The People of the Three Fires

Length

45 minutes

Target Audience

Education: Grade(s) 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, ParentPublic Library: Library Patrons

Minimum participants:

N/A

Maximum participants:

30 per classroom

Primary Disciplines

Mathematics, Social Studies/History Anthropology

Program Delivery Mode

Videoconference - H.323 (Polycom, Cisco/Tandberg, LifeSize, etc...)

Booking Information

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Provider's Cancellation Policy

The full fee will be charged to sites which cancel, without rescheduling, with less than 48 hours notice.

About This Provider

 

Cranbrook Institute of Science

Bloomfield Hills, MI
United States

Cranbrook Institute of Science is a natural history and science museum that fosters in its audiences a passion for understanding the world around them and a lifelong love of learning. Through its broadly based educational programs, its permanent and changing exhibits and its collections and research, the Institute develops a scientifically literate public able to cope with today's knowledge-based society. Cranbrook Institute of Science generates the enthusiasm for learning about the natural world that will produce the scientists of tomorrow.

Program Details

Format

1. Introduction: The pre-history of the Great Lakes to European contact.
2. The People of the Three Fires and the French, English and American new-comers.
3. Focus on the fur trade.
4. The People of the Three Fires today.

Objectives

1. Students will learn the basic cultural geography of the Great Lakes.
2. Students will understand the basic timeframes of pre-contact, post-contact, and contemporary periods as it relates to the people of the three fires.
3. Students will have an opportunity to see artifacts from the CIS collections and understand the importance of museums in preserving the nation’s heritage.

Standards Alignment

National Standards

Grades K-4

NSS-USH.K-4.1 LIVING AND WORKING TOGETHER IN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, NOW AND LONG AGO
- Understands family life now and in the past, and family life in various places long ago
- Understands the history of the local community and how communities in North America varied long ago


NSS-USH.K-4.2 THE HISTORY OF STUDENTS' OWN STATE OR REGION
- Understands the people, events, problems, and ideas that were significant in creating the history of their state

Grades 5-12

NSS-USH.5-12.1 ERA 1: THREE WORLDS MEET (BEGINNINGS TO 1620)
- Understands how early European exploration and colonization resulted in cultural and ecological interactions among previously unconnected peoples

State Standards

Variable