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Additional Information and Resources for Chapter
12 Websites and Online Lesson Plans
Tales of the 1910 Fire is an exhibit, including a first-hand
account of the fires by a forest ranger, created by Archives &
Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library.
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' "Fire
of the Land" website is a great resource in itself and includes
links to many additional resources.
The U.S. Forest Service has created a series of lesson plans to
complement
The Greatest Good: A Forest Service Centennial Film. Many of the
lesson plans can be used without watching the film.
Montana PBS created the lesson plan "To
Burn Or Not To Burn, That Is The Question: A Look At The Yellowstone
Fires of 1988" to accompany the video Yellowstone Aflame: Fires of
'88.
The Forest History Society offers both primary and secondary source
information on the
history of the U.S. Forest Service in a well organized, easily
navigable site.
The US Forest Service has gathered information on the history of
smoke jumping.
The Great 1910
fire website has transcribed newspaper articles, lists of fire victims
and photographs.
Videos or DVDs
Fire on the Land/Beaver Steals Fire, Confederated Salish and Kootenai
Tribes, 2005 - 34 minutes
The Greatest Good: A Forest Service Centennial Film - 2 hours
Yellowstone Aflame: Fires of '88, 1989 - 53 minutes
Firestorm 2000: A Film Documenting the Montana Wildfires - 32
minutes
Possible Fieldtrips
Gates of the Mountains Boat Tour, near Helena (this will take you
by the site of the Mann Gulch fire)
Smokejumper Visitor Center, Missoula
The Fire Lookout Tour at the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula
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Steamboat Helena, photo by W. E. Hook, Montana
Historical Society Photo Archives
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Elk in Bitterroot River, photo by John McColgan |
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