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 Mr. Shields [email protected] Mr. Miller [email protected] Name________________________________________ Class__________ 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 Chapter 5 Explorers, Fur Companies and Treaties Name________________________________________ Class_______________ Person, Company Year(s) Describe the person, place or thing and what impact the term had on the or Treaty Active State of Washington and the Pacific Northwest David Thompson Dr. John McLoughlin Northwest Fur Company Pacific Fur Company Hudson Bay Company Person, Company Year(s) Describe the person, place or thing and what impact the term had on the or Treaty Active State of Washington and the Pacific Northwest Rocky Mountain Fur Company Fort Vancouver Treaty of Ghent Adams-Onis Treaty Convention Of 1818 Joint Occupation John Jacob Astor 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? .