Note: If no "$" exists after the link, it is a free downloadable link. Most $ items are in the $4-10 range.
My Pinterest board for this unit study
Cover Page
Novel-ties optional supplemental study guide $
Supplemental reading books (Can be used as read alone or snuggle time reading in conjunction with TTE):
The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo by Jean Craighead GeorgeNight Bird: A Story of the Seminole Indians by Kathleen V Kudlinski
Osceola: Seminole War Chief by Wyatt Blassingame
Everglades by Jean Craighead George
Welcome to the River of Grass by Jane Yolen
The Moon of the Alligators by Jean Craighead George (also found in her book Autumn Moon)
Escape to the Everglades by Edwina Raffa plus bonus: Escape to the Everglades Teacher Activity Guide
Daily literature reading (one story per day):
The Wonderful Sky Boat and Other Native American Tales of the Southeast retold by Jane Louise CurryScience/Geography: Everglades Study
Everglades National Park coloring page (shows a girl in a dugout canoe, makes a great introduction coloring page) from the National Parks Coloring Book
Biome diorama
Everglades Habitat & Mangrove Habitat
History/Social Studies: Seminole Native American Study
Green Corn Dance - info 1, info 2, video of Cherokee performing GCDSem-in-oli meaning "wild"
https://www.floridamemory.com/onlineclassroom/seminoles/lessonplans/4thgrade/4th-pioneer.php
Questions to answer:
Where did the Seminoles come from?
Where did they live?
What do they look like?
What did Seminole clothing look like? How did men’s clothing differ from women's?
What did Seminoles eat? How do you think their diet compared with other pioneers in Florida?
Where did Seminoles live? What type of houses did they build?
What types of families did Seminoles have?
What type of work did Seminoles do?
Information http://www.semtribe.com/Culture/Clans.aspx
Movie filmed in 1928: https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/232400
Story: http://kokkila.com/eight/Micco/Micco.html Chickee: https://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/native-american-houses/chickee.htm
http://msoutheast.wikispaces.com/Housing
Coloring pages for Seminoles:
Seminole coloring page from the Indian Tribes of North American Coloring BookClan wheel coloring page
Worksheet on Seminoles
Seminole Unit study
History/Social Studies: Calusa Native American Study
http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/calusa/calusa1.htm
http://www.bigorrin.org/calusa_kids.htm
http://www.funandsun.com/1tocf/inf/nativepeoples/calusa.html
http://www.ancient-origins.net/history/calusa-people-lost-tribe-florida-early-explorers-wrote-home-about-005873
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xukK77RZoZc
http://www.fourdir.com/calusa.htm
Seashell and Shell People unit study $ (also can be used for seashell unit study, has religious tones)
Science: Animals of the Everglades Study
For coloring books that are listed A, B, C, D, E look below for coloring book listingsFinger puppets of snapping turtle, alligator, manatee and deer
Notebooking pages for animals of the Mississippi (though the majority are revelant for the Florida Everglades)
Fresh water animals/reptiles/etc.:
Large-mouthed bass, coloring book C, coloring book DMud turtle - coloring book D
Alligators - info, coloring book D
Otter* - info, coloring page 1, coloring page 2, coloring book D
Garfish - coloring book D
Snapping turtle - coloring book C
Coral snake - coloring page 1
Water moccasin (cottonmouth), coloring book D
Muskrat - coloring book C
Gopher tortoise* - info, info 2, coloring page 1, coloring page 2
Ocean animals:
Sea Life Notebooking Pages $Manatee**- info, coloring page 1, coloring page 2, coloring book D
Snook
Shrimp larvea - coloring page 1
Sand crabs - coloring page (lots of options)
Oysters
Insects:
Ant lionsYellow butterflies
Golden spider, coloring book D
Birds:
Notebooking pages for birds $Red-winged blackbird - info, coloring book C
Pileated woodpecker - info, coloring book D
Turkey vulture - info, coloring page
Barred owl - info, coloring book D
Wood storks - info, coloring book D
White heron - info, coloring book D
Red-shouldered hawk - info, coloring book E
Ibis - info
Egret - info, coloring book D
Brown pelican - info, coloring book D
Coot - info,
Bittern - info, coloring book D
Gallinule - info, coloring book D
Kingbird - info
Spoonbills - info, coloring book D
Forest animals:
Armadillo - infoDeer - info, coloring book A, coloring book B, coloring book C, coloring book D, coloring book E
Florida panther*- info, coloring page 1, coloring book D
Raccoon - info, coloring book A, coloring book B, coloring book C
Gray fox - coloring page
Fox squirrel - coloring page
Opposum - info, coloring book A, coloring book B
Rabbit - info, coloring book A, coloring book B, coloring book E
Yellow bat - info
*Create a profile of each of these 3 animals (the 3 animals that lived on Billie Wind's houseboat as she traveled).
