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Additional Resources for this Project
The Old West
http://www.42explore.com/oldwest.htm
This is a great resource page. Read the entire page carefully. It lists web sites by topic and how they may help you.
People of the West
http://www.42explore.com/oldwest2.htm
This is a great biography web site. It lists people who helped to build the west by name.
American West
http://www.americanwest.com/index2.htm
This web site links you to other web sites by topic.
KidsCLICK!
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/midamer.html
This is a cool site. Just click on your topic and then use those web site links that match your reading level to carry out your research. Be sure to notice that they give the reading level for each website.
The Old West
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/owfrm.htm
Totally cool site where you can read the stories of different people as they tell about their adventures out West. A good way to get ideas for how to create the voice for the character you make up for your own project journal.
American West Museums
http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/index_americanwest_museums.html
Take a stagecoach ride through your topic. Look for your topic on the main page and click on it to go to really helpful site.
Museum of Westward Expansion
http://www.nps.gov/jeff/mus-tour.htm
Very cool site. Explore the world of the American Indians and the19th century pioneers who helped shape the history of the American West. Take a trip through their virtual museum. Use this site to help you see artifacts of the West.
Westward Movement at Yahooligans
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/around_the_world/countries/united_states/history/westward_movement/
This is list of links about different topics covered in this project.
Just Curious: Westward Expansion
http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/jcsswest.html
Great links about your topics.
The Wild, Wild West
http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/West.html
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