Trunks include artifacts, graphics, and interpretive information with suggested questions and activities and may be checked out for two to three weeks at a time. Travel and Trade on the Southern High Plains Economics turns fun as students delve into the lives of Native Americans and frontier settlers to discover what people traded, how they made deals, and what they used for money. Transport yourself back in time to see how the business of buying and selling worked then and how it compares to today's world. Designed for grades four and up . This artifact box explores the importance of the bison to native peoples in this area.
Students examine replicas of projectile points and real bison hide and bones.
Imagining that they lived many years ago, they discover how necessary this animal was to survival. The Clovis people lived on the Southern Plains 12,000 to 11,000 years ago, using large spear points to hunt the Columbian Mammoth. Examining artifacts, graphics, and interpretive material, students explore the lifeways of these early people. The title of this box reflects the area's climate 6,500 to 4,500 years ago. The number of animals in the area decreased and the Archaic peoples relied much more heavily on plant resources.