THE TRUE STORY OF NICKEL, The Baby Buffalo Who Thought He Was A Dog
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Thematic Teacher’s Guide: History
By Nancy Savage and Andrea Krull, Jefferson County School District, Ralston Elementary
Patterns and Illustrations by Kathy Parks
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The millions of bison who roamed the plains nearly became extinct. How many bison did there used to be? What happened to them?
Resource: Bison Bits #20, #22 @ www.nickelbuffalo.com.
Return of the Buffalo by Jack Denton Scott. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York. 1976.
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What name did Plains Indians call the bison? What did early French explorers call them?
Resource: Bison Bits #31, #41 @ www.nickelbuffalo.com.
Return of the Buffalo by Jack Denton Scott. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York. 1976.
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Who was Buffalo Bill? How did he get his name?
Resource: Bison Bits #27, #28 @ www.nickelbuffalo.com.
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Bison were the supermarket of the Plains. Name some of the ways bison were used by Native Americans. What stores would you have to shop at today to find all the products people used to get from bison?
Resource: www.nbabison.com.
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Who was Colonel Charles Goodnight? What was the Goodnight Trail? Why did Goodnight send bison from Texas to Yellowstone? Trace the Goodnight Trail from Texas to Wyoming (I-25).
Resource: Bison Bits #22, #23, #26 @ www.nickelbuffalo.com.
The Old West: The Cowboys. Time-Life Books, New York. 1973.
Charles Goodnight, Pioneer Cowman by Sybil O’Rear. Eakin Press, Texas. 1990.
Cattle Trails: "Git Along Little Dogies" by Kathy Pelta. Raintree/Steck Vaughn Publishers, Texas. 1997.
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Make a history timeline with the enclosed dates. Cut out icons from the pattern (click here): covered wagon, teepee, buffalo
Make your own legends: river, mountain range, plains, valley
1842: Oregon Trail
1850: 20 million bison left in US (down from 60 million)
1861-1865: Civil War
1866: Goodnight-Loving Trail (now I-25)
1867: Buffalo Bill shoots 4,280 bison in 17 months
1873: Barbed wire invented
1889: Bison almost extinct: only 551 bison in US, 23 in Yellowstone
1894: Congress passes law to prohibit hunting bison in Yellowstone
1902: Charles Goodnight’s Texas bison among 21 sent to Yellowstone to help save the Yellowstone bison from extinction
1913-1937: Buffalo/Indian nickel
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Nickel was named after the buffalo nickel (page 8). What great artist designed the buffalo or Indian nickel? What was the name of the bison who was the model for the coin? What are the names of the three Native Americans who were models for the coin? What is unusual about the 1937D buffalo nickel?
Resource: Bison Bits #44, #45, #46, #47 @ www.nickelbuffalo.com.
Collectible American Coins by Kenneth Bresset. Crescent Books, NY. 1991.
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The LAZY G is a brand, the name of Marty’s ranch. Find other examples of logos and brands used by ranches. Make up your own brand. |
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How has the building of homes and communities affected wildlife where you live? |
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