READING COMPREHENSION MEGA BUNDLE: WILD, WILD WEST

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WILD WEST – Western Settlement

READING COMPREHENSION

MEGA BUNDLE!

This BUNDLE is great for

Social Studies (History) and Language Arts (Reading Comprehension)

This bundle contains all of my 

Wild, Wild West Reading Comprehension Products:

• 75 one-page OR two-page reading passages of informational text on THE WILD, WILD WEST
• 75 pages of reading comprehension questions (one for each passage)
• Teacher’s Keys

Questions are true or false; multiple choice and open ended, and include both literal and inferential questions.   

Passages may be used for Independent Reading, Homework, or as Supplemental Homeschool Worksheets.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

·        THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE;  LEWIS AND CLARK

·        LEWIS AND CLARK: THE EXPEDITION

·        SACAGAWEA: EARLY LIFE AND THE EXPEDITION

·        NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT

·        THE TRAIL OF TEARS AND THE LONG WALK

·        THE NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEF AND WAR MAKEUP

·        THE FRONTIER, FRONTIERSMEN AND PIONEERS

·        DAVY CROCKETT

·        TEXAS INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO

·        REMEMBER THE ALAMO!

·        DISCOVERY OF GOLD AT SUTTER’S MILL

·        THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH

·        CAMPS AND CLAIMS

·        THE DAILY LIFE OF A MINER

·        METHODS OF MINING GOLD

·        MERCHANTS DURING THE GOLD RUSH

·        LASTING IMPACT OF THE GOLD RUSH

·        THE 1800s: LIFE IN THE WEST

·        THE PONY EXPRESS

·        THE TELEGRAPH IS HERE!

·        BUFFALO BILL CODY

·        BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST SHOW

·        ANNIE OAKLEY

·        LITTLE SURE SHOT

·        HOMESTEADERS AND THE HOMESTEAD ACT

·        HOMESTEADERS AND THE EMIGRANT TRAILS

·        HOMESTEADERS AND COVERED WAGONS

·        WAGON TRAINS

·        THE DONNER PARTY

·        PIONEER HOMES

·        SOD HOMES AND LOG CABINS

·        PIONEER DANGERS AND HARDSHIPS: WEATHER

·        PIONEER DANGERS AND HARDSHIPS: INSECTS AND DISEASES

·        PIONEERS: LIFE AND CHORES ON THE PRAIRIE

·        A DEMANDING LIFE

·        PIONEER SCHOOLS

·        SCHOOLMASTERS AND SCHOOLMISTRESSES

·        COWBOYS IN THE 1800s

·        THE CATTLE  DRIVE: TRAILS, BOSSES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES

·        LIFE OF A COWBOY: BRANDING THE CATTLE

·        LIFE OF A COWBOY: COOKIE, CHUCKWAGON AND FOOD

·        A COWBOY’S LIFE: HAZARDS ON THE TRAIL

·        LIFE OF A COWBOY: END OF THE CATTLE DRIVE

·        EAST COAST TO WEST COAST

·        THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD

·        THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

·        TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD: ALL IN A DAY’S WORK

·        LIFE ON THE JOB

·        WHO WERE THE WORKERS? CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD

·        WHO WERE THE WORKERS? UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

·        PROMONTORY SUMMIT

·        INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD

·        INDIAN WARS (1864-1904): TREATIES AND POLICIES

·        CAVALRY AND BUFFALO SOLDIERS

·        GEORGE CUSTER AND SITTING BULL

·        THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN- CUSTER’S LAST STAND

·        FOLLOWING THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN

·        GERONIMO: FIGHTER AND PRISONER OF WAR

·        CHIEF JOSEPH AND HIS SURRENDER

·        THE WILD WEST: THE BUFFALO POLICY

·        RESERVATIONS, GHOST DANCE AND WOUNDED KNEE

·        OUTLAWS OF THE WILD, WILD WEST

·        THE LAWMEN OF THE OLD WEST

·        BILLY THE KID

·        BILLY THE KID -  A YOUNG OUTLAW

·        THE JAMES-YOUNGER GANG

·        THE DECLINE OF THE JAMES-YOUNGER GANG

·        ROBERT LEROY PARKER AND HARRY ALONZO LONGABAUGH

·        BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID

·        A FEMALE OUTLAW – BELLE STARR

·        BELLE STARR

·        WILD BILL HICKOK

·        BASS REEVES

·        WYATT EARP AND DOC HOLLIDAY

·        THE SHOOTOUT AT THE OK CORRAL

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The reading passages can also be used for CLOSE READING with other non-fiction graphic organizers (not included). 

Grades 4-7 and homeschool.  260 pages.  $32.00

Happy Learning!

WILD WILD WEST: COWBOYS

Grades 4-6 and Homeschool

Sarah Peterson

Hands on History

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CHECK OUT MY Wild, Wild West Careers: Cowboys

Cowboys have been depicted in movies and television for decades – portraying their lives as non-stop adventures in the Wild West. This lesson plan covers the job of a 1800s cowboy and his life on a cattle drive and includes:

• INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Cowboys in the 1800s
• Vocabulary Words
• Activity: Complete Job Application
• INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Cows and the Cattle Drive
• Chart: Types of Bovine
• Activity: Create a Code to Live By!
• Diagram of Cattle Drive Positions 
• Activity: Analyze Cowboy Songs – Lyrics to Cowboy Songs
• Teacher’s Key to Cowboy Song Questions
• INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Branding the Cattle
• Activity: Name Your Ranch and Create a Brand
• INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Cowboy Clothes 
• INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Cookie, Chuckwagon and Food
• Activity: Make Some Cowboy Food – Recipes for Beans and Biscuits
• INFORMATIONAL TEXT: End of a Cattle Drive
• Review Worksheet and Teacher’s Key
• Review Game: Bingo words and clues
• Cowboy Jokes
• Coloring Page - Cowboys on the Prairie

Click here to check out the Cowboys Lesson Plan

Check out my other Wild West Careers Lesson Plans:

          Outlaws and Lawmen

          Gold Miners

          Homesteaders

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WILD, WILD WEST CAREERS LESSON PLANS

Grades 4-6

Hands on History

Sarah Peterson

Wild, Wild West Lesson Plans

Check out my engaging lesson plans in this bundle of Wild West Careers. 

Students learn about the Old West while learning about the following:

·       Pioneers

·       Cowboys

·       Transcontinental Railroad Workers

·       Cavalry

·       Native Americans (The Battle of Little Big Horn; Wounded Knee)

·       Outlaws and Lawmen

Lessons include activities, review games, worksheets and teacher's keys. Lessons also include informational text which can be used for CLOSE READING with any non-fiction graphic organizer (not included).   

4-6 grade and Homeschool. 136 pages. $15.00

THIS BUNDLE CAN BE USED INDEPENDENTLY FROM VOLUME I.

THESE LESSONS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY AT MY TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS STORE

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