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Wild West Days: Discover the Past with Fun Projects, Games, Activities and Recipes
By David King / John Wiley & Sons
Join twelve-year-old Tom, his eleven-year-old sister, Amy, and their little brother Tad, in Wyoming Territory in 1878. Share the fun, adventure and hard work of daily life in the Wild West. You'll discover exciting games, make toys and crafts, and perform everyday activities just like, Tom, Amy, and Tad. Make your own ranch-style scrambled eggs and cook up a batch of delicious sourdough flapjacks. Paint an Acoma bowl, build a model Pueblo, make a pioneer cap to wear, or weave a basket from a few simple materials. You can twist together a lariat to wear as a belt, or practice knot tying--that is, if you have time after he mustang-and-cowboys board game or the party pinata project. Wild West Days is filled with interesting historical information and fun facts about growing up in days gone by. Discover how different--and how similar--life was for American kids in history. Recommended for ages 8 to 12.
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Games and Strategies for Teaching U.S. History
By Marvin Scott / Walch Education
Learning history can be much more than dry textbooks, and rote memorization. Get students to dig into their history lessons (and remember important events!) with this collection of games and strategies. Instructions, materials needed, class briefings, reproducible activity sheets and other materials are all included. Your students can play a colonizing game, discover the real "Wild West", revisit the stock market crash of 1929 and more. 148 pages, softcover. Grades 7-12.
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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
By Stephen E. Ambrose / Simon & Schuster Trade Sales
In this sweeping adventure story, Stephen E. Ambrose, the bestselling author of D-Day, presents the definitive account of one of the most momentous journeys in American history. Ambrose follows the Lewis and Clark Expedition from Thomas Jefferson's hope of finding the waterway to the Pacific, through the heart-stopping moments of the actual trip, to Lewis's lonely demise on the Natchez Trace. Along the way, Ambrose shows us the American West as Lewis saw it-wild, awesome, and pristinely beautiful. Undaunted Courage is a stunningly told action tale that will delight readers for generations.
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Legends of the West: Wyatt Earp
By Facts On File
Hollywood has recently reinforced the Wyatt Earp legend created by books and a television series- a law-abiding man who wanted to bring peace and order to uncivilized western towns, preferably without resorting to violence. In reality, Earp was an extraordinary man living in unusual times. He acted both within the law as well as outside it to achieve his goals, and along the way he befriended lawmen as well as outlaws. Neither spotless legend nor criminal. Earp simply reacted to the brutal conditions that existed in the Wild West of the late 1800's. He made numerous enemies, too. Along with his brothers and close friend Doc Holliday, Earp confronted the Clanton Gang in one of the West's most celebrated shootouts- the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. The 30-second battle, more than any action, forged Wyatt Earp's reputation and place in history, but it sadly overshadowed other, more significant contributions made by this truly fascinating man.
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Beautiful Feet Books: Buffalo Bill
By Ingri D'Aulaire / Beautiful Feet Books
This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Buffalo Bill, the Wild West hero. It begins when he is a little boy and follows his adventurous life in the exciting West. Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire bring the story of Buffalo Bill and the history of his time to life for young readers. Recommended for ages 4 to 11.
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Words West
By Ginger Wadsworth / Houghton-mifflin
Among the tens of thousands of pioneers who left home in covered wagons in the 1800s, headed for the West in hopes of fertile land, gold, or escape from religious or racial persecution, some forty thousand were children. Though the hardships and dangers of the trail were many, these children also witnessed the great and wild beauty of the untouched West and became an integral part of U.S. history. In this unique approach to the history of the wagon trail and western expansion, here are the moving stories of these young pioneers, told in their own words through letters home, diaries, and memoirs. This clear and well organized presentation is comprehensive, accessible, and richly illustrated with detailed maps and more than ninety archival photos and prints of life on the trail. End notes, bibliography, index. Grades 5-9, Ages 10-14. Hardcover, 208 pages.
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In the Days of the Vaqueros: America's First True Cowboys
By Freedman / Houghton-mifflin
In this rousing account of the first true cowboys, Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman brings to life the days when the vaqueros rounded up cattle, brought down steers, and tamed wild broncos. In the service of wealthy Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century, Mexican ranch hands began herd- ing cattle, often riding barefoot. They soon developed and perfected the skills for this dangerous work and became expert horsemen. Hundred of years later the vaqueros shared their expertise with the inexperienced cowboys of the American West, who adopted their techniques and their distinctive clothing, tools, and even lingo. Yet today it is the cowboy whom we remember, while the vaquero has all but disappeared from history. The vaqueros are at last given their due in this dramatic narrative, lushly illustrated with beautiful period paintings and drawings. Ages 8-12.
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Heritage Studies 3, Student Text
By Bob Jones University Press
Heritage Studies 3 Student Text covers the topic of Sweet Land of Liberty: The Spirit of Growing America. Chapter titles include We the People, The American Frontier, War Coming!, North Against South, and The Wild West. Includes a Resource Treasury, Glossary and Index.
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Heritage Studies 3, Home Teacher's Edition
By Bob Jones University Press
Lead students through the growing pains of the new nation from the Constitutional Convention through the Civil War and the westward expansion. Study together celebrations and traditions, the transcontinental railroad, ranchers, cowboys, and outlaws of the Wild West. The Teacher's Edition contains complete lesson plans with activities, patterns for crafts, games, songs, and hands-on activities. It includes 16-full color pages of maps and other visuals (reduced Maps and More classroom charts).
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Heritage Studies Grade 4 Revised Kit
By Bob Jones University Press
Gain a thorough understanding of American history with Heritage Studies. Geography, allignment with Bible truths, relevant world history, government, economics and culture are all presented to help better understand the background of the United States. Through this study, students will learn to sequence events, summarize data, make predictions, identify sources of information, work with graphs and formulate opinions. Heritage Studies 4: Dawn of Opportunity examines the events from the 1700s through the 1900s, covering immigration, evangelists, inventions, Boer War, Boxer Rebellion and more.
Kit Includes:
Teacher's Edition Student Textbook Student Worktext Worktext Answer Key Tests & Answer Key
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