Social Studiesfor the High School

Multi-Handicapped Classroom

By Lesley A. Dunn

ED 417, Winter 2001

Dr. Helms

All About Pioneers

Strand 1: American Heritage

• Some websites:– http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/

• Westward Expansion Timeline

– http://www.onthisdayinoregon.com/• Calendar

– http://www.americanwest.com/trails/index.htm• Trails

American Heritage Websites (cont.)

– http://danenet.wicip.org/lms/themes/cowboys.html

• Westward Expansion: Black Cowboys and Pioneers

– http://132.241.182.52/PlumasNF/heritage/beckwpnf.htm

• Beckwourth Trail

Some Activities…• Create a Westward Expansion Timeline to

hang in the Classroom

• Write fictional biographies of pioneers on the Oregon Trail

• Choose an historical figure and write a mock interview

• Write and perform a play about the Beckwourth Trail

• Make an “On This Day in History” calendar

Strand 2: People in Societies

• Some websites…– http://www.rootscomputing.com/howto/cemrub

/cemrub.htm• Tombstone Rubbing Hints

– http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/women/women.html

• Women Pioneers in American Memory

More Websites...

– http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/default.htm

• Lest We Forget, Black cowboys, etc.

– http://www.wichitaeagle.com/aviation/pioneers/

• Aviation Pioneers

– http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/pioneer.htm

• Tracing Mormon Pioneers, ship info, etc.

Some Activities...

• Visit a cemetery and make tombstone rubbings• Have each student fill out a family tree• Make a “Roots” web to hang in the classroom• Pick a significant person or group of people, living

or in history, and write a monument plaque• Conduct interviews at a nursing home and then

write biographies for those people

Strand 3: World Interactions

– http://www.rr.gmcs.k12.nm.us/domagala.history.htm

• tons of links, biographies, history, trails, Kosovo, etc.

– http://pasa.mtx.net/• Pioneers Assoc. of South Australia Inc.

– http://www.ednet.ns.ca/educ/program/lrt/medlib/bea/slidegif/

• Black Pioneers of Nova Scotia…great activities!!

Some websites...

More Websites...

– http://www.manchester.com/tourist/rochdale/home.html

• the Rochdale Pioneers Museum in Manchester,Britain!

– http://www.butlercountyohio.org/monument/• Butler County, Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Pioneers

Monument

Some Activities...

• Find directions to the Monument in Butler County, Ohio

• Compare pictures from British historical Museum to American Historical Museum

• Email questions to the Historical Association of North Australia

• Make and compare Nova Scotia and Ohio style quilts

• Locate Nova Scotia, Britain, Australia and the U.S. on a globe

Strand 4: Decision Making and Resources

– http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/default.htm• about pioneers, activities

– http://www.flyingpioneers.com/• Early Aviation Photos and Collectibles

– http://www.cyndislist.com/oh.htm• Geneology Website categorized links

Some Websites...

More websites...

– http://208.206.78.232/daver/1sthand/atp/atp.html

• Across the Plains in 1869

– http://www.ohiokids.org/• Ohio History for Kids

Some Activities...

• Pack a pretend covered wagon• Make a list of pioneer jobs and compare them to

modern jobs• Role-play being “on the trail”• Discuss how to prepare for and recover from

natural disasters• Take a field trip to an Historical site and learn

about pioneer life

Strand 5: Democratic Processes

• Some websites…– http://www.teleport.com/~sflora/ortrail.htm

• Oregon Trail early gov’t, etc.

– http://www.nps.gov/jeff/mus-tour.htm• Museum of Westward Expansion tour with

narratives

– http://afgen.com/pioneer.html• African-American Pioneers

More Websites...

– http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/blakbios.html#BogleFamily

• Biographies of Black Pioneers

– http://www.abacom.com/~jkrause/fields.html• Mary Fields, Stagecoach Mary

– http://www.thehistorynet.com/WildWest/articles/02963_text.htm

• Mary Fields Biography

Some Activities...

• Read “The Kingdom With no Rules”

• Make up laws for their own imaginary kingdom

• Campaign for Class mayor

• Mock court trial

• Learn who was in charge of the Wagon trains and what kinds of rules there were

Strand 6: Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

• Some websites…– http://www.indirect.com/www/crockett

/history.html• Mormon History

– http://heritage.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/index.hts• Mormon activities and people

– http://www.mormons.org/daily/history/1844_1877/westward_eom.htm

• Mormon history, exodus from Nauvoo

More Websites...

– http://www.esu3.k12.ne.us/districts/elkhorn/ms/curriculum/Mormon1.html

– http://www.wisbar.org/pioneers/• Pioneers in the Law…Wisconsin’s first 150 Women

Lawyers

– http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/ssh/doheny/ref/BHM/Exhibit/biddy_mason.html

• Biddy Mason

More Websites...

– http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Beckwrth.htm

• Jim Beckwourth stamp Biography

– http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Pickett.htm• Bill Pickett stamp Biography

Some Activities...

• School Clean-up Project

• Write Thank-you Letters to Local Service Agencies and People in Authority

• Make a Mural for Hallway

• Work together to Plan and Perform a Class Pioneer Play

• Make a Class Scrapbook

Conclusion

The End!