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The document emphasizes the importance of bison historically and in Native American culture, detailing their exploitation by settlers, population decline, and conservation efforts. It highlights how bison provided resources for Native Americans and their near extinction due to hunting. Efforts to protect bison and their rebound in population are discussed, with a focus on Yellowstone National Park as a significant habitat for bison. The document also delves into bison behavior, habitats, and methods used for conserving and recovering their population. Comprehension exercises, cause-and-effect relationships, and a reflection on the content covered are presented throughout the document.

Contents

• Pages 1—25: Bison teaching activities.
• Pages 26—43: Bison preservation history.
• Pages 44—51: Bison behavior and conservation efforts.

This section of the document focuses on teaching about bison. It includes tips for understanding the content, words to know like “bison,” “exist,” “hides,” “roam,” and “shelter,” as well as a focus question on the changes in the number of bison over time. The learning objectives involve vocabulary understanding and summarizing text to identify cause-and-effect relationships. Activities include looking at pictures, introducing new vocabulary, and understanding the content by answering questions. There is also information about bison’s defense mechanisms, habitat, population decline, and recovery. The section emphasizes the importance of bison historically and their significance to Native American culture, providing leather, hides, and food. It also clarifies the difference between bison and buffalo. Additionally, there are exercises to practice comprehension skills, such as identifying causes and effects in the text and understanding maps.

This section of the document discusses the importance of bison to Native Americans, their exploitation by settlers in the 1800s, and efforts to protect and conserve the bison population. It highlights how bison provided food, hides for clothing and shelter, and bones for tools for Native Americans. With the arrival of settlers and the expansion of railroads, bison were extensively hunted, leading to a sharp decrease in their numbers. The U.S. government also contributed to the decline by targeting bison as a means to displace Native Americans. Efforts to protect bison emerged, including the establishment of laws and protected areas like Yellowstone National Park. The text also shares the story of “Sparky,” a bison in Iowa struck by lightning who survived. Additionally, it highlights that bison populations have rebounded due to conservation efforts, with several thousand bison now living in places like Yellowstone National Park. The section concludes by mentioning Yellowstone as the only place in the U.S. where bison have lived since prehistoric times and describes bison behavior, such as rolling in the dirt to deter flies and swimming across rivers.

The section describes the presence of bison in Yellowstone, emphasizing their behavior such as rolling in dirt, swimming across rivers, and running wild and free. It explains that rolling in the dirt helps them keep away flies and remove old hair, and that bison are strong swimmers. The text encourages the reader to summarize how the number of bison has changed over time, mentioning the drastic decrease due to hunting by settlers in the 1800s, laws protecting them in places like Yellowstone National Park, and subsequent efforts to increase their population. The section also includes tips on comprehension, reflecting on what was learned, exploring cause-and-effect relationships, and reviewing the content covered.