This is the Place! Adventures in Utah Studies : September 2017

Utah has adapted a new social studies core. I spent this summer creating a new curriculum map and new KBATs. In my dept, we give our students KBATs at the beginning of each unit. They are like a study guide, and stand for what students should Know and Be Able To do. I thought I would share what I came up with.
Here is my curriculum map:

Strand 1: Native Innovations and Adaptations (Prehistory- 1847) The recorded history of Utah spans just a few centuries, yet humans have lived in the land now called Utah for thousands of years. Complex native cultures have developed and flourished in Utah’s distinctive geographic regions. Prehistoric artifacts tell us much about their lives and cultures. For centuries the historic tribes of Utah, the Goshute, Navajo, Paiute, Shoshone, and Ute, adapted to their ever-changing environment, especially after they came into contact with European explorers in 1776. Nearly a century of trade relations transpired while Utah was part of the Spanish Empire, and later, Mexico. These nations remain essential and active members of the Utah community. Enduring Understanding: Students will understand how Prehistoric and Historic Native Americans tribes adapted to their environment over time including contact with other groups (Mountain Men, European and American Explorers).
Essential Questions	I can statement	Vocabulary Words	Assessment
1. What inferences can we make about ancient cultures in Utah based on artifacts from that time?	I can make evidence based inferences about Prehistoric Native Americans by studying artifacts.	Prehistoric Historic Artifacts Inferences
2. How did Utah Indian cultures interact and interconnect with the physical characteristics of Utah?	I can describe how Utah Native American cultures was connected with the physical characteristics of Utah.	Physical characteristics 3 regions of Utah Climate Basin, mountain, plateau
3. What was the economic activity of prehistoric and historic Native American groups?	I can define supply, demand, trade and scarcity. I can explain how Native American economic systems worked with trade, supply and demand.	Nomadic Sedentary Supply Demand Trade Scarcity Economic activity
4. Why did different groups explore Utah and how did Utah’s Native American tribes respond?	I can explain why Spanish explorers explored Utah. I can describe the impact of mountain men on Utah. I can explain why the government and scientific explorers explored Utah. I can describe the Native American tribes respond to different explorers.	Dominguez and Escalante Mountain men Cache Rendezvous Pelt Barter Government and Scientific explorers	.
5. How has Native American culture change and continued as they respond to changing political, social, and economic forces?	I can show how one Native American tribe’s culture has changed over time as they respond to political, social and economic forces.	Culture Reliable sources
Possible Guiding Questions: · How do cultures meet their economic and social needs? · What can the study of archaeology tell us about the economies, communities, and other aspects of the cultures of these early peoples? · Why is it vital to protect archaeological sites in Utah? · What role did geography play in the innovations created by Utah’s Fremont and Ancestral Puebloan peoples? · What is the historical significance of the Dominquez and Escalante expedition? · How do economic systems, such as the trade networks Europeans developed with American Indian communities, shape and spread cultures? · Is conflict inevitable when cultures interact? · How did the arrival of European and American trappers alter the human geography of Utah? · How did Chief Walker’s leadership, and the leadership of other American Indians, influence the reaction of American Indians to newcomers to the territory? · How do the current ways of life of Utah’s Native American tribes reflect changes and continuities?

Native American KBAT/Study Guide

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Utah Studies		Unit 2: Native Innovations and Adaptations
Enduring Understanding: Students will understand how Prehistoric and Historic Native Americans tribes adapted to their environment over time including contact with other groups (Mountain Men, European and American Explorers).
Essential Questions:	1. What inferences can we make about ancient cultures in Utah based on artifacts from that time? 2. How did Utah Indian cultures interact and interconnect with the physical characteristics of Utah? 3. What was the economic activity of prehistoric and historic Native American groups? 4. Why do different groups explore Utah and how did Utah’s Native American tribes respond? 5. How has Native American culture change and continued as they respond to changing political, social, and economic forces?

4	3	2		1
I can teach it Exceeds Grade Level Expectations	I can do it Meets the Standard	I need more practice Emerging		I have little/no clue Missing/Incomplete
I Can…			Beginning		Middle	End
- make evidence based inferences about Prehistoric Native Americans by studying artifacts.
- describe how Utah Native American cultures was connected with the physical characteristics of Utah.
- explain how Native American economic systems worked with trade, supply and demand.
- describe the impact of mountain men, European and U.S. explorers on Utah.
- describe the Native American tribes respond to different explorers.
- show how one Native American tribe’s culture has changed over time as they respond to political, social and economic forces.
I Can Define…
Prehistoric
Historic
Inferences
Supply
Demand
Scarcity
Culture
European Explorers
Mountain Men
Government Explorers

Reflection Questions:

1. How much did you know about this subject before we started?

2. How did you improve and grow?

3. What would you like more help with or know more about?

4. What’s one goal you would you like to set for the next unit?

Lesson Ideas:

1. Introduce students to analyzing artifacts using this website: OPB American History Interactive

2. We Shall Remain: Utah We Shall Remain Curriculum - this curriculum has video clips and TONS of resources for the 5 tribes of Utah. I created culture stations on each of the tribes. There are so many resources in the curriculum that you can use the next day!

3. Read Native American myths and legends:

This website has a wide variety of myths and legends: http://www.native-languages.org/legends.htm

I also LOVE readings this picture books with my students:

4. Research a Native American Tribe
I have my students pick a Native American tribe, and they create a Google Slide presentation. It is a great introduction to research project! Native American Research Project