Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Buffalo Bill, and more Wild West

Well we circled back around to Western Expansion and the Wild West again in our studies of American History.  Mainly we focused this time on the Indian Wars and the West after the Civil War ended.  

Since we cover most of the Wild West before I gave Dare-Devil Boy the choice on some things about the west he wanted to learn more about.  The result was as fallowed: Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill Hickcok, the pony express, the Indian Wars and the Tall Tales that came out of that time. 



So here is some of the things we did this time around for our learning on the Wild West and the added stuff we did.  Also here is the schedule for the the things we I planed out.  It also has lots more books, activities and other things that I've added.  Click here for the schedule.


Books:




Crafts:

Covered Wagon
Wanted Poster (here is a picture)
 

Lapbooks/Notebooks & other printables:
Western Ho! (from Dynamic 2 Moms)

Oregon Trail (from Lapbook Lessons)

Pony express coloring page


Videos:


We finished up the mini-series Into the West.  It the series really helped out our learning about the Indian Wars that we learned about this year.  
Episode:
  • Casualties of War
  • Ghost Dance
There are a few fighting scenes that your young children might not like.  My children didn't mind.  In our house those scene were what really brought home the reality of how unfair it was.  It became a great way to talk more about what happened.  

Also here are a few of the other clips we added.

John Henry part 1 & 2


 Frontier House part 1


There are more clips and videos we used.  You can find them in the schedule up above.  Hope you enjoy some of the things we added.