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\nAn Orderly Wagon Train Migration\n

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\nSixth graders work in small groups to organize a wagon train for a trek westward. They determine leadership responsibilities and rules needed to make a successful trek.\n
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\n\"Go,\n\n
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\nGo, West, Pack Light!\n

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\nStudents investigate the hardships related to pioneer life and the Wagon Train. They listen to an excerpt from the book \"Little House on the Prairie,\" and discuss the hardships faced by pioneers travelling west. In small groups...\n
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\n\"Wagons\n\n
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\nWagons Ho! Hard Times! Hard Choices!\n

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\nYou have just hit the lesson plan jackpot! This isn't just a lesson, it's a ten-day unit covering westward expansion, pioneer life, and the Oregon Trail. Activities include baking, model building, role-play, newspaper writing, science...\n
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\n\"Oral\n\n
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\nOral Assessment Plan\n

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\nLearners practice active listening skills.  In this literacy and U.S. history lesson, students predict the hardships pioneers using the Mormon Trail might have faced. Learners view the movie \"Children of the Wagon Train,\" then...\n
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\n\"Wagon\n\n
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\nWagon Train\n

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\nYoung scholars use educational software to examine the hardships and problem solving skills needed by the pioneers as they endured frontier life. They work as teams while using the game simulation. They work a number of project while not...\n
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\n\"Patty\n\n
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\nPatty Reed's Doll: The Story of the DonnerParty\n

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\nStudents explore westward movement through eyes of doll belonging to Patty Reed, member of Donner Party. They write journal entries from points of view of characters in book, Patty Reed's Doll, participate in Pack the Wagon game, and...\n
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\n\"Westward\n\n
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\nWestward Ho!\n

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\nStudents participate in an Oregon Trail simulation in order to learn the hardships that the emigrating settlers faced. In this U.S. history lesson, students are required to work as a team and use the internet to research a final...\n
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\nWagons West\n

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\nFourth graders demonstrate knowledge of the size of a wagon by making several different predictions. They develop a list of items that pioneers would need while traveling on a wagon train.\n
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\nWagons West\n

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\nStudents assume the personality of a pioneer on a wagon train and create daily journals.  In this journal writing lesson, students read excerpts from The Way West:  Journal of a Pioneer Woman.  Students use their...\n
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\n\"Survival\n\n
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\nSurvival Challenge: Would You Make It?\n

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\nStudents face a challenge. For this survival lesson, students discover the hardships faced by the pioneers who moved west and see if they would survive a similar situation. They discuss essential items they need to survive and...\n
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\nA Trip Back in Time: Missouri quarter reverse\n

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\nI love time capsules. After reviewing elements of pioneer life, your class will create a time capsule that would have belonged to a pioneer in the 1830s. Each person must write a description of each item they would have brought and why...\n
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\nNarrative Prompt\n

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\nReading about history is nothing like experiencing it firsthand. Encourage your eighth graders to do the next best thing with a historical narrative prompt, in which they describe the experience of a first-time traveler on the...\n
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\nQuilt Making and Copland's Rodeo\n

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\nKids make quilts as they learn about pioneer life and the concept of tempo. The Aaron Copland piece, Rodeo is used to convey rhythm and tempo in music. As the children discuss tempo and rhythm, they also discuss what life was like for...\n
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\nHard Gold: Teaching Guide\n

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\nDesigned for Hard Gold, a novel in Avi's I Witness series, this teaching guide includes a summary of the story and information about the writer as well as chapter-by-chapter vocabulary lists, text-based reading questions,...\n
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\nInteresting Facts about the Historic Trails\n

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\nThe Oregon trail is a very interesting part of American history. The class, having read or discussed the events leading to the westward expansion and settling of the Oregon Territory, can answer each of these fill-in-the-blank...\n
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\nTwister on Tuesday Chapter 10\n

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\nIn this comprehension worksheet, learners read chapter 10 of the book Twister on Tuesday and complete 5 multiple choice questions. Answers are provided.\n
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\nThe Road to California - A Journey to Freedom\n

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\nStudents complete a Web quest about Biddy Mason's journey Westward to California as a slave and her ultimate rise to one of the wealthiest and generous woman of the Westward Movement. They present an exhibit of their research.\n
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\nPioneer America: Journey West\n

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\nFourth graders experience pioneer life on the Oregon trail. In this pioneer lesson, 4th graders research the reasons for moving west and what life was like on the trail. They create a map, complete an oral presentation, and write about...\n
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\nA Trip Back in Time\n

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\nStudents investigate the pioneer experience in the 1800s. They view and discuss the images on the Missouri quarter, read a story about pioneer life, complete a worksheet, and create a booklet-form time capsule of pioneer items from the...\n
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\nWagon's West: Life on the Trail\n

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\nYoung scholars investigate what life on the Oregon Trail was like. For this Westward Movement lesson, students eat foods that were eaten by settlers on the trail as they read textbook pages about the trial. Young scholars then draw an...\n
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\nPioneers Find Fun\n

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\nFourth graders investigate pioneer Studentss games. They research various games, play a pioneer game, and in small groups, create their own original pioneer game to teach to the class.\n
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\nCharles R. Savage Lesson Plan Ideas\n

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\nStudents explore works by English photographer Charles R. Savage. In this visual arts lesson, students investigate photography by Savage as they discuss the use of perspective, space, color, and texture.\n
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\nHeritage: Seeking Land or Gold\n

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\nMiddle schoolers write a persuasive letter home defending their decision either to settle in Utah and farm the land, or to go on to California to seek gold. They analyze a problem, make a decision, and write a letter defending their choice.\n
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\nHeadin' West! The Life of a Pioneer\n

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\nStudents explore the life of a pioneer and the relationship between the concept of Manifest Destiny and pioneering. Students complete activities, maps, writing and reading to experience pioneer life. Handouts and worksheets are included...\n
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