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Native
Plants and People< (Grades 3 - 8)
Life Science, History, & Geography EALRs
Students
identify Northwest native plants by observing plant parts (i.e.,
cones, leaves, berries, etc.) while discovering the historical
importance of native plants to the Coast Salish people. Students
learn how native plants were used in daily life through discussion
and role-playing activities and by exploring hands-on artifacts.
Contact
the Education Department for more information at (206)543-8801
or uwbgeduc@u.washington.edu
Teacher
Resources:
- Pre and Post Visit
Worksheets
- Native Plants
and People Word Search doc.
pdf.
- Native Plants
and People ID Match doc.
pdf.
- Ethnobotany
doc.
pdf.
Reading List:
For Students
- Hopman, Ellen
Evert. WALKING THE WORLD IN WONDER: A CHILDREN'S
HERBAL. Rochester , VT: Healing Arts Press, 2000.
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For Educators/Parents
- Balick, Michael
J. and Cox, Paul Alan. PLANTS, PEOPLE, AND CULTURE:
THE SCIENCE OF ETHNOBOTANY. 1996.
- Gunther,
Erna.
ETHNOBOTANY OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: THE KNOWLEDGE
AND USE OF INDGENOUS PLANTS BY NATIVE AMERICANS.
1973.
- Pojar, Jim
and MacKinnon, Andy. PLANTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
COAST. 1994.
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Dragonfly's People
and Plants
My
Dad the Ethnobotanist |
History,
photos and stories of Duwamish
Maps
and info on Coast Salish
Suquamish
Tribe
American
Memory Library of Congress American Indians of the
Pacific Northwest
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