Moving west
By: [author, Martha Cheney ; illustrator, Lynn McClain].
Contributors: McClain, Lynn.
Series: History pockets
Publisher: Evan-Moor Corp.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Monterey, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs -- Juvenile literature.; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs -- Juvenile literature.; West (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.; West (U.S.) -- History -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Includes: "historical background and facts; maps and a time line; arts and crafts projects; reading and writing connections; evaluation forms."
Notes: Grades 4-6.
Cover title.
"Student portfolios with pockets full of projects."
Table of contents: title: Introduction to moving west; title: The new frontier; title: Exploring the wilderness; title: Missionaries at work; title: On the Oregon Trail; title: The Native American struggle; title: Settling the Far West; title: The Gold Rush; title: Homesteading the Great Plains; title: Building the railroads.