Theme: Vermont Studies Unit

UNIT RESOURCES

Under Development

Component I:  History

Era 1: Native Cultures (Prior to 1609)

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Ice Age

Online Exploration (Web resources created outside of our school)

Discovery Channel – Ice World

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/iceworld/iceworld.html

Virtually The Ice Age

http://www.creswell-crags.org.uk/virtuallytheiceage/index.html

Denver Museum of Nature & Science – Ice Age

http://www.dmns.org/main/minisites/iceage/index.html

Local Resources (School Library - Public Library)
 
In-Class Resources (Some resources that we are converting for online access)

Vermont: The State with the Storybook Past - by Cora Cheney

Three Million Years Ago - A Maritime History of Vermont

The Last Ice Age Packet  (Part 1 - Part 2)

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Paleo-Indians

Online Exploration (Web resources created outside of our school)
 
Local Resources (School Library - Public Library)
 
In-Class Resources (Some resources that we are converting for online access)
 

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Archaic Indians

Online Exploration (Web resources created outside of our school)
 
Local Resources (School Library - Public Library)
 
In-Class Resources (Some resources that we are converting for online access)
 

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Woodland Indian Cultures

Online Exploration (Web resources created outside of our school)
 
Local Resources (School Library - Public Library)
 
In-Class Resources (Some resources that we are converting for online access)
 

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Era 2: French and Indian Era (1609 – 1763)

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European Explorers and Initial Settlements

Online Exploration (Web resources created outside of our school)
 
Local Resources (School Library - Public Library)
 
In-Class Resources (Some resources that we are converting for online access)
 

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French & Indian War

Online Exploration (Web resources created outside of our school)
 
Local Resources (School Library - Public Library)
 
In-Class Resources (Some resources that we are converting for online access)
 

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Era 3: English Settlement (1763 – 1791)

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Land Grants and Town Charters

Online Exploration (Web resources created outside of our school)
 
Local Resources (School Library - Public Library)
 
In-Class Resources (Some resources that we are converting for online access)
 

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Ethan Allen & The Green Mountain Boys

Online Exploration (Web resources created outside of our school)
 
Local Resources (School Library - Public Library)
 
In-Class Resources (Some resources that we are converting for online access)
 

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The American Revolution

Online Exploration (Web resources created outside of our school)
 
Local Resources (School Library - Public Library)
 
In-Class Resources (Some resources that we are converting for online access)
 

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Era 4: Reform and Agricultural Expansion (1791 – 1850)

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1791: Statehood

Online Exploration (Web resources created outside of our school)
 
Local Resources (School Library - Public Library)
 
In-Class Resources (Some resources that we are converting for online access)
 

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War of 1812

Online Exploration (Web resources created outside of our school)
 
Local Resources (School Library - Public Library)
 
In-Class Resources (Some resources that we are converting for online access)
 

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Growth of Logging Industry & Tree Cutting

Online Exploration (Web resources created outside of our school)
 
Local Resources (School Library - Public Library)
 
In-Class Resources (Some resources that we are converting for online access)
 

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Agricultural Transition to Sheep Farming

Online Exploration (Web resources created outside of our school)
 
Local Resources (School Library - Public Library)
 
In-Class Resources (Some resources that we are converting for online access)
 

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Component II:  Political & Cultural Geography

Under Development

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Component III:  Civics, Government, & Society

Under Development

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Component IV:  Economics

Under Development