Week 1 -
Prehistoric
Missouri |
Week 2 -
Climate
and Resources |
WEEK 3 -
Regions
of Missouri |
What
forces of nature helped shape the land of our state?
Why
is Missouri called the "cave" state?
Taum
Sauk Mountain
Caves
Where
are America's Caves?
Mrs.
Orlando Links
Let's
Write Topic
Missouri
Fact to
know:
State Fossil
-
Crinoid
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What are Missouri's
resources?
Should we protect our
resources?
How would our lives be
different
without Missouri's resources?
What is Missouri's
climate?
Finding
Missouri Video
What
mining means to Missouri.
State
Parks
Missouri
Flora
MDC
- Plants (for kids)
State
rock & mineral
*ethemes
- many links here
Mrs.
Orlando Links
Climate
Merriam-Webster
OnLine
Visit
Missouri -
Precipitation
Map
Climate
Maps
Create a pamphlet on
Missouri.
Use the links above to include facts about 3 of our state's renewable
and
non renewable resources.
Missouri
Fact to
know:
State Mineral
-
Galena
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Compare
regions (i.e. explain how life in a city region is different from the
life
in a rural region or how landscapes in mountainous regions look
different
from andscapes in plains regions)
Week
3 Links and Activities
Mrs.
Peiman's Site about REGIONS OF MO****
Missouri
Tourism Site about each Region
Missouri's
Geographical Regions Info
Visual
Journey Through Missouri
Teacher Resources:
Webquest
Success
Link Lesson
Choose
two Regions; complete an Inspiration Web comparing and contrasting the
two.
Missouri
Fact to
know:
State Insect
-
Honeybee
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WEEK 4 -
RIVERS OF
MISSOURI |
WEEK 5 -
THE FIRST
MISSOURIANS |
Week 6 -
THE TRIBES OF
MISSOURI |
What are the two
famous rivers
in Missouri?
How have these rivers
affected
Missouri in the past, and today?
How is flooding
controlled
along Missouri rivers?
Friends
of the Mississippi River
Mississippi
River History
Mississippi
River
Mississippi
River Printout
An
Adventure in Time - The Big Muddy
About
the Missouri River
A
Short History of Man and the Missouri River
Missouri
River Thinkquest
Floods
and Flood Plains
Facts
about the flood of 93
Flood
of 93
Flood
HIstory
Using your MO
cutout trace
the route of each river with blue yarn. Glue and label correctly.
Create
a two page ppt with important information about each river.
Missouri Fact
to
know:
Missouri has
two
of the longest rivers in the United States.
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Who were
Missouri's first
inhabitants?
Where did they live
and what
was their lifestyle?
Chapter
1 of Missouri Then and Now Texts
Resources
*Land
of the Mammoth
Mastodons
Mastodon
State Historic Site
Graham
Cave State Park
Cahokia
Mounds 1
Cahokia
2
Cahokia
3
Caholia
Mounds - Pics
Mound
Builders
Osage
Village State Historic Site The
Mississippian Mound Builders
Hopewell
Culture National Historic Park
Osage
Indians/Fort Osage Historic Site
Video:
The Ancient Ones
Links
and Activities
Missouri
Heritage Videos- The Ancient Ones
Wolly
Mammoth
Let's
Write Topic
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My
Missouri's Native Americans Links
Ms.
Sumner's First Missourians
Missouri
Indians
Missouri
Indians (PBS)
Osage
Indians
Osage
Indians - Historic Native Americans
Osage
Lifestyle
Osage
- Native Land
Complete the Native
American
Fact chart.
The
Buffalo - Native land
Smithsonian
- What Can You Make From a Buffalo?
On your buffalo
hide (brown
paper sack) create a story about how your tribe uses the buffalo.
Be sure to write your story using symbols.
Missouri Fact to
know:
Missouri's state
tree
is the Dogwood.
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Week
7 -
The
French Explorers |
Week
8 -
The
First European Settlers in Missouri |
Week 9
-
Missouri
and the Louisiana Purchase |
Chapter
4 Missouri Then and Now
Why did
they come and who were they?
French
Explorers
Marquette
and Jolliet
Louis
Joliet
Robert
de La Salle
More
about Robert de La Salle
Think
Quest
Quia
Activities
Vocabulary
Games
Week
7 Battleship Game
Missouri Fact
to Know:
Missouri's state
fish
is the Channel Catfish.
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Chapter
3-Missouri Then and Now
Finding
Missouri: Our History and Heritage/The Meeting of the Cultures
Original
French Colonial Village
St.
Louis History: The Early Years Gallery 1764-1850
St.
Louis Walk of Fame: Pierre Laclede
Musuem
of Westward Expansion: Laclede and Choteau
Homes
of St. Louis Founding Fathers
Quia
Challenge Board
Week
8 - Challenge Your Partner!
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Chapter
5-Missouri Then and Now
The
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana
Purchase Treaty, 1803
Louisiana
Purchase Game
Student
Brochure
Original
Treaty
American
Enters the Rivalry
Play
Pardon
Me, Mr. Talleyrand, But Did You Say the "Whole" of Louisiana?
Quia
Vocabulary Practice:
Week 9
Missouri Fact
to Know:
Marie Elizabeth
Watkins
Oliver from Cape Girardeau designed the first Missouri Flag.
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