The Teaching Museum North offers a variety of educational programs highlighting the roles of individuals and their impact on history. The Sacajawea Living Journal provides experiential learning opportunities and authentic journaling . Actress, Cathy Kaemmerlen can be found at http://tattlingtales.com/

1. Sacajawea's
Living Journal
Produced by
Teaching Museum North
Brought to life by actress and storyteller, Cathy Kaemmerlen

2. The Teaching Museum North (TMN)
Opened in 1988 under the direction of
Superintendent, Dr. James Fox, and the
Fulton County Board of Education for two
reasons. Foremost, was to establish a
unique model for teaching by providing
opportunities for experiential learning.
Secondly, the preservation of school
histories through the archives program
helped communities celebrate the advent
of new schools and provided many new
student opportunities that came with these
changing times.
Sacajawea's
Living Journal
Sponsored by

3. Program Description:
A professional actress and storyteller
portrays an historically accurate Sacajawea
expertly weaving in details from the Lewis
and Clark expeditions and Native American
heritage by taking your 1st
or 4th
grade
students with her on a journey of discovery.
Following the performance, students are
invited to reflect upon their new
understandings and relate them to personal
experience by journaling in the tradition of
Lewis and Clark. Each students plans then
publishes one page in a handcrafted journal
that will be finished and bound and returned
to the classroom as a memento of the
journey.
Sacajawea's
Living Journal

4. Grade 4 Standards
United States History
to 1860
Students begin the formal study of United States
history. The four strands of history, geography,
civics, and economics are fully integrated.
Students begin with the development of Native
American cultures and conclude with the
Antebellum period ending in 1860. The geography
strand emphasizes the influence of geography on
early U. S. history. The civics strand emphasizes
concepts and rights developed during the
formation of our government and the economics
strand uses material from the historical strand to
further understanding of economic concepts.

5. 4th
Grade Standards
SS4H1 Student will describe how early Native
American cultures developed in North America.
SS4H2 Student will describe European exploration in
North America.
SS4H6 Student will explain westward expansion of
America between 1801 and 1861.
SS4G1 The student will be able to locate important
physical and man-made features in the United
States.
SS4G2 The student will describe how physical
systems affect human systems.
SS4CG4 The student will explain the importance of
Americans sharing certain central democratic
beliefs and principles, both personal and civic.
SS4CG5 The student will name positive character
traits of key historical figures and government
leaders (honesty, patriotism, courage,
trustworthiness and respect for authority).
SS4E1 The student will use the basic economic
concepts of trade, opportunity cost, specialization,
and voluntary exchange, productivity, and price
incentives to illustrate historical events.

6. Grade 1 Standards
AMERICAN HEROES
In first grade, students continue their
introduction to United States history through
the study of selected historical figures. In the
history strand, students study the important
contributions each historical figure made to
the United States. In the geography strand,
students learn where these historical people
lived and explore important basic geographic
concepts. The civics strand provides a study
of the positive character traits exhibited by
these historical figures. The economics
strand continues the introduction of basic
economic concepts.

7. 1st Grade Standards
SS1H1 The student will read about and describe the life of
historical figures in American history.
SS1G1 The student will describe the cultural and geographic
systems associated with the historical figures.
SS1G2 The student will identify and locate his/her city,
county, state, nation, and continent on a simple map or a
globe.
SS1G3 The student will locate major topographical features of
the earth’s surface.
SS1CG1 The student will describe how the historical figures in
display positive character traits of fairness, respect for
others, respect for the environment, conservation,
courage, equality, tolerance, perseverance, and
commitment.
SS1E1 The student will identify goods that people make and
services that people provide for each other.
SS1E2 The student will explain that people have to make
choices about goods and services because of scarcity.
SS1E3 The student will describe how people are both
producers and consumers.
Map and Globe Skills

8. Western Expansion
Based on the journals of Lewis and Clark…

9. Western Expansion
Meet, Shoshone Interpreter, Sacajawea, Bird Woman…

10. Western Expansion
Sacajawea, kidnapped, traded, and a beacon of peace …

11. Sacajawea provides a description of the
characters, setting and problem for the story…

12. Character Traits
Respect
Integrity
Courage
Honor

13. A Young Mother and Child,
a Treacherous Expedition
Students will be able to draw comparisons between the
Native American lifestyle and the early explorers.

14. The Lesson: Journaling
Students will learn about the importance of recording
details through the journals of Lewis and Clark.

15. The Lesson: Preparation
A graphic organizer helps students to reflect on their
learning.

16. The Lesson: Planning
Students relate their own experiences to those of
Sacajawea's and journal in meaningful personal terms.

17. The Lesson: Publishing
The organizer launches the final version suitable for
publishing in a class book. Faux parchment provided.

18. Sacajewea’s
Living
Journal
Let history reveal the learning for your 1st
and 4th
grade students. Meet Sacajawea through TMN.
For Information or reservations: 770.552.6339