This teacher's guide includes a collection of book overviews, themes, standards-based activities, historical overviews, and additional resources relating to several books addressing exploration of the United States during the 1800s. The guides were designed by third, fourth, and fifth grade teachers as part of the Clark County School District's Teaching American History Grant module on westward migration. During the module, teacher participants were provided with picture and chapter books relating to nineteenth century exploration and westward migration of the United States. Each module participant selected one picture book or several chapters of a chapter book for which they would prepare a teacher's guide. These guides are accessible via the links on the left. This blog provides teacher's guides for the following picture books:
- America in the Time of Lewis and Clark: 1801 To 1850 by Sally Senzell Isaacs
- Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) ... the Plains by Deborah Hopkinson
- Conestoga Wagons by Richard Ammon
- The Coast Mappers by Taylor Morrison
- Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner
- Daily Life in a Covered Wagon by Paul Erickson
- Kids Discover: Lewis and Clark
- Kids Discover: Pioneers
- If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon by Ellen Levine
- If You Were a Pioneer on the Prairie by Anne Kamma
- Lewis and Clark on the Trail of Discovery: An Interactive History by Rod Gragg
- Sacagawea by Liselotte Erdrich
- Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
- Seaman's Journal: On the Trail with Lewis and Clark by Patti Reeder Eubank
- You Wouldn't Want to Live in a Wild West Town! by Peter Hicks
Each teacher's guide is accessible by clicking on the "Book Guides" links to the left. The remaining blogs are for chapter books including Patty Reed's Doll: The Story of the Donner Party, Sallie Fox: The Story of a Pioneer Girl, Little House in the Big Woods, and Little House on the Prairie.
If you have any questions about this guide, please contact Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D., this blog's designer and the pedagogy scholar for the module. You may also enjoy visiting other grant module blogs. Each module was five weeks long with a focus on an historical era (taught by Drs. Michael Green and DeAnna Beachley) and pedagogical technique (taught by Dr. Keeler). The modules include: