Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Native American Winter Count/Activity Starter

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

2

Overview

In this video from PBSLearningMedia, students learn about Native American winter counts in South Dakota and complete an interesting activity. This video is part of Activity Starters, which is an animated video series. In each episode an animated character introduces a concept and an activity

    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 2

    SS10.2.3

    Use various primary sources, including calendars and timelines, for reconstructing the past.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.3.13

    Vocabulary

    • primary sources
    • calendars
    • timelines
    • reconstructing
    • past

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • How to use a calendar.
    • How to interpret a timeline.
    • Vocabulary: primary sources, calendar, timeline, past, historical letter, artifacts

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Read a calendar.
    • Create and use a timeline.
    • Analyze a historical document.
    • Utilize maps, photographs, and other visual historic resources.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Primary sources play an important role in reconstructing the past.
    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 2

    SS10.2.10

    Identify ways people throughout the country are affected by their human and physical environments.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.3.10

    Vocabulary

    • identify
    • human environment
    • physical environment
    • compare
    • physical features
    • regions of the United States
    • recognize benefits
    • recreation
    • tourism
    • state parks
    • national parks

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Difference between human and physical environments the physical regions of the United States and the features of each.
    • Affects of environment on human behavior and ways of life.
    • Positive and negative affects of humans on the environment.
    • Examples of types of tourism and recreation and the affects of each, including state and national parks.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • List examples of the ways human and physical environments affect people and the ways they live.
    • Differentiate between regions of the United States based upon their physical features.
    • Differentiate between positive and negative effects that people have on the environment.
    • Explain the benefits of recreation and tourism, including at state and national parks.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • There are various ways that people are affected by their human and physical environments, as well as the effects, both positive and negative, that humans have on the environment.
    Link to Resource

    CR Resource Type

    Audio/Video

    Resource Provider

    PBS
    Accessibility

    Accessibility

    Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
    License

    License Type

    Custom
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