Recommended Children's and Pedagogy Literature: Exploring America/Westward Expansion

I recommend the following books for use when teaching the era of the westward migration to students in intermediate-level grades:

Primary Sources: Lewis and Clark Expedition

The Library of Congress, American Memory Collection, offers a a resource titled "Evolution of the Conservation Movement," a collection of published wo...

Sample Book Report Flyer

Though the book has nothing to do with U.S. history, I thought the attached tri-fold brochure sample report on the book Hatchet may motivate teachers...

Lecture: Michael Green — Exploration (11/5/2008)

Lecture: Michael Green - Exploration

Lecture: DeAnna Beachley - Exploration II (11/5/2008)

Lecture: DeAnna Beachley - Exploration II

Lecture: DeAnna Beachley - Exploration I (10/22/2008)

Lecture: DeAnna Beachley - Exploration I

Lecture: DeAnna Beachley, Ph.D. — "Women in Nevada and California Mining Camps"

"Women in Nevada and California Mining Camps"—A lecture by DeAnna Beachley, Ph.D.

Food Activities

For those teachers who enjoy using food to teach history while simultaneously teaching math, science, and literacy, you may find the following books u...

Lewis and Clark Timeline Lesson Plan

Herb Thompson of the Geographic Alliance in Nevada developed a lesson strategy in which students place a series of items in order (e.g., mountain rang...

Picture North America: On the Trail with Lewis and Clark Lesson Plan

Note: The lesson "Picture North America" was originally developed by John Pauli, a teacher consultant with the Geographic Alliance in Nevada. Dr. Kee...

Teaching Research-Based Writing through History

Delise Sanders of Sumner Schools presented at the 2008 National Council of History Education Annual Conference on the topic of integrating writing int...

Teaching Literacy through History

One of the resources I found particularly helpful in informing my knowledge of literacy integration into history instruction was Teaching Literacy thr...

Teaching Literacy through Historical Children's Books (Video Slide Presentation)

Session II Class Slides

These slides are from the PowerPoint presentation delivered on April 9, 2007. The topic for the slides was "Teaching Literacy through Historical Child...

Seesion I Class Slides

These slides are from the PowerPoint presentation delivered on October 22, 2008. The topic for the slides was "Teaching Reading through Historical Chi...

Nevada Humanities

"Nevada Humanities is a nonprofit organization that creates and supports projects throughout the state of Nevada that broaden perspectives and encoura...

Alternative Assessment

Suggestions for alternative assessment methods are available in Sandra Schurr's text titled The ABCs of Evaluation. Though this book is no longer in p...

Little House... Continued

Laura Ingalls Wilder's works are continued past the Little House series in a book called A Little House Traveler. In the book, she relates stories inc...

Children's Literature Book Blogs

The below blogs will be developed during the Teaching American History grant module on Exploring the Americas and Children's Literature. The end resul...

Teacher's Guide Assignment

Click here to access the expectations and grading rubric for the Teacher's Guide assignment.

In response to a module participant's reques...

Book Review Template

You will complete a book review based on your reading of the Joy and Riley content texts. Use this template for completing your book review.

Book Review Requirements

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Exploration Syllabus

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