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The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy Lesson PlanThe Good, the Bad, and the Goofy Lesson Plan
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The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy

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Upper elementary learners read about jobs on a cattle drive and the lives of cowboy during U.S. Westward Expansion. They create a "Help Wanted" poster for one of the jobs. After reading primary source accounts of cowboys, they write letters using different points of view.

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compare and contrast, cowboys, the american west, westward expansion

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cowboys, westward expansion, compare and contrast, Informational Text, perspective, english language arts
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4th - 6th
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English Language Arts
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