GRADES 4-7 AND HOMESCHOOL

by SARAH PETERSON

WILD WEST – Western Expansion

READING COMPREHENSION

MEGA BUNDLE!

This BUNDLE is great for Social Studies (History) and Language Arts (Reading Comprehension).  The bundle contains all of my Wild, Wild West Reading Comprehension Products:

• SEVENTY-FIVE  1-page OR 2-page reading passages of informational text on THE WILD, WILD WEST (LEXILE 850-1010);
• SEVENTY-FIVE pages of reading comprehension questions (one for each passage);
• Teacher’s Keys.   Questions are true or false; multiple choice and open ended, and include both literal and inferential questions. 

Passages may be used for Independent Reading, Homework, or as Supplemental Homeschool Worksheets.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

• THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE; LEWIS AND CLARK
• LEWIS AND CLARK: THE EXPEDITION
• SACAGAWEA: EARLY LIFE AND THE EXPEDITION
• NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT
• THE TRAIL OF TEARS AND THE LONG WALK
• THE NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEF AND WAR MAKEUP
• THE FRONTIER, FRONTIERSMEN AND PIONEERS
• DAVY CROCKETT
• TEXAS INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO
• REMEMBER THE ALAMO!
• DISCOVERY OF GOLD AT SUTTER’S MILL
• THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
• CAMPS AND CLAIMS
• THE DAILY LIFE OF A MINER
• METHODS OF MINING GOLD
• MERCHANTS DURING THE GOLD RUSH
• LASTING IMPACT OF THE GOLD RUSH
• THE 1800s: LIFE IN THE WEST
• THE PONY EXPRESS
• THE TELEGRAPH IS HERE!
• BUFFALO BILL CODY
• BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST SHOW
• ANNIE OAKLEY
• LITTLE SURE SHOT
• HOMESTEADERS AND THE HOMESTEAD ACT
• HOMESTEADERS AND THE EMIGRANT TRAILS
• HOMESTEADERS AND COVERED WAGONS
• WAGON TRAINS
• THE DONNER PARTY
• PIONEER HOMES
• SOD HOMES AND LOG CABINS
• PIONEER DANGERS AND HARDSHIPS: WEATHER
• PIONEER DANGERS AND HARDSHIPS: INSECTS AND DISEASES
• PIONEERS: LIFE AND CHORES ON THE PRAIRIE
• A DEMANDING LIFE
• PIONEER SCHOOLS
• SCHOOLMASTERS AND SCHOOLMISTRESSES
• COWBOYS IN THE 1800s
• THE CATTLE DRIVE: TRAILS, BOSSES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• LIFE OF A COWBOY: BRANDING THE CATTLE
• LIFE OF A COWBOY: COOKIE, CHUCKWAGON AND FOOD
• A COWBOY’S LIFE: HAZARDS ON THE TRAIL
• LIFE OF A COWBOY: END OF THE CATTLE DRIVE
• EAST COAST TO WEST COAST
• THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
• THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
• TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD: ALL IN A DAY’S WORK
• LIFE ON THE JOB
• WHO WERE THE WORKERS? CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
• WHO WERE THE WORKERS? UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
• PROMONTORY SUMMIT
• INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
• INDIAN WARS (1864-1904): TREATIES AND POLICIES
• CAVALRY AND BUFFALO SOLDIERS
• GEORGE CUSTER AND SITTING BULL
• THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN- CUSTER’S LAST STAND
• FOLLOWING THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN
• GERONIMO: FIGHTER AND PRISONER OF WAR
• CHIEF JOSEPH AND HIS SURRENDER
• THE WILD WEST: THE BUFFALO POLICY
• RESERVATIONS, GHