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Social Studiesfor the High School
Multi-Handicapped Classroom
By Lesley A. Dunn
ED 417, Winter 2001
Dr. Helms
Strand 1: American Heritage
• Some websites:– http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/
• Westward Expansion Timeline
– http://www.onthisdayinoregon.com/• Calendar
– http://www.americanwest.com/trails/index.htm• Trails
American Heritage Websites (cont.)
– http://danenet.wicip.org/lms/themes/cowboys.html
• Westward Expansion: Black Cowboys and Pioneers
– http://132.241.182.52/PlumasNF/heritage/beckwpnf.htm
• Beckwourth Trail
Some Activities…• Create a Westward Expansion Timeline to
hang in the Classroom
• Write fictional biographies of pioneers on the Oregon Trail
• Choose an historical figure and write a mock interview
• Write and perform a play about the Beckwourth Trail
• Make an “On This Day in History” calendar
Strand 2: People in Societies
• Some websites…– http://www.rootscomputing.com/howto/cemrub
/cemrub.htm• Tombstone Rubbing Hints
– http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/women/women.html
• Women Pioneers in American Memory
More Websites...
– http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/default.htm
• Lest We Forget, Black cowboys, etc.
– http://www.wichitaeagle.com/aviation/pioneers/
• Aviation Pioneers
– http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/pioneer.htm
• Tracing Mormon Pioneers, ship info, etc.
Some Activities...
• Visit a cemetery and make tombstone rubbings• Have each student fill out a family tree• Make a “Roots” web to hang in the classroom• Pick a significant person or group of people, living
or in history, and write a monument plaque• Conduct interviews at a nursing home and then
write biographies for those people
Strand 3: World Interactions
– http://www.rr.gmcs.k12.nm.us/domagala.history.htm
• tons of links, biographies, history, trails, Kosovo, etc.
– http://pasa.mtx.net/• Pioneers Assoc. of South Australia Inc.
– http://www.ednet.ns.ca/educ/program/lrt/medlib/bea/slidegif/
• Black Pioneers of Nova Scotia…great activities!!
Some websites...
More Websites...
– http://www.manchester.com/tourist/rochdale/home.html
• the Rochdale Pioneers Museum in Manchester,Britain!
– http://www.butlercountyohio.org/monument/• Butler County, Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Pioneers
Monument
Some Activities...
• Find directions to the Monument in Butler County, Ohio
• Compare pictures from British historical Museum to American Historical Museum
• Email questions to the Historical Association of North Australia
• Make and compare Nova Scotia and Ohio style quilts
• Locate Nova Scotia, Britain, Australia and the U.S. on a globe
Strand 4: Decision Making and Resources
– http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6400/default.htm• about pioneers, activities
– http://www.flyingpioneers.com/• Early Aviation Photos and Collectibles
– http://www.cyndislist.com/oh.htm• Geneology Website categorized links
Some Websites...
More websites...
– http://208.206.78.232/daver/1sthand/atp/atp.html
• Across the Plains in 1869
– http://www.ohiokids.org/• Ohio History for Kids
Some Activities...
• Pack a pretend covered wagon• Make a list of pioneer jobs and compare them to
modern jobs• Role-play being “on the trail”• Discuss how to prepare for and recover from
natural disasters• Take a field trip to an Historical site and learn
about pioneer life
Strand 5: Democratic Processes
• Some websites…– http://www.teleport.com/~sflora/ortrail.htm
• Oregon Trail early gov’t, etc.
– http://www.nps.gov/jeff/mus-tour.htm• Museum of Westward Expansion tour with
narratives
– http://afgen.com/pioneer.html• African-American Pioneers
More Websites...
– http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/blakbios.html#BogleFamily
• Biographies of Black Pioneers
– http://www.abacom.com/~jkrause/fields.html• Mary Fields, Stagecoach Mary
– http://www.thehistorynet.com/WildWest/articles/02963_text.htm
• Mary Fields Biography
Some Activities...
• Read “The Kingdom With no Rules”
• Make up laws for their own imaginary kingdom
• Campaign for Class mayor
• Mock court trial
• Learn who was in charge of the Wagon trains and what kinds of rules there were
Strand 6: Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
• Some websites…– http://www.indirect.com/www/crockett
/history.html• Mormon History
– http://heritage.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/index.hts• Mormon activities and people
– http://www.mormons.org/daily/history/1844_1877/westward_eom.htm
• Mormon history, exodus from Nauvoo
More Websites...
– http://www.esu3.k12.ne.us/districts/elkhorn/ms/curriculum/Mormon1.html
– http://www.wisbar.org/pioneers/• Pioneers in the Law…Wisconsin’s first 150 Women
Lawyers
– http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/ssh/doheny/ref/BHM/Exhibit/biddy_mason.html
• Biddy Mason
More Websites...
– http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Beckwrth.htm
• Jim Beckwourth stamp Biography
– http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Pickett.htm• Bill Pickett stamp Biography
Some Activities...
• School Clean-up Project
• Write Thank-you Letters to Local Service Agencies and People in Authority
• Make a Mural for Hallway
• Work together to Plan and Perform a Class Pioneer Play
• Make a Class Scrapbook