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Pioneer Elementary School	Davis Joint Unified School District	Davis, California
United States History - Making A New Nation

Lesson 1 - The Land and States
States & Capitals		Geography
Games & Activities All About the United States Matching, Concentration, & Flashcards Where is That? Placing States & Capitals on the Map KidsGeo		Vocabulary landform region lines of latitude climate parallels environment lines of longitude relative location meridians absolute location
State Report Research Project Go to Project Website		Landform Regions Physical Atlas
United States History Through Literature (Immigration) In The Year Of The Boar And Jackie Robinson Chinese Zodiac Jackie Robinson Dragonwings Angel Island Immigration Station San Francisco 1906 Earthquake San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Photos		Major Geographic Features Rocky Mountains Appalachian Mountains Mississippi River 1 and Mississippi River 2 Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Mexico
Teacher Resources In the Year of the Boar... Teacher's Guide In the Year of the Boar... Teacher's Resources Dragonwings Teacher's Guide Dragonwings Study Guide Dragonwings Teacher's CyberGuide		Our Neighbors to the North and South Mexico Canada
		Latitude and Longitude
		Games Find Your Longitude Latitude and Longitude Matching Game The Latitude with Attitude! Resources Goggle Earth View Above Earth
		Teacher Resources The Physical Environment

Lesson 2 - Ancient Indians

Vocabulary

ancestor

theory

migration

artifact

legend

generation

nomad

agriculture

culture

time line

decade

century

millennium

"First" American Arrival Theories and Origin Stories

Native American Origin Stories
Tuskegee Indians

Beringia

Africa

China

Vikings

Columbus

Student Activities

Poetry Assignment

Archaeological Point of View Journal

Hunter-Gathers (Nomads) to Agriculture and Stable Community

Timeline

Student Activities

State Report Timeline Assignment

Building a Timeline

Resources

Native American Timeline

Events in THE WEST

Teacher Resources

Lesson 3 - Early Civilizations

Vocabulary civilization government custom	tradition hieroglyph class	pueblo cultural regions
Native American Tribes - Research and Artifacts
Mesoamerica (Olmec, Maya, & Aztec) Mesoamerica ballgame Mesoamerica photos
Olmec Olmec background Olmec history and artifacts Olmec Colossal Stone Sculpture Olmec Civilization
Maya Mayan Kids Maya on Wikipedia Mayan Art Exhibit Maya Children's Guide Mayan Artifacts at Harvard	Mayan Language Mayan Language on Wikipedia Reading Maya Hieroglyphs 2,000-year-old mural Mayan Script Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphics	Mayan Language (continues) Maya Heiroglyphs Handbook Maya Number Glyphs 1 Maya Number Glyphs 2 Maya Number Glyphs 3
Mound Builders Mississippian Mound Builders Emerald Mound Mound Builder Cultures Mound Builders of Cahokia	Mound Builder's Serpent Mound Serpent Mound Story Serpent Mound Museum
Ancient Puebloans
Iroquois
Algonquians
Aztecs
Tiano
Student Activities Group Research Project Directions Additional Resources Art Perspective Writing Assignment
Teacher Resources