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- 5th - 6th
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Students become familiar with the sacrifices that the migrants endured crossing the plains to the west. They experience some of the problem solving that the pioneers faced and pay the natural consequences of their choices. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the public controversy between the use of public natural areas for economic activities by viewing video clips, researching on the Internet, and calculating sustainable land. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students research the lives and travels of the American pioneers that settled Texas and the Oregon Territory. They sing songs, identify map routes, read Tall Tales and build a covered wagon model. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore the migration of people westward in the United States. They compare stories of their families and how they migrated to America or where they now live in relation to the transportation they used. They write in a journal, create a diorama of the pioneer lifestyle, and read the play "Oregon Trail." Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students relive life on the Oregon Trail. They tell why people moved west on the Oregon Trail. Students trace the routes used to move west. They travel the trail while playing the Oregon Trail game. Students write a diary entry explaining a day in the life of a pioneer child. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students are each assigned one of five questions. They work with others who were assigned the same questions to share their findings. Following the sharing of information, students write a paragraph summarizing the benefits of restricting logging in the Northwest. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students discover how the land and people we develop relationships with in Nebraska affect our survival--past, present, and future. They write about and interview their grandparents, parents and peers and compare them with people on the Oregon Trail. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students explore the various trails that settlers took West from Missouri. They examine the reasons that people took these trails as well as the kind of people who made the journeys. They examine the Oregon, the Mormon, the Santa Fe and the California Trails Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students engage in a novel study using the layered curriculum style of unit. The unit has many different types of activities that have different ratings of difficulty. This allows for a great deal of differentiation. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students participate in Oregon Trail simulation to travel along Oregon Trail and reflect on their journey, use built-in diary to record and expand on their experiences along Trail, and create map depicting their route, rivers, towns, forts, landmarks, and various problems encountered. Full Review »
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