Idaho Social Studies 4.SS.1.1
The Standard
Identify the contributions of different cultural groups to Idaho (e.g., Basque sheepherders, French Canadian fur trappers, LDS, pioneers, etc.) and describe ways that they have influenced a shared Idaho culture.
Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify contributions made by Shoshone-Bannock people, Basque sheepherders, French Canadian trappers, and LDS settlers. They explain how those contributions shaped Idaho places, work, food, and traditions.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can link Basque immigrants to sheepherding and festivals, French Canadian trappers to trade and French place names, and LDS settlers to irrigation canals. They can explain that Shoshone-Bannock camas gathering continues today.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call every group a pioneer or assume Indigenous communities existed only in the past. They may name a group without explaining what it contributed or how that contribution remains visible.
How to Assess It
- On an exit ticket, ask: Name two groups, give one specific Idaho contribution from each, and explain how one contribution can still be seen today.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs an Idaho outline map and sticky notes to mark Boise's Basque Block, the French origin of Boise's name, and southeast Idaho irrigation canals.
Have students write how Basque sheepherding and LDS irrigation shaped Idaho differently, naming one trace of each people can see today.
Play contribution bingo with squares for sheepherding, fur trading, canal building, and camas gathering; read group names and ask students to justify their matches.
Show a photo of Boise's Basque Block and a Basque festival poster; students circle details that show Basque culture in Idaho today.
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