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Time Immemorial

 

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908 NW Alexander St

PO Box 305

Coupeville, WA 98239

360-678-3310

Islandhistory.org

Dalva Church <ed-ichs@whidbey.net>


Education boxes with curriculum and resource materials 

Since Time Immemorial: Coast Salish Tribes 

Grades: PreK-1 Curriculum HERE

Grades 2 - 3 Curriculum HERE


MUSEUM TOUR info HERE

Five stops on Tour

Topics for each stop:

  1. Sea Captains and Explorers, Donation Land Claim Act, Oregon Trail, Tall ships, Steam Ships, Mosquito Fleet, Settler Fiber Arts, Ways that settlers made a living on the islands including Trade, Logging, Farming, Shipping, Early schoolhouses and education. 
  2. Ice age and Glaciers, Mammoth remains found on Whidbey,  The lives of Lower Skagit and Snohomish Native peoples on the islands, Animal and Plant Species native to the islands and their uses by the indigenous peoples. Water Festival History.
  3. Canoe culture of Coast Salish peoples, the uses of the Blockhouses and the history of the “Indian Wars”. For older students, the story of Colonel Ebey. 
  4. The types of wildlife that live in Penn Cove, the impacts of climate change and human incursions on wildlife, practical steps to protect the water and its wildlife.
  5. Additional Settler history, maritime captain history, and the history of Ebey’s Landing and Sunnyside.