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ABORIGINAL PEOPLE Travis Guinand This topic is used to illustrate how 4 principles of history teaching can help students learn from historical information. These are the principles of 1) main understanding, 2) chronological order, 3) cause and effect, and 4) paradigm shift. MAIN UNDERSTANDING A dominant society can have long-term detrimental effects on a less dominant society. (This is a universal main understanding and the historical topic of "Aboriginal People" is used to illust ...

Chipewyan Explanation of the Seasons Don C. Barnett Teaching Ideas 1. Teach a basic understanding between a "legend" and a "myth". A legend is based in part on truth and in part of fiction or a "stretching" of the truth. In contrast, a myth is is based entirely on fiction. Refer to the dictionary for a further definition of these terms. 2. Note the similar efforts by early people and modern people (ourselves today) to explain the natural world. Today we are given explanations of ...

Daily Life in Ancient China Learn about Taoism with Winnie-the-Pooh! Explore daily life in 4 different Chinese dynasties. Meet weird emperors like Hu the Tiger! Read things written in BCE times! For those in a hurry, just click on the Cheat Sheet, for a very quick look at 11,000 years of ancient Chinese history! Welcome to ancient China! Who's Who in Ancient China IntroductionCheat Sheet Xia(Hsia)Shang & ChouHan T'ang The Three Doctrines ConfucianismTaoism &Wi ...

Daily Life in Ancient Greece How would you have behaved if you had lived in ancient Sparta? (Lie, cheat, steal, because that is the Sparta way!) Or in ancient Athens? Or in Corinth, Argos or Megara? Meet the Greeks! They were a riot! The ancient Greeks were very proud of their city-state! They were also proud of being Greek. The ancient Greeks were thinkers. They loved to talk. They honored their gods and respected honor. They loved beauty, music, literature, drama, philosophy, poli ...

Daily Life in Ancient India What did the ancient Indians wear? What did they eat? Did kids play with toys? Did they go to school? This site shares daily life in three major time periods of ancient India history; the mysterious and so cool Indus Valley Civilization, the Vedic & Epics Periods, and the Age of Empires. Welcome to Ancient India! Table of Contents The Mysterious Indus Civilization 3000-1500 BCE Aryan Civilization Daily Life 1500-500 BCE Vedic Perio ...

Daily Life in Ancient Rome If you had lived in ancient times, would you have chosen to become a Roman citizen? You might have! The ancient Romans invented more games than any other culture. Birthdays were really big deals. They were celebrated as festivals, with gifts from friends and family and neighbors! Find out what the ancient Romans did all day! Read the delightfully zany, original story, Thomas, Greatest Lawyer in all...Rome! If you're in a hurry, use the Table of Contents ...

View Teacher notes Image from "Petroglyphs & Rock paintings" International Institute of Archaeology Anthropology Early Human Culture Are you aware of the recent discoveries about ancient humans? Through DNA research, scientists are suggesting that even though Neanderthal and modern man lived at the a time, they did not intermingle. As a result of recent discoveries in Zaire, scientists are suggesting humans in Africa were inventing sophisticated tools before humans in Europe, as w ...

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PREHISTORIC INUIT CULTURES Don C. Barnett People have inhabited the Arctic for thousands of generations. Who was the first people of the Arctic? Where were they located? What were they like? First, read the following information and locate these areas on a map. Second, design a time line to illustrate Inuit prehistory. Third, conclude that the migration of peoples across the Arctic has been continuous for many centuries. Evidence of these early people has been found in the tools, ...

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SUB-ARCTIC INDIAN CULTURES Don C. Barnett Teaching Ideas 1. Knowledge of Plains Indian cultures and ancient civilization of Mexico and Central-South America is relatively common. Help students name Indian tribes of Canada they might be familiar with -- such as the Cree, Blackfoot, Mohawk, Iroquios, and tribes of British Columbia. List some U.S. tribes such as the Commanche, Navaho, Apache, Crow, Seneca, Sioux,etc. Ask if they can name northern Indian groups of Canada who lived in th ...

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The Inuit's Changing Cultural Environment Don C. Barnett One model for teaching social studies moves through five phases. The phases of the conceptual teaching model are: 1. introduce the basic concept (idea), 2. refer to a few immediate/concrete examples, 3. use the topic you are teaching to further illustrate this concept, 4. identify some major principles (understandings) about the concept, 5. consider other examples of the concept and understandings about it. If, for exa ...

Daily Life in Ancient Egypt Do you know what the ancient Egyptians believed would cure a toothache? Find out here! Read some Egyptian Tall Tales and an original story about Ancient Egyptian Daily Life. Explore "Deep in the Tombs of Egypt", where you can watch a short movie about mummies and play games! Free PowePoint Presentations. Welome to ancient Egypt! Click on the pyramid to enter Counter start date January 2006 Clip Art Credit: Clips Ahoy