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Sara Filanoski
Social Studies
Ms. Filly & Mr. Austing dance at a pep assembly
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In Social Studies this year, we will study the following:
National:
Slavery 
The Civil War 
Native Americans 
Washington State History:
-Geology/Geography
Channeled Scablands Information
-Native People
Kennewick Man: According to the "Washington HistoryLink Database":
- "On July 28, 1996, the bones known as Kennewick Man were found in the shallows of the Columbia River near Columbia Park, Washington. The U.S. Government seized the bones and ruled that the remains were Native American because they predate 1492. The Government ordered the remains turned over to the Umatilla, Yakama, Colville, Wanapum, and Nez Perce tribes in Eastern Washington. Eight anthropologists, including two from the Smithsonian Institution, filed suit to examine the remains. Preliminary forensic examination suggested an individual different from the typical pre-historic Native American. The bone fragments were taken to the Burke Museum at the University of Washington on October 29, 1998, where scientists examined them. The remains were determined to be 9,000 years old, but DNA testing was inconclusive as to their ethnic origin. On September 25, 2000, Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbit decided that the remains of Kennewick Man are "culturally affiliated" with Native Americans and ordered them turned over to five tribes in eastern Washington. On October 25, 2000, a Federal judge in Portland questioned the Government's conclusion and scheduled arguments as to the nature of the remains. In June 2001, Kennewick Man reposes at the Burke Museum in Seattle."
-Economy and Government
Washington State Facts
We will have lots of opportunities for fun projects and reenactments.
Be sure to follow our class blog to stay on top of it all!
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