Students conduct an experiment.  In this oil and natural gas lesson, students learn how geoscientists identify and explore reserves of petroleum.  Students make a model of an oil reserve, record how much it would cost to drill...

Students practice their reading comprehension skills by reading an article about Herbert Hoover. They answer questions to test for comprehension.

In this historic preservation worksheet, students find historic preservation words in a word search. Students find 21 words total.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 multiple choice questions based on symbols in Animal Farm. Students may submit their answers to be scored on this timed quiz.

In this social change and modernization worksheet, students respond to 6 short answer questions and answer 6 multiple choice questions regarding these sociology topics.

Students investigate extreme weather patterns. In this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to study hurricanes and their causes. Students write reports on their findings.

Students explore measurements.

Pupils read 'Marty and Me' by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. They compare their lives with Marty's life, which in most cases, is very different. They find similarities and differences and create a montage. They include information about their...

This resource provides first-hand accounts and background information on the Old West. Content touches on crossing the plains, cowboys, train robberies, Dalton Gang's Last Raid, Custer's Last Stand, the Death of Billy the Kid, and much...

Interesting facts and an overview of the life of the cowboys of the Old West between 1865 and 1885.

This lesson focuses on the short story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Bret Harte who uses stereotypical but realistic characters to invent the culture of the "Old West." This story is an example of Regionalism, a sbu-genre of Realism....

Kids learn about the famous gunfighters of the old west including fun facts, lawmen, Wild Bill Hickok, Jesse James, and the Wild Bunch.

Kids learn about the cowboys of the old west. Fun facts like the cattle drive, round up, the clothes they wore, and the cowboy code are all include on this site.

This site contains information/links to artifacts, photographs, Native Americans, the Old West, facts about the 20th century, and dinosaur-rich geography.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are legendary outlaws of the American West who robbed banks and trains. This is an account of their 1899 train robbery as reported in the June 8, 1899 issue of the Buffalo Bulletin.

Provides the text of the book, "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains," by Isabella L. Bird.

Contains an article written on the African American exodus to Kansas to farm in the late 19th century.

Contains a description of the Exodusters and their impact on the American West through their immigration.

Ghost Towns of Texas offers the rich history of the Old West highlighting the many ghost towns in Texas.

Browse this selection of lesson plans for the visual arts classroom. Easy-to-use tools help you search for the kinds of plans that interest you most. Lessons are laid out in full, with supplies lists, instructional plans, assessments,...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A seventeen-year-old Ulysses S. Grant penned this letter to his cousin when he was a cadet at West Point revealing his first impressions of the academy. Also, includes a watercolor painted by Grant and...

Kids learn about the log cabin of the Old West. Learn how a single room home built from tree trunks and mud using no nails.

Text of the short story "The Pimienta Pancakes" by O. Henry, a story set in the Old West. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Take a trip to the Old West and read the short story "The Handbook of the Hymen" by O. Henry.