History seen through a Native Plant, Animal, & Peoples’ Lens
Oregon’s history begins with stories of the distant past through a native ethnobotanical lens. We end with a positive preview of
the Future because there will be a future, we will solve the challenge of humanity’s potential self-Extinction; these history lessons show us a path. This first (of 10) Lesson Series starts with today’s best understanding of our human origins and ends by examining 1 of 10 extinction possibility: wars and prosy wars. And we note that the “melding of cultures,” that was once thought to be America and Canada’s goal, has evolved with today’s celebration of cultural diversity achieved, women’s rights guaranteed, and the need for biodiversity preserved. With these lessons, we hope to fuel the love of learning in elementary school youngsters, cement a lifetime interest in history among secondary students, and provide pleasure and direction to those who have lived into old age, now re-learning old stories once overlooked or false. We teach visually with remediation (for incorrect answers) allowing students of all ages to learn from their mistakes. This is the greatest gift of history to future generations, the learning from past mistakes. (E.O. Wilson above).
https://naeb.brit.org/users/search/?string=mahonia
https://www.pnwherbaria.org/data/results.php?Genus=Berberis
https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/biodiversity
https://plc215.org/oregon-grape
(No history links, prose, or topics re. human histories are shown above, because before 15-30,000 years ago back to the Earth being formed 4.5 billion years ago,
there were no Homo sapiens in the Americas.)
Yes, the official State Flower of Oregon is the Oregon Grape, but there are 3 species of Oregon Grape native to Oregon … all of which provided food for the Pioneers (for 100+ years) and the Indigenous Peoples (for 10,000 years). Which 1 of the 3 is the State Flower?
Reproducible Worksheet
Color or Paint this State Flower’s Berries
Answers to each page’s question (that allows one to advance to the next page) are found in the prose (above) on this page or previous page, the URLs and references cited, and/or the topic colored in red. The downloads below are student workshop exercises for elementary studies.
Vocabulary Definitions, Primary School Level
A Socialization Exercise: Theatre!
A Writing Exercise/Story: Making Jelly
Resources for Additional Study
(below placeholders for CJ’s related pdfs to be purchased)
