Mr. Shields and Mr. Miller’s 7th Social Studies Classes Glover Middle School
Students and Families, April 13, 2020
As we enter the fourth week of school closure, we want to continue to support your learning. This week we will be studying the Fur Trade Era in Washington and the Pacific Northwest. We will discover how fur trading was the lifeblood of the Pacific Northwest and how explores, trappers, fur traders and fur trade companies left their mark on Washington and the Pacific Northwest that is still apparent today.
The 7th Grade Washington State History Assignments for April 13, 2020-April 17, 2020:
Chapter 5 Vocabulary: The Fur Trade Era Fur Trade Era Organizer Chapter 5 Questions David Thompson Video and questions Fur Trading Posts/Forts and Company Map (use page 147 to answer) Your Life During 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic Journal Entries
All the above assignments can be completed with the use of your textbook.
To contact Mr. Shields or Mr. Miller please use the contact information provide below. Please stay healthy and safe.
Sincerely,
Mr. Thomas Shields Mr. Cary Miller
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Word/Term Page Definition & Supporting Text Number
Fur-Bearing 144 Animals
Pelt 144
Fur Trapper 144
Fort Spokane 146
Barter 149
Fur Traders 148
Trading post 148
Rendezvous 148
Northwest 152 Passage
Mountain Men 162
State Washington of State and the Pacific Northwest Describe the thing or theDescribe impact place person, and what the term had on
Active Year(s)
or Treaty or Company Northwest Fur Fur Northwest David ThompsonDavid Person, CompanyPerson, Pacific Fur Pacific Company Dr. John McLoughlin Dr. John Hudson Bay Hudson Company
Chapter 5 Explorers, Fur Companies and Treaties Treaties and Fur Companies 5 Explorers, Chapter ae______Class______Name______
State Washington of State and the Pacific Northwest Describe the thing or theDescribe impact place had on person, and what term
Active Year(s)
Treaty Treaty Of Of 1818 or Treaty or Convention Adams-Onis Fur CompanyFur Fort Vancouver Fort Treaty of Treaty Ghent John Jacob Astor John Jacob Rocky Mountain Rocky Joint Joint Occupation Person, Company Person,
David Thompson in the Pacific Northwest
David Thompson was a fur trader working for the Hudson’s Bay Company and the North West Fur Company. His search for furs and fur trade partners and routes took him across Canada and into the Pacific Northwest. Using your textbook, (pages 152 & 153), and the video Uncharted Territory: David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau at the following link: https://www.pbs.org/video/ksps-documentaries-uncharted- territory-david-thompson-on-the-columbia-plateau/ , answer the prompt below with a complete paragraph.
WRITING PROMPT
How did the fur trading, exploring and map making of David Thompson influence the settlement of the Pacific Northwest?
______Your Life During The 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic
Journaling is an exercise often used as a means of pursuing good health and wellbeing. Creating a written or typed narration of your thoughts, experiences, and feelings provides you with an opportunity to make sense of this unique and historic time in your life. At this time, when our day-to-day lives and school activities have been disrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic, it is important to record the impact this historic event is having on your life.
You are living through a very unique historic time. Journals are a source of information historians use to piece together the events of the past. This journaling assignment gives you the opportunity to record the events from your unique perspective. This assignment gives you the opportunity to become the historian, recording this event as it unfolds day-to-day.
As you journal keep the following ideas in mind:
What has changed in your day-to-day life? Which changes have been the most difficult to deal with? Which changes, if any, have been a pleasant surprise? During this time, what do you do to maintain connections to others, (friends & family)?
How is this impacting your community, state, nation and world?
How to keep your journal: (This can be done with a spiral notebook, loose leaf paper in a binder or on a computer using a word document)
Start with a specific time of day to make your daily entries. Evenings are a good time to reflect on the events of the day. Find a quiet place to be to write in your journal. Each entry should begin with the date. Write from your heart, what is on your mind, as you process the events going on around you. Keep in mind the ideas listed above to help focus your thoughts.
Name______Class______
Directions: On a lined piece(s) of paper or a word document, answer the following questions. Use your textbook as a resource, pages 138-163. Write complete sentence answers and restate the question in your response to each question.
1. What animals were most valued in the fur trade? Why were these animal pelts valued?
2. Why did the Pacific Fur Company sell Fort Astoria to the North West Fur Company?
3. Name the four fur trading companies that operated in Oregon Country and to which country each belonged.
4. Why did the fur trade in Oregon Country decline?
5. What role did Indians play in the fur trade? Why did Indians participate in the fur trade? Were there any negative consequences to the Indians from the fur trade?