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Uncle Sam is Rich Enough to Give Us All a Farm:

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine websites and video clips to become familiar with tenets of the Homestead Act, challenges faced by settlers and misconceptions about settlers. They role-play colonists on the Planet XR-38 and make choices similar to...
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Worksheet
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The Homestead Act of 1682

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this American West activity, students read about the Homestead Act of 1682. Students read 8 paragraphs and complete the 3 activities for the activity.
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Worksheet
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The American West - End of Unit Test

For Students 4th - 5th
In these American West worksheets, students answer questions based on the American West unit. Students answer 23 questions about the unit.
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Worksheet
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American West: Indian Warpath Word Search

For Students 5th - 6th
In this word search worksheet, students find the words that represent reasons why Native Americans were compelled to war during the history of the American West. Students locate 10 words.
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Worksheet
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The American West-Knowledge Test

For Students 4th - 5th
In this American West learning exercise, students complete a 24 questions test about the American West. Answers are included beneath questions on learning exercise.
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Worksheet
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Lawlessness Word Search

For Students 5th - 6th
In this word search instructional activity, students find the words related to lawlessness and the American West in the word search puzzle.
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Worksheet
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Plains Indians Word Search

For Students 5th - 6th
In this word search instructional activity, students read the words related to the Plains Indians and the American West. Students locate the 13 words within the word search.
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Worksheet
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American West Tipi Anagrams

For Students 5th - 6th
In this anagrams worksheet, students rearrange the letters in the words to create words about tipi's and the American West. Students write 8 words.
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Worksheet
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Manifest Destiny

For Students 5th - 6th
In these manifest destiny worksheets, students read the definition for manifest destiny and its appearance in America in the 1840s. Students learn about the Homestead Act and study a painting of a depiction of manifest destiny.
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Buffalo Crosstick

For Students 4th - 5th
For this American West worksheet, students read the 7 clues and write the words related to buffaloes and the American west into the puzzle.
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Buffalo Hunt True and False

For Students 4th - 5th
In this American West worksheet, students read the 10 clues about buffaloes and the American West. Students answer true or false for the related statements.
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American West Crosstick

For Students 5th - 6th
In this American West worksheet, students complete the clues that relate to the American West, Mormon settlements, and the creation of railways. Students write the 7 words in the horizontal boxes and then read the word created by the...
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The Mormons Crossword

For Students 5th - 6th
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the clues related to the American West and the Mormon settlements. Students complete the puzzle with 8 words about Mormons.
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American West

For Students 4th
In this US history instructional activity, 4th graders focus on words associated with the American West. Students must rearrange 16 words to create new vocabulary associated with this particular time era.
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American West Anagram

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this anagram worksheet, learners unscramble the anagram activity to identify words related to the American West. Students unscramble 16 words.
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Lesson Plan
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Ride 'Em Cowboy (Buffalo Bill Cody and the Wild West Show)

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research the impact of Buffalo Bill Cody and his Wild West Show on the world's view of American western culture. They create a poster advertising the Wild West Show.
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Making A New Nation

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read standard road maps and topographical maps, and examine the lives of pathfinders who opened the trails to the West. They develop Living History presentations, role-playing a character from the past.
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Website
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National Park Service: American Visionaries: Thomas Moran

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit features the works of landscape artist Thomas Moran, whose paintings inspired the creation of Yellowstone Park in 1916. A gallery of images of his paintings is included.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Photographs of the Detroit Publishing Company: 1880 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
An online collection of historical and archival photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company that show American life, industry, agriculture, and more from this period of rapid change.
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Website
PBS

Pbs the West: Charles Goodnight

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles Goodnight (1836-1929) was one of the most prosperous cattleman of the American West. Read a thorough biography about him here at this site.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: New Perspectives on the West

For Students 9th - 10th
This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....
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eBook
PBS

Pbs: Archives of the West: The Life and Adventures of Buffalo Bill

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the version of Buffalo Bill Cody's autobiography, from this text originally published in 1917. Presented as html text chapter by chapter, it makes interesting reading.
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Website
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Pbs: Archives of the West: Songs of the Plains a Selection of Cowboy Folk Songs

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the lyrics of five cowboy songs from 1860's and 1870's.
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Denver Public Library: History of the American West

For Students 9th - 10th
This massive archive holds more than 30,000 photographs detailing life in the American West from 1860 to 1940. Easy to use it can be searched by key word, topic,or a name index.