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American Old West

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The American Frontier
33,600 words, approx. 112 pages
A complete lesson plan by Teaching and Learning Company. For Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12. This lesson plan is sold separately and is not included with any subscription or study pack.


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Cowboys in the Old West Summary
35,510 words, approx. 118 pages
No single group of people in all of American history have more written about them than the cowboys of the Old West. They are glorified in song and in novels. Hollywood has made hundreds of movies about cowboys, complete with fast horses and blazing...
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Trails West Summary
7,907 words, approx. 26 pages
Between 1800 and 1870, nearly half a million Americans set out across the frontier on the many trails that led west from settled America. Whether they took the Santa Fe Trail, the Oregon-California Trail, the Mormon Trail, or one of many others, these...
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The Wild West Summary
5,354 words, approx. 18 pages
The 150-year-long conquest of the American West was one of the most colorful eras of American history. From the moment that small bands of settlers set out across the Appalachian Mountains in the 1750s to the closing of the frontier around 1890,...
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Age of Western Expansion Summary
2,493 words, approx. 8 pages
At some time in American history, every part of the United States except the easternmost region qualifed as "the West," the last frontier of settlement. As the idea of the West expanded in the public imagination, it became a land of...
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American Old West Information
4,521 words, approx. 15 pages
The American Old West comprises the history, myths, legends, stories, beliefs and cultural meanings that collected around the Western United States in the 19th century. Most often the term refers to the late 19th century, between the American Civil War...


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American Indians, place meanings and the Old/New West. .
09/22/2002: 6,962 words, approx. 23 pages
The American West includes millions of acres of national parks, forests and other protected lands. These landscapes are often associated with sense of place and place meanings for those who live there and for people who go there for recreation and tourism. American Indian...
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The Washington Post
Water-Short Las Vegas Ignites Conflict as Old as the American West
12/07/1990: 1,266 words, approx. 4 pages
This thirsty, sprawling gambling oasis is laying claim to vast reserves of underground water throughout Nevada in a bold move that its adversaries call one of the greatest attempted water grabs in history and a menace to the fragile environment of the desert. ...
 


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