Classroom Resource

How Native Americans Used Fish Traps to Hunt/Indian Mounds

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

Overview

In this video from PBSLearningMedia, students learn Native Americans used special traps to catch fish during the springtime when certain species of fish would migrate. Learn how these fish traps worked and how Native Americans utilized every part of a fish.

Content Standards

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 3

SS10.3.13
Describe prehistoric and historic American Indian cultures, governments, and economics in Alabama. (Alabama)

Unpacked Content

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Analyze a historical document.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.

Interdisciplinary Connection(s)

Link to Resource

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/how-native-americans-used-fish-traps…

Content Type / Source

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles

License

License Type

Custom

Custom License Type (URL)

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/help/terms-of-use/#.YELFnVVKjIV

Comments or Notes

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Approved Date

2021-03-08

Curated by

Design by Adaptive Theme

Learning Resource Type