Unit Plan
Nebraska Studies

Nebraska Studies: Homestead Act: Searching for Water: Windmills

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of how watermills work and how they were used on the Great Plains.
Unit Plan
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Whose Land Is This? Webisode 8

For Students 9th - 10th
From Joy Hakim's marvelous set of books, A History of US, this webisode offers narrative, pictures, and teaching guides for the settling of the West after the Civil War.