{"product_id":"washington-state-history-at-the-mouth-of-the-columbia-rt-script-mini-readers","title":"Washington State History | At the Mouth of the Columbia RT Script and Mini Readers | Grades 3-5","description":"\u003cp\u003eRevisit the Corps of Discovery at the lower Columbia without treating the expedition as the beginning of the region's history. Students compare route maps, journals, weather, trade, and place-based evidence from November 1805.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStudents examine Chinookan villages, fisheries, canoe routes, geographic knowledge, and regional and maritime trade already present along the river. 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Mountains, Rivers, and Rain Shadows\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — Washington geography, climate, regions, resources, and transportation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/washington-state-history-since-time-immemorial-rt-script-mini-readers\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Since Time Immemorial\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — Tribal sovereignty, living governments, homelands, jurisdiction, and consultation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/washington-state-history-canoes-salmon-and-cedar-rt-script-mini-readers\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. Canoes, Salmon, and Cedar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — Indigenous waterways, seasonal rounds, cedar technology, salmon, Celilo, and exchange.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/washington-state-history-at-the-mouth-of-the-columbia-rt-script-mini-readers\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. At the Mouth of the Columbia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — Lower Columbia Native communities, the Corps of Discovery, maps, journals, trade, and source limits.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/washington-state-history-fort-vancouver-crossroads-rt-script-mini-readers\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. 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