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Exploring the West - Stanford University Grades 9 to 12

Exploring the West is specifically designed for high school U.S. history teachers, and presents curricular units, worksheets and lesson plans related to US expansion west. The units are divided into three main sections: Urban Growth (related to Phoenix, Arizona; Calgary, Alberta; and Bay Area, California); Maps (which relates to role of maps and mapmaking in US expansionism); and Cowboys. Each broad unit has seven to ten lesson plans and over 100 worksheets. Each unit is also tied to National Standards for History, as well as correlated to some science standards. Some of the printable pages require Adobe Acrobat. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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In the Classroom:
This is one of those sites that you will need to use as you plan for the year. There are good resources here which can be woven into the curriculum already in use at your school, or which can provide additional extension activities for advanced students. The site is user-friendly, and resources are easy to locate. Few, if any, of the lesson plans include creation of technology-based projects, but many of them could be adapted for use on a class wiki or using tools such as Google Earth. If your class includes a unit on the West, this site will be valuable to you. Save this site in your favorites.

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