Pioneers Exploring History Through Primary Sources

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Price: $129.00

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. Each kit also meets the NCSS standards for primary source documents. Photographs: Cowboys along the Chisholm Trail; Pioneer children in front of their school; Man panning for gold during the gold rush; Pile of bison bones; View inside a covered wagon; Portraits of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; American Indian camp; and Log cabin being built. Other: Johnnycake recipe card; Mormon trail map; Donner Party diary entry from Patrick Breen; Homestead Act poster; Lewis and ClarkÕs American Indian Friendship Medal; Map of the trail of Lewis and Clark; Title page from a book about life on the Santa Fe Trail; and Oregon Trail quilt. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.