Native Americans | The Trail of Tears | Indian Removal Act | Indian Territory | Treaties | Battle of Little Big Horn | Wounded Knee Massacre | Choctaw | Creek | Cherokee | Lakota | Cheyenne | Sioux | Colonel George Custer | Sitting Bull | Crazy Horse | Reading | Comprehension | Writing. Daily Lessons to teach American History while also improving essential reading and writing skills!

Take students on a journey... back in time to the 1830's - 1890's. A time when American settlers were moving westward and occupying Native American territories. A time when treaties were made... and promises were broken. There were battles and heart-breaking massacres. And Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Col. George Custer were taking a stand... and making history. This controversial time in American history was instrumental in the development of our nation.

EASY-TO-READ LESSONS:

Tackle social studies topics while simultaneously focusing on improving essential reading and writing skills. To aid comprehension, font sizes are larger, and a words-to-know section is included to help students get familiar with any challenging vocabulary that may be found in a story. Lessons use short, easy-to-read sentences, a lower 4th-5th grade reading level, simple vocabulary, and repetition/review.

DAILY MINI-LESSONS:

Each three-part lesson is divided into small, manageable, daily mini-lessons. Skill-based reading and writing exercises follow each mini-lesson and are designed to help students understand what they have read and retain key historical information. To encourage students to read and then re-read the text, there is a “locating the information” activity at the bottom of each story page. This simple exercise helps to reinforce key facts from the story.

CAPTIVATING ILLUSTRATIONS:

Keep students engaged in their learning with the historical illustrations and photos that are sprinkled throughout the lessons. This strong picture-text correspondence has been proven to improve overall comprehension and reading enjoyment.

TEACHING GUIDE & ENRICHMENT IDEAS:

To help you and your students get the most out of these lessons, an in-depth teacher guide, important people and places lists, words-to-know lists, enrichment ideas, and answer key are also included. Enrichment Ideas offer suggestions for discussion, research, and higher level comprehension questions.

READABILITY:

A specific challenge for this book was being true to history while simplifying the content. An effort was made to create stories that were rich with important historical information, yet on a level that would be understood by those students reading below grade level. To accomplish this, short sentences, simple explanations, and plenty of repetition were used whenever possible.

Reading Level: 4.0 - 5.5

Interest Level: 4 - 12

Page Count: 30