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- Kindergarten
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Students recognize some of the lifestyles of the pioneer students who settled in the west and explain some of the hardships of living in the new frontier. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students research individuals who contributed to the history of Illinois, and what school was like at that time. They compare schools of various times. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students examine historical documents and research why early pioneers settled on the Iowa prairie. They review maps, describe the impact of railroading, describe life in pioneer times, and identify the effects of drought, prairie fire, and locust plagues. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study how a Cather's, My Antonia, examines nineteenth century pioneer life and values. They investigate how an author applies his/her own life experience to provide setting, tone, and theme for a work of fiction. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students examine the pioneers life as they move west. Using the internet, they research the path of the Oregon Trail and the reasons why they moved west. They discover that each member of the family needed to contribute to accomplish this move. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students brainstorm, analyze, compare and contrast, and illustrate accomplishments of pioneers of the west. Students identify and interpret the Pacific Northwest pioneers. Students present their final projects to the class , including illustrations. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students are introduced to the various types of schools used throughout history. In groups, they compare and contrast Native American boarding schools, schools in the 1800s and the schools of today. They write in their journals role-playing the role of a student from one of the time periods listed above. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students research Pacific Northwest Pioneers in order to create a bio-web poster about the author in which they illustrate and write facts about the pioneer. Students then create a book page about their pioneer to add to a class book of pioneers heading west. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students document the contributions of Aboriginal people to the settlement of Canada. They research and discuss the contributions Aboriginals made to helping the pioneers settle in Canada by creating a comparison chart. Students use their charts to explain why these contributions were important. With the information from their charts, students create a new chart documenting how pioneer life differs from modern life Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students journey back into the pioneering days of their small mountain town, Highlands, NC. They examine the daily life of a typical pioneer family. The modes of transportation is also traced. Full Review »
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