'Teacher'S Guide Match the India° Leaders With Their Tribes E-20 Teacher's Guide C-1 Explorers, Traders, Trappers Reproduce and Display Your Projects C-5 Explorers, Traders, trappers F-1 Maps and Charts The Verendryes F-5 General Time-Line Chart D-1 The Lewis and Clark Expedition F-7 United States Outline Map D-3 Fur Companies F-9 Geophysical Map D-4 Two Famous Vanguardsmen F.11 Upper Missouri and Western How to Read a Compass iand Orienteer F.13 Frontier Outline Map D-5 How to Mount a Col'ection F-14 Upper Missouri and Western How to Draw and Read a Map F-15 Frontier Project,V1ar l'i& D-6 How to Make a Sceni'l Box F-16 Iowa Outline Map D-7 How to Read.the Stars F-17 Iowa Project Magi D-8 Pathfinders and Mountainmen Puzzle F-6 Minnesota Outline Map D-9 Animalgram F-18 Minnesota Project Map D-10 Soldiers and Forts Nebraska Outline Map D-11 Soldiers and Forts G-1 Nebraska Project Map D-12 Forts on the Frontier G-5 Colorado Outline Map D-13 March to the Little Big Horn G-9 Colorado Project Map D-14 Chief Joseph, A Natural-Born Leader G-11 North Dakota Outline Map D-15 How to Build.a Fort G-13 North Dakota Projec't Map D-16 How to Make Play Clay Figures/ G-14 South Dakota Outline Map D-17 - How to Make a Bottle Soldier G-15 South Dakota Project Map D -18 How to Make Military Insignias G-15 Montana Outline Map D-19 Map of Forts and Battles Montana Project Map D-20 Cryptogram G-8 Wyoming-Outline Map D-21 y Match the Battles With Their States G-12 Wyoming Project Map D-22 Transportation and Communication Utah Outline Map D-23 Transportation and Communication H-1 Utah Project Map D-24 The Red River Cart H-5 American Indians :Steamboats on lila Upper Missouri H-7 American Indians E-1 Railro ds i e West . H-9 Indian Legislation The Telephone H-10 Ute and Flathead Resistance E-15 How to Make a Ad River Cart H-11 An Indian Dynasty E-17 How to Make a Mormon Cart H-12 Black Kettle E-19 How to Make a Locomotive H-13 Three Great Sioux Leaders E-21 How to Make a Steamboat H-15 Wovoka, The Indian Messiah E-23 How to Make a Telegraph Set H-17 How to Make a Tipp E-25 How to Make a Wheel H-18 How fo Make -a Travois E-27 Map of Railroads in 1910 How to do Beading E-28 Find the Things That Begin With "R" H-6 How to Make a Gourd Rattle E -29 Cattlemen How to Build a Cdlioe rzn Cattlemen i1 How to do Loom Beading E 30 Cowboys on the Frontier 1.5 00007 19th Century Cattle Ranchers 1-6 Conservation and Ecology The Johnson County War , 1.7 Conservation, Preservation, EcolOgy The story of Cattle Brands 1-9 In American History M-1 How touild a Chuckwagon 1-11 Yellowstone, The First National Park M-5 How to Build a Cagyfire 1-13 Leaders in Conservation and Ecology M-7 How to Make a Chuokwagon Dinner 1.14 Federal Agencies and the Use of How to Build a Corral 1-15 Natural Resources M-9 How to Make Chaps 1.16 Attacks on the Buffalo Herds M-12 Map of Trails How to Make an Ecology Box M-13