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- 4th
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Students gain a broad understanding of early French exploration and settlement in Texas. They access websites imbedded in this plan. Using their notes, students work alone or with a partner to create an illustrated journal with several entries. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students share previous knowledge of archeology and review vocabulary. In groups, they identify artifacts in an imaginary archeological site representing several time periods. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students, in groups, use a Texas map grid to locate a given city near Forst St. Loius. They read the history of that city and determine where archeologists might conduct excavations of the site. They conduct research into the daily life of the people who once lived there. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students create timelines depicting the important events in the lives of the groups that arrived at the Fort St. Louis. They include the fate of La Salle and the colonists. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students observe artifacts from Fort St. Louis at a website in order to make inferences about the people who lived there. They paint pottery in the style which might have been used by one of the cultural groups who inhabited the fort. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students differentiate between primary and secondary research sources before making a visual representation of their research into the colonist of Fort St. Louis. They write inquiry questions to guide their research. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students use the internet to create a map showing the path of La Salle through North America and the Caribbean. They identify the main geographic features of the two areas and the main French forts. They also complete a timeline. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students research the Fort St. Louis webpage. They work together to create a brochure to promote public support in the fort. They share their brochure with the class. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students use Internet to examine early French exploration and settlement in Texas, and write journal entries from point of view of 17th Century French settler, French or Spanish explorer, or Native American whose land was taken. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study the interaction between Native American and European cultures in the Pacific Northwest in the 1800s. They focus their study on the Hudson's Bay Company and Fort Vancouver. Full Review »

