Grades 5 or 6: Learning History

Learning History

Objective: Students will learn about the history of the lands on which we live and the Mojave Desert where Joshua Tree National Park exists. A guest presenter  from 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians (Tribal Historic Preservation Office) will talk with students about the Chemehuevi tribal culture. The Chemehuevi lived on and cherished this land long before us. Through this students will gain an understanding and respect for the Chemehuevi culture and the importance of protecting the land. This knowledge will help students to be stewards of our desert.

Materials/Supplies: Provided by JTREE.

Standards:

• • 5-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

  • MS-ESS3-4 Earth and Human Activity  Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.

  • 5.1 Students describe the major pre-Columbian settlements, including the cliff dwellers and pueblo people of the desert Southwest, the American Indians of the Pacific Northwest, the nomadic nations of the Great Plains, and the woodland peoples east of the Mississippi River.

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