Native Americans and the birds

This activity is a visit to the bird culture of Florida in a wetland ecosystem. Visit the native American Birds that lived around the Rose Bay area and those that have been imported. Learn the facts of the birds now and then and the environment the birds live in the plants they eat an sustian on.
The objective of the activity is to give students insight into the bird culture. Students will learn how birds lived and gathered. The students will learn the different types of birds and how they help the environment.

Geography
Science
World history
Us history

Students will need the following vacabualry: Timucuans, berries, nuts, fruits, sea grasses, cacti, uplands, wetlands, hamock, marshes, bays, estuaries, eagles, starling, robins, blue jays, woodpeckers, hawks, owls, mockingbirds, whip-er-will, hummingbirds, doves, roadrunners, kingfisher, cuckoo, pheasants,turkeys, bobwhite, yellowbird whip-per-wills, great egret, great blue heron, snake bird, anhinga bird, brown pelican, northern cardinal, tufted titmouse, carmorant, palm warbler, common grackle, pied-billed grebe, wood stock, little blue heron, northern harrier, ringed bill gull and many more you wish to add.

Teachers will explain, model, research, and then generalizes.

Materials
Computers and internet access
binoculars,
telescopes and compasses.
maps

Teacher will tell stories about the birds and flight, birds sitting on limbs, or by sounds. So students can learn to identify these birds from different areas.

Assessment can be done through research papers or projects, portfolios, pre and post tests, journal entries.

Activities that can be done from home or throughout the county- birdwatch from school, parks, and home make a list of those birds you see. Crossword puzzles with new names of birds and old. watching activities of name that birtd. The food chain with the birds can be brought in to this unit. Research the history of birds and demonstrate this to the class.

Computers
binoculars
telescopes and compasses