**Another significant animal in story
Choose at least 2 (adjust this according to interest) more animals to learn about. Many of the animals listed can be found on this page.
Coloring books that contain several pages that are relevant: (A) Backyard Nature Coloring Book, (B) Forest Animals Coloring Book, (C) Freshwater Pond Coloring Book, (D) Swampland Plants & Animals Coloring Book, (E) A Walk in the Woods Coloring Book
Science/Botany: Plants of the Everglades Study
Grasses:
Bamboo - coloring pageSaw grass -
Trees:
Tree Notebooking pages $Cypress - coloring page, pictures
Willow - HRz $, coloring page
Mahogany - info,
Gumbo-limbo - coloring page,
Live oak - HRz $, coloring page
Royal palm - info
Pond apple - HRz $, coloring page 1, coloring page 2
Avocado -
Orange -
Fig -
Sabal palm - info
Mangrove -
Buttonwood -
Pine - HRz $
Saw palmetto - HRz $
Questions to ask:
Which trees grow near fresh water and which grow near salt water?
Which would be found in a hardwood hammock?
Plants:
Alligator flagsOrchids, coloring book D
Ferns
Spanish moss
Bromeliads (air plants)
Pickerel weed
Pitcher plant, coloring book C
Arrowhead, coloring book C
Poorman's patch, aka Mentzelia floridana
Morning glory
Spider lily
Science/Weather Study:
HurricanesDroughts
Geography: Florida Study
~ Print out map of Florida. Pencil in boundaries for Everglades, Fakahatchee Strand, Big Cypress Reservation (use Google maps to locate)~ Spend time on Google maps earth view (3D view is fun too, it shows modern day "chickees" aka houses on stilts) to see the land forms, especially around Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades, Fakahatchee Strand. Look for manmade canals vs. natural waterway formations. Observe how little of an area the Big Cypress Reservation is.
~ Add key to color: Everglades, Fakahatchee Strand, Ten Thousand Islands, Big Cypress Reservation
~ Label: Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Everglades, Fakahatchee Slough, Big Cypress Reservation, Lake Okeechobee
~ Color appropriate areas
Florida State Symbols
Notebooking pages from Harrington Harmonies
State Tree - Sabal Palm
State Flower - Orange blossom
State Bird - Northern Mockingbird
State Animal - Florida panther
Vocabulary words:
Hardwood hammock - a habitat that is found on higher elevations, making it a dry habitat.Sem-in-oli meaning "wild"
Chickee - a rough, open structure consisting of palm or palmetto thatching on a log frame with a raised floor
Activities:
~ Build a chickee model or go outside and attempt real life shelter building~ Build a model or draw a picture of Billie Wind's houseboat. I love the description on page 114: "The houseboat looked more like a county fair than a vessel, with its sails flopping, animals tucked under eaves and in crates, and flowers swinging from the roof."
Optional studies:
This could break off into seashell studies.
Montessori seashell unit studySunny Seashells $
Different Sunny Seashells - books, projects, etc. based on the Sunny Seashells unit
Beginning seashell ID Note - has religious tones
Seashell and Shell People unit study $ (also listed under Calusa above) Note - has religious tones
Seashells of the Florida Gulf Coast jigsaw puzzle
Or tidepool unit studies.
Harrington Harmonies Pagoo unit study on tidepoolsWhat is a tidepool?
For kindergarteners but has some get ideas that could be expanded on
Or a carnivorous plant study.
Carnivorous plant study notebooking pages (join her newsletter for an updated version)Murderous plants teacher pack
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