GREAT PIONEER PROJECTS : YOU CAN BUILD YOURSELF.
Title:
GREAT PIONEER PROJECTS : YOU CAN BUILD YOURSELF.
Author:
Dickinson, Rachel.
ISBN:
9781936749270
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (188 pages)
Series:
Build It Yourself
Contents:
Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- How It All Began -- Chapter 1: Mapping the Way -- Chapter 2: The Decision to Go West -- Chapter 3: Wagon Trains -- Chapter 4: Hardships on the Trail -- Chapter 5: Popular Routes -- Chapter 6: Tie transcontinental Railroad -- Chapter 7: Building Homes -- Chapter 8: Frontier Farming and Food -- Chapter 9: At Home and at School -- Chapter 10: Fun and Holidays -- Chapter 11: Cowboys and Indians -- Chapter 12: Documenting the West -- Glossary -- Resources -- Index.
Abstract:
What was it like to be an American pioneer during the 1800s? Great Pioneer Projects You Can Build Yourself introduces readers ages 9 and up to the settling of the great American frontier with over 25 hands-on building projects and activities. Young learners build replica sod houses, log cabins, and covered wagons and create their own printing presses and maps. Great Pioneer Projects You Can Build Yourself provides detailed step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and templates for creating each project. Historical facts and anecdotes, biographies, and fascinating trivia support the fun projects and teach readers about the American pioneers' relentless push westward. Together they give kids a first-hand look at daily life on the trail and on the frontier. Great Pioneer Projects You Can Build Yourself brings the American Pioneer experience to life.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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