Teacher Created Resources:
Give students in-depth views of specific events and historic eras with lessons that reinforce nonfiction reading skills. Spotlight On America: Westward Movement features reading sections and quizzes, student activity pages, annotated bibliography, a glossary of terms, and reader's theater.
 
Topics include:
The Westward Movement
Mountain Men
Trails West
On the Oregon Trail
Pioneer Life
Striking It Rich
Cowboy Life
Native Americans