California Native Americans

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California Native Americans

• Vicki Morgan
• Unit Plan

Big Ideas

• Humans adapt to their environment.
• Natural resources determine a way of life.
• Historically, people have used legends and
  folklore to explain natural phenomenon.

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• Differentiation Teaching Strategies
• Memory
• Analytical
• Practical
• Creative
• Enduring Outcomes
• Describe how Indian tribes adapted to their
  environment
• Explain how natural resources determine a way of
  life
• Compare and Contrast Indian life styles based on
  the four California regions
• Locate and label pertinent information on a
  California salt map
• Classify natural resources by appropriate regions
• Appropriate Evidence
• Accurate examples and descriptions
• Complete and logical graphic organizers
• Well written, imaginative, novel legend
• Informed depiction of life styles
• Instructional Strategies/Tasks
• Journal entries and graphic organizers
• Natural resource/region matching game

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National Board Core Propositions

• Good teachers know their curriculum and know how
  to teach it.
• Good teachers monitor their students learning.
• Good teachers know their students and
  differentiate instruction accordingly.