FREE American West Research & Notebooking Unit
Published:
June 2, 2020
Contributor:
Bonnie Rose Hudson
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Introduce your kids to some of the people who made history in the American West with this FREE American West Research & Notebooking Unit. They can learn about explorers, outlaws, sheriffs, Texas Rangers, and many more.
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Who hasn’t wondered what life was really like in the days of the American West or imagined themselves riding the range or trying to make a home in an untamed land? This FREE American West Research & Notebooking Unit gives students the chance to learn about 40 men and women who made history in the American West.
As they do independent research, they’ll learn and record:
- each person’s date and place of birth
- each person’s date and place of death
- the state(s)/territory(ies) each person lived or worked in
- each person’s significant contributions to history
- other interesting facts
Give your students the opportunity to learn about:
- John Jacob Astor
- Stephen Austin
- William Becknell
- Jim Beckwourth
- William H. Bonney, Jr. (Billy the Kid)
- James “Jim” Bowie
- James “Jim” Bridger
- Christopher Houston “Kit” Carson
- George Catlin
- William Clark
- Cochise
- William “Buffalo Bill” Cody
- Crazy Horse
- David “Davy” Crockett
- George Armstrong Custer
- Wyatt Earp
- Thomas Fitzpatrick
- John C. Fremont
- Pat Garrett
- Geronimo
- John Coffee “Jack” Hays
- James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickock
- John Henry “Doc” Holliday
- Sam Houston
- Jesse James
- Mirabeau Lamar
- Meriwether Lewis
- Manuel Lisa
- James W. Marshall
- Bartholomew “Bat” Masterson
- Annie Oakley
- Zebulon Pike
- Bass Reeves
- Jon A. Rue (Snowshoe Thompson)
- Sitting Bull
- Jedediah Strong Smith
- John Sutter
- William M. “Bill” Tilghman, Jr.
- William B. Travis
- Joseph Reddeford Walker
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Bonnie Rose Hudson
Bonnie Rose Hudson’s heart’s desire is for every child to feel the love of God and know how special they are to Him. She would love for you to stop by her website WriteBonnieRose.com for homeschool and history curriculum, resources to help teach your children about missions and the persecuted Church, free history and writing printables, and to check out her newest release from JourneyForth, The Hidden Village, an early reader set in India.
