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Wandering Wild-oats
Students observe wild-oat seeds. In this biology lesson, students watch how wild-oat seeds react to moisture and draw conclusions and make predictions.
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Primary or Secondary Source?
In this primary and secondary sources worksheet, students look at a picture of colonial trapper, then answer 6 questions about source and specifics of the picture.
Other
North Dakota Game and Fish Department: Regulations
A set of guides on hunting, fishing, and trapping regulations for North Dakota. Covers big and small game, fish, fur bearers, migratory birds, and other small animals not commonly hunted, e.g., porcupine and skunk.
PBS
Nova: Stories in Amber
Like a time machine, amber fossils take us back in the earth's history to discover the plants, animals and ecological relationships of prehistoric ecosystems. This resource has several interesting pictures of a variety of Dominican...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Colonial Economy
Whatever early colonial prosperity there was resulted from trapping and trading in furs. In addition, the fishing industry was a primary source of wealth in Massachusetts. But throughout the colonies, people relied primarily on small...
Other
Overland Trail: The Mountain Man Rendevous
Description of the rendevous or appointed places for fur hunters (Indian and white) to meet and trade before the establishment of trading posts.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: American Mink
The American Mink, with its luxurious brown coat, is now bred on farms, or mink ranches, to provide fur to the clothing industry. This has relieved some of the stress natural populations endured from trapping over the past two centuries....
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Water Shrew
Water Shrews are almost invariably found near streams or other bodies of water, where they find food and also escape from predators. These shrews readily dive to stream bottoms, paddling furiously to keep from bobbing to the surface,...
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Graphical Element: Huron Chief Wearing a Red Coat From the Hudson's Bay Company
Native groups were important in the fur trade. Furs would be collected through trapping and trade before being taken to the trading posts in early summer.
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Graphical Element: Trading Ceremony at York Factory
Native groups were important in the fur trade. Furs would be collected through trapping and trade before being taken to the trading posts in early summer.