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Spokane Timelines

Possible Essential Questions: Choose one

1. How has Spokane's physical geography and resources contributed to people's decision to make the Spokane area their home?
2. Who were the first people of Spokane and how did they use their environment to meet their basic needs?
3. Who were the cultural groups who immigrated to Spokane and why did they come and where did they settle?
4. What were the causes of conflict in Spokane's early history?
5. How have the different cultural groups in early Spokane influenced our city's development?

1. Pacific Northwest
2. Spokane or Spokan
3. Inland Empire
   

Primary Sources:

1. "Davenport Hotel".Spokesman Review. August 20, 1914 Reprint of the original newspaper. Copies available through the MAC.
2. Maps from the University of Washington Libraries digital collection.
   
3. Museum of Arts and Culture. The MAC has an extensive collection of artifacts and teacher resource materials. A traveling trunk is also available. Call the Education Department at (509) 363-5306 to arrange a presentation. http://www.northwestmuseum.org/northwestmuseum/

   "Discover the Inland Northwest Indians--the first people of this region. This program will help students understand and appreciate the cultural diversity of the traditional Plateau tribes by making connections between what is described in their textbooks to objects and pictures from the Museum's collections. Understand how history is impacted who the people are today through this highly interactive presentation given by a representative of a living culture."

Additional Websites:

Spokane Today:

1. City of Spokane http://www.spokanecity.org/

2. City of Spokane Valley. This site is devoted primarily to the Valley as it is now. Includes maps and local community information http://www.spokanevalley.org/

3. Greenbluff Greenbluff is one of Spokane's most popular sources of colcal produce. Included here is inforamtion about local produce. http://www.greenbluffgrowers.com/

Video Streaming:

(Note: The following is a small sample of the videos available from United Streaming.) To view a video go to United Streaming and search for your title. First time users may need the passcode. See your tech mentor or contact Kim Montecucco for passcode information.

1. How Communities Grow and Change (15:00)
   Many large cities grew where the land was livable and it was easy to transport goods. Visit communities that depend on farming, coal mining, oil drilling, forestry, and other industries built around natural resources. What happens to these communities when resources are depleted or demand falls?
   Grade: K-3 © 1997 100% Educational Videos
2. Long Ago, Yesterday, and Today (15:00)
   Compare the lives of people living in a community today to those who lived recently and long ago. Re-creations, artifacts, photographs, and time-lines tell the stories of how our parents, grandparents, and other ancestors lived on a daily basis. Includes different types of shelter, food, clothing, transportation, recreation, and forms of education.
   Grade: K-3 © 1999 100% Educational Videos 

Dewey Numbers: 

• 970.004 - History, North America
• 973 - History, United States
• 979.7 - Spokane
• 979 - Washington
• 352 - Spokane

Non-Fiction:

1. Becher, E.T. Spokane Primer: A Mini-History of Spokane and the Inland Empire. 1984 66 pages (Available through the MAC) This quick read is written in a timeline format covering 1513 through 1980
2. Broyles, Duane and Howard Ness. Vintage Postcards from Old Spokane. Tornado Creek, 2005 Photographs of vintage postcards give students a view into the past with notes that give a unique historical personal perspective on Spokane's past.
3. Charles A. Libby & Sons: Spokane Photographers. Eastern Washington Historical Society. 1991
4. Schrapps, Marcia O'Neill, and Compau, Nancy Gale. Our City ... Spokane. Spokane: Lawton Printing Company,1996.
5. Cochran, Barbara F. Exploring Spokane's Past: Tours to Historical Sites. Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1984.
6. Munk, Ivan Spokane Country: The Way it was. Spokane: Heritage Publishing, 1973. (Available at the MAC)
7. "A Night of Terror, Devastation, Suffering and Awful Woe.": the Spokane Fire of 1889. Eastern Washington Historical Society. 1989
8. Nisbet , Jack. "Spokane House: A Year With The Fur Trappers". The Inlander, 18 March 1998 , 8-13.
9. Gurche, Charles. Spokane Impressions. Farcountry Press, 2004.
   An excellent photographic tribute to Washington's secondlargest city from photographer Charles Gurche. Whether a resident of or a visitor to this unique city, named after the Spokane Indian tribe, one can't help but fall in love with this chaming community. Vivid photographs showcase Spokane's architecture, natural areas, rich history, and unique culture.
10. Barenblat, Rachel. Washington : the Evergreen State.2002. Illustrations and text explore the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, and social life and customs of the state of Washington.
11. Smith, Marie. E is for evergreen : a Washington alphabet. 2004. A rhyming alphabet that names people, places, and things from Washington's history, culture, and natural world and provides background information on each one.

Fiction:

1. Holm, Jennifer L. Boston Jane : an adventure. 2001. Schooled in the lessons of etiquette for young ladies of 1854, Miss Jane Peck of Philadelphia finds little use for manners during her long sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and while living among the American traders and Chinook Indians of Washington Territory. Lexile: 690 (273 pages)
2. O'Dell, Scott. Thunder rolling in the mountains. Houghton Mifflin,1992.128p. In the late nineteenth century, a young Nez Perce girl relates how her people were driven off their land by the U.S. Army and forced to retreat north until their eventual surrender. Lexile: 680 (128 pages)
3. Raymer, Dottie. Welcome to Kaya's world, 1764 : growing up in a Native American homeland. 2003. A detailed, photo-illustrated overview of the Nez Perce Native Americans' history and culture, focusing on what life was like for children and young adults. Covers longhouses and tepees, toys and games, food, clothing, courting, and other aspects, and includes tribal myths and legends. Lexile: 1060 (60 pages)

GLEs:

4.1.1. Understands and creates timelines to show how historical events are organized into time periods and eras.

4.3.1. Understands that there are multiple perspectives regarding the interpretation of historical events and creates an historical account using multiple sources. 

5.2.1. Creates and uses a research question to guide an investigation

5.2.2. Understands the main ideas from an artifact, primary source, or secondary source in order to gather accurate information on an issue or historical event.  

5.4.1. Draws clear, well-reasoned conclusions and provides explanations that are supported by artifacts and/or primary sources in a paper or presentation.

5.4.2. Prepares a list of resources including the title, author, type of source, date published, and publisher for each source.

Blackline Masters:

Spokane Timelines (PDF Packet from Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture)

Cover Sheet :This page was made at the request of 3rd grade pilot teachers. It is intended to help scorers recognize elements that may have been done in class but on not physically present at the time of the scoring. 

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