Primary Sources Teaching Kit; Westward Movement

by Baicker, Karen

• ISBN13: 9780590378444
• ISBN10: 0590378449
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Teaching Resources

Table of Contents

Introduction	4	(6)
Time Line	6	(1)
TEACHING NOTES	7	(8)
Background information and teaching tips for all primary source documents
PRIMARY SOURCE EVALUATION FROM	15	(1)
Evaluate That Document!
PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS
The Louisiana Purchase Treaty	16	(2)
Treaty
The Lewis and Clark Expedition	18	(3)
Journals, sketches, artifacts
The Crockett Almanac	21	(1)
Almanac cover and cartoon
On the Trail	22	(3)
Photographs, diary entries
The Gold Rush	25	(2)
Cartoon, advertisements, photographs
Horse Tracks	27	(1)
Chart, book cover, quotation
The Pony Express	28	(1)
Flyer
The Overland Telegraph	29	(1)
Original telegraph, newspaper article
Growth of the Railroad	30	(3)
Schedule, photographs, posters
American Progress	33	(1)
Painting
Glidden's Barbed Wire patent	34	(1)
Patent application with illustration and text
Life on the Frontier---Pioneers	35	(1)
Photographs
Life on the Frontier---Cowboys	36	(2)
Photographs
The Wild West	38	(2)
Poster
Chief Joseph's Surrender Speech	40	(1)
Speech text, portrait
The Indian Territory	41	(3)
Advertisement, engraving, photographs
ACTIVITY PAGES
The Westward Movement KWL Chart	44	(1)
The Westward Movement Map	45	(1)
Survival on the Oregon Trail Game Cards	46	(1)
Crack the Code Morse Code Activity	47	(1)
The Westward Movement Glossary	48	(1)
The Westward Movement Journal	49