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Camp Internet Outpost Briefing
October 30 - November 3, 2000
This week we switch from October to November .... And have Halloween and Days of the Dead celebrations online and in our schools ... online we are also shifting subject features so take a look at what lies ahead ...
Be sure to have students post their supernatural stories in the Student Chat Room October 31st, and we will keep it open through Days of the Dead Nov 1-2 for more posting and reading. Students must have their stories PREVIEWED by their teachers FIRST before posting online; please establish an approval system that prevents gruesome stories from going into the chat room and approves stories of the supernatural and mysterious unknown .. we ask every student to understand they are challenged to be responsible contributors to any and every Camp chat room, especially when it is 'open mike' as we are offering for these storytelling sessions.
Teachers - please let us know if you can bring your school Librarian online this Thursday the 2nd anytime between 2-5pm so we can share reading suggestions with you both to help make MORE resources available to your students online. RSVP if you can arrange this online meeting by writing to camp@rain.org - not to the general listserv please.
Welcome to the Cascades
This week we begin our two week feature of the far northern California Backcountry in the Cascade and Modoc Plateau region. People, plants, animals, rocks and fossils are all a part of this unit. Did you know that one of the ONLY dinosaurs found in California was discovered in the Cascades ? Plus we will delve into the Modoc Indian War that is California's important and revealing Indian confrontation event.
Science - Paleontology in the Cascades - get out your Ammonite fossil
Let's do DINOSAURS and FOSSILS. Learn about one of the first dinosaurs ever found in California by taking your students to http://www.rain.org/campinternet/backcountry/science/paleontology/ to learn about Paleonotology and then make sure they meet the dinosaur Camp's Trail guide Dick Hilton found when out looking for seashell fossils http://www.rain.org/campinternet/backcountry/science/paleontology/dinosaurs.html . Your Supply Kit includes a REAL ancient Ammonite fossil that is very similar to those found in California an that date back up to 400 million years ago .. amazing! Most of California was then underwater, and the southern part of the Cascades were actually an ISLAND rising above the low seas.
History and Reading - Shasta and Modoc Life
This week we feature the Northern California Indian tribes and begin with the Shasta. Next week we will add the Modoc. The Shasta are representative of life all across the northern temperate rainforests of the Cascades .. the Modoc lived in what was the westernmost edge of the dry Great Basin desert in the eastern corner of California and southern Oregon. The trail to the Shasta Indians starts at http://www.rain.org/campinternet/backcountry/shasta/ .
Ishi, Last of His Tribe
This poignant story is still relevant to our studies and we have constructed a good Ishi Internet dig to learn more about his life. You can ask for a special Ishi Dig session if your class is ready to explore his life. The Camp has made a condensed version of the famous Ishi story available at http://www.rain.org/campinternet/channelhistory/ishi/ .
This is one of the most famous stories of a Native Californian's life and we included a copy of Theodora Kroeber's historical fiction, Ishi, Last of His Tribe if you would like to read selected sections to your students direct from the original source. Ishi lived to the North of the Maidu on the slopes of Mt. Lassen.
Family Night
The featured Family night for November is on the 16th and will include Backcountry Rock Art discoveries . Please invite families to join us by sending home the FAMILY NIGHT INVITATION we will be sending by attachment soon. Guest is Bill Hyder from the American Rock Art Research Association and UC Santa Cruz, 7-8pm.
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