Unit 3
BUFFALO IN SOUTH DAKOTA TEACHER'S GUIDE
Standards Used:
Lesson 1: Buffalo in South Dakota and Natural History
4.L.2.1 Behavioral or structural adaptations to survive in an environment
Lesson 2: American Indians and the Buffalo
4.US.1.1 Historic tribes
4.US.1.2 Native American environmental and cultural issues
Lesson 3: Preserving the Buffalo
4.US.2.3 James (“Scotty”) Philip
Lesson 4: The Buffalo Today
4.E.1.1 Buffalo for tourism and economic resource
4.G.1.2 Map locates cities and features with “Buffalo” or “Bison” in their names
Time:
Four class periods, thirty minutes each
Lesson 1: Buffalo in South Dakota and Natural History
Lesson 2: American Indians and the Buffalo
Background Information:
Reading Level measured by the Flesch-Kincaid scale: 4.5
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