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PIONEERSPIONEERSRELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS

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What's Inside:
  • What Makes Someone a Pioneer
  • Early Pioneers
  • Pioneers Move West
  • On the Trail
  • Sodbusters of the Great Plains
  • Farming the Plains
  • Time for Fun
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  • MAPS
  • LEXILE® READING LEVEL: 950L
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"History tells us that pioneers settled the American West. But history also tells us that people as diverse as John Glenn, Rosa Parks, and Christian Barnard are pioneers, too. So what, exactly, is a pioneer? According to one dictionary, a pioneer is someone who helps open up a new area of research or gives opportunities to others. So John Glenn would qualify as a U.S. space pioneer by being the. . . "
RELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS
LEWIS & CLARKLEWIS & CLARK
"On March 4, 1801, a tall, red-headed Virginian named Thomas Jefferson was sworn in as the third president of a very young United States of America. The country was small - tiny, compared to its present size. Americans knew that a great expanse of land lay west of the Mississippi River. They knew Indians lived there; some white trappers had ventured into it, but no one had any real idea what was. . . "
SACAGAWEASACAGAWEA
"She is one of the most well- known, and unknown, figures in United States history. A river, two lakes, and four mountain peaks are named for her, but no one is certain how to pronounce or spell her name. Every child in the United States learns about Sacagawea (sa-CA-ga-we-a), but what does anyone actually know about her? We know for certain that in 1805 and 1806 she traveled with the Lewis and Clark. . . "
VALUE-PACKED SETS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
  • If You Were a Pioneer on the Prairie (If You Were). By Anne Kamma, Scholastic, 2003. The Oregon Trail. By Sally Senzell Isaacs, Heinemann Library, 2003.
  • About the American Frontier. By Fiona MacDonald, Peter Bedrick, 200.
  • You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Pioneer! (You Wouldn't Want to...). By Jacqueline Morley, Franklin Watts, 2002.
  • Words West : Voices of Young Pioneers. By Ginger Wadsworth, Clarion Books, 2003.
ADULT BOOKS
  • The Frontiersmen: A Narrative. By Allan W. Eckert, Jesse Stuart Foundation, 2001.
  • Measuring America: How the United States Was Shaped by the Greatest Land Sale in History. By Andro Linklater, Plume Books, 2003.
  • Winning the Wild West : The Epic Saga of the American Frontier, 1800--1899. By, Page Stegner, Free Press, 2002. The Way West. By A. B. Guthrie, Mariner Books, 2002.
WEBSITES
  • The Gallery of the Open Frontier: www.gallery.unl.edu/about.html
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
  • National Historic Trail:
    www.nps.gov/oreg/