Exploring America and Children's Literature Podcast
1) 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:Discovery Kids Magazine: Lewis and ClarkDiscovery Kids Magazine: Pionee...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) 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 works, manuscripts, images, and motion picture foot...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) 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 to have students create similar technology-based l...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) Lecture: Michael Green — Exploration (11/5/2008)
Lecture: Michael Green - Exploration
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) Lecture: DeAnna Beachley - Exploration II (11/5/2008)
Lecture: DeAnna Beachley - Exploration II
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) Lecture: DeAnna Beachley - Exploration I (10/22/2008)
Lecture: DeAnna Beachley - Exploration I
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) 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.
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) 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 useful.Nineteenth-Century Lumber Camp Cooking (Expl...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) 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 ranges by height, continents in order of size or popul...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) 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. Keeler modified the lesson plan (see the modified les...Show More
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