Unit 3: The Ancient Ones
Missouri's Oldest Cultures
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Possible Research Topics
- Agricultural societies
- The Mastodon State Park
- Native American burial mounds
- Archeologist Gerard Fowke (1865-1933)
- Miller Cave
- The Paleoindian Period
- Climate changes
- The Mississippian Period
- Pottery
- Disappearance of Missouri's Native American Mound structures
- St. Louis Academy of Science
- Early tools
- Native Americans
- The Woodland Period
- Glaciers
Bibliography
- Indians and Archaeology of Missouri
Chapman, Carol Haley
University of Missouri Press
Columbia, MO
1964 - Cat Monsters and Head Pots: The Archaeology of Missouri’s Pemiscot Bayou
O’Brien, Michael J.
University of Missouri Press
Columbia, MO
1994 - Prehistory of Missouri
O’Brien, Michael J.; and Wood, Raymond W.
University of Missouri Press
Columbia, MO
1998
Online Resources
- Cahokian Mounds State Historic Park
- Osage Village State Park
- Iliniwek Village State Historic Site
- Lost World Studios
- Missouri Department of Conservation
- Trail of Tears State Park
- Mastadon State Park
Lesson Plans
- Teachers.net Lesson Plan: "Native American Play”. Grade Level: Elementary
- Teachers.net Lesson Plan: “Native American Unit” teaching ideas. Grade Level: Elementary