|
Are you looking for literature to support classroom instruction about Westward Expansion? Check out Our Editorsâ Choices for titles recommended by the Education World team. Then it's your turn to share books that you enjoy or use in your classroom in the Our Readersâ Voices section below. With your help, we will build the best list on the Internet of Best Books for teaching about Westward Expansion. |
|
 |
Â
See related titles in History
by Kristiana Gregory
Hattie Campbell is 13 years old in 1847 when her parents decide to sell their farm in Missouri and make their way across the Oregon Trail to Oregon City for a fresh start after the death of Hattie's sisters. She is given a journal for her birthday and told to record both the bad and the good. And so she does. Teaming up with dozens of other families, the wagon train begins its six-month journey across the prairies and mountains of the West. Their wagons are full and their hearts are hopeful. Hattie reflects upon the slowly changing scenery, the curiously friendly Indians they meet, and the devastating toll the long journey takes. Many in the wagon train arrive in Oregon City on foot with only a few precious possessions. Black-and-white photos, a recipe for Johnny Cake, and maps of the route can be found at the end of the book. (School Library Journal) Part of the Dear America series.
by Deborah Hopkinson
Standing on the dry and dusty prairie, all Pa can see is the promise of the new land before him. All Momma can feel is the sorrow of leaving everything behind to live the life of a pioneer. Annie thinks she knows what will make Momma happy again: a flower garden like the one back home. With Pa's help, Annie and her little brother Jim clear a patch of earth. And when Momma sees the plot of land ready for planting, she remembers something her sister gave her for the journey -- packets of seeds tied with a lavender ribbon. Deborah Hopkinson's tender tribute to the brave women and children who traveled west on the prairies is accompanied by Bethanne Andersen's lush and evocative illustrations.
|
by Diane Stanley
What if you could close your eyes and open them to find you were amongst hundreds of pioneers in 1843, packing up your covered wagon to travel the 2,000 miles of the Oregon Trail? Meet twins Liz and Lenny and their unique grandmother who, with the help of her magic hat, can transport the twins to any time in history. In their first journey, the twins spend eight months crossing the country on foot and by covered wagon, braving the mountain ranges and river valleys, battling floods and droughts, and cooking slam-johns and sowbellies over buffalo chips. Part of the The Time-Traveling Twins series.
by Carol A. Johmann, Elizabeth J. Rieth
Going West is a good combination of history lesson, craft instruction, critical-thinking activities, and story. The factual sections give background on the American acquisition of the land extending to the Pacific Ocean, Native American philosophy regarding land ownership, Indian land loss, and a great deal of additional information pertaining to life on the westward trails. "You Are There" pieces narrated by a fictional child chronicling wagon-train life and sidebars encouraging readers to ponder various situations and make decisions on the trail appear throughout the text. Short sections explain crafts and skills analogous to those used by the pioneers. (School Library Journal) Part of the Kaleidoscope Kids series.
Add your voice to our list of books for teaching about Westward Expansion.
The Education World Editorsâ Choices above represent just a handful of the fine books that might be used to support classroom instruction about Westward Expansion. Now weâre waiting for you to add to our list! Simply send us your review of a favorite book in 100 words or fewer and we will add it to the Readersâ Choices below.
Be the first to add your review to this page!
Education World®
Copyright © 2008 Education World
 |