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Frontier and Pioneer Life Lesson Plans

In honor of Daniel Boone's birthday November 2nd, we're featuring new lesson plans on Daniel Boone and on frontier and pioneer life.
 

Grades: 3 - 5

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: Dandelions by Eve Bunting New!
Theme: Metaphors
Duration: 45 minute class session
Title: Daniel Boone by Roy Nemerson New!
Theme: POWER Listening Strategy
Duration: Lesson will last the duration of the novel
Title: Daniel Boone’s Great Escape by Michael P. Spradlin New!
Theme: Using Vivid Verbs in Writing
Duration: Two class periods
Title: Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Theme: Listening and Speaking
Duration: 50 minutes

Subject: Social Studies

Title: Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder New!
Theme: Frontier and Pioneer Life and Challenges
Duration: Three class periods

Grades: 6 - 8

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail by Elvira Woodruff New!
Theme: Letter Writing
Duration: One class session

Subject: Social Studies

Title: Black Pioneers: An Untold Story by William Loren Katz New!
Theme: Multicultural Studies
Duration: One class session
Title: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink New!
Theme: Pioneer Life and Vocabulary Skills
Duration: One class session
Title: Letters from the Corrugated Castle: A Novel of Gold Rush California, 1850–1852 by Joan W. Blos New!
Theme: California Gold Rush and Research Skills
Duration: Two class periods