Standards Used:

Lesson 1: “Old Misery” and the Fur Trade

          4.US.1.1  Historic tribes; explorers

          4.US.1.2  Missouri River transportation; trading

          4.G.1.2  Missouri River location; forts

          4.G.2.1  Settlement patterns; explorer routes; river as a natural resource

          4.E.1.1  Bartering; fur trade

Lesson 2: The Rise and Fall of the Fur Trade

          4.US.1.1  Historic tribes

          4.US.1.2  Native American and non-Native American relationships; missionaries

        4.US.2.1  Treaties with Native Americans

          4.G.2.1  Locations of various tribes; military forts

          4.E.1.1  Fur trade

Lesson 3: New Settlers Move West

          4.US.1.1  Historic tribes; immigration

          4.US.1.2  Population changes; town development

          4.US.2.1  Treaties with Native Americans

          4.US.2.3  John B. S. Todd

          4.G.2.1  Impact of geographic location on town growth

       4.C.1.2  First capital at Yankton

Lesson 4: A Time of Strife

          4.US.1.1  Fort and town-building; homesteading

        4.US.1.2  Native American and non-Native American relationships; population changes

          4.US.2.1  Wars and treaties with Native Americans

          4.US.2.2  Establishment of reservations; effects on Native American culture

          4.US.2.3  Red Cloud; General Custer; Sitting Bull; Crazy Horse

        4.G.2.1  Relationship of resources to homesteading; town-building

          4.C.1.2  Reservations; federal laws

Time:

Four class periods, thirty minutes each

Lesson 1: "Old Misery" and the Fur Trade

Lesson 2: The Rise and Fall of the Fur Trade

Lesson 3: New Settlers Move West

Lesson 4: A Time of Strife

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Reading Level measured by the Flesch-Kincaid scale: 4.9

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