TCM3931-Primary Sources: Westward Expansion

Use original documents and photographs as well as letters, maps, cartoons, and posters to help students explore the past. Primary sources provide unique insight into the lives of people in different time periods.

Each kit includes: 16 photographs and primary source documents--photo cards with background information, discussion questions, and suggested activities printed on the back; CD with photographs, other primary sources student activity sheets, and extension activities; and 80 page Teacher's Guide including lesson plans, background information, a wide variety of student activities, and a document-based assessment section to help students prepare for essays found on many standardized tests. Plus, each kit meets the NCSS standards for primary source documents and this series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.

Photographs:Cattle roundup; Family with their covered wagon; Joining tracks in Promontory Point, Utah; Buffalo hide yard; Early years in Flagstaff, Arizona; Family in front of sod house; U.S. Marshals on Oklahoma land; Covered wagon train and railroad train.

Primary Sources:Louisiana Purchase; James Brothers' Wanted Poster; Land Ordinance of 1787; Homestead Act document; Panoramic map of San Francisco shortly after gold was discovered; Alaska Treasury Warrant for $7.2 million; Annexation of Texas flyer; Letter from the trail by Narcissa Whitman.

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