Pioneers Unit  |
Lesson Plan
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Includes the lessons: Making A Wagon, Wagon Trail And Tribulations, Map to Fort Laramie, Poems Along The Trail, Pioneer Checkers Game, and Culmination: Time Capsule Reflection.
http://hale.pepperdine.edu/~ahdugre/unit_plan.htm
Grade Level(s):
3-5, 6-8
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| Westward Expansion Unit |
Lesson Plan
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Focus: Students will investigate the pioneer movement: modes of transportation, reasons for moving, people involved, and the life in general.
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Westward.htm
Grade Level(s):
1-2
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| Pioneer Covered Wagon |
Art or Craft
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Use a milk carton to make this miniature version of a covered wagon driven by pioneers many years ago.
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/groundtrans/l/blcovwag.htm
Grade Level(s):
K, 1-2, 3-5
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| A Pioneer's Journey to the Frontier |
Resource Site
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This page was designed by 4th and 5th graders for other elementary students. It includes information about early American Pioneers who traveled to the frontiers, recipes, pioneer music, projects, quizzes, and more.
http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/default.htm
Grade Level(s):
1-2, 3-5
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| Pioneer Life in America |
Resource Site
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Two 4th grade students put this site together to share facts and resources about pioneer life.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001587/?tqskip1=1&tqtime=1125
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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Pioneer Stuff
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Amazon.com
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Click the link above for more pioneer resources!
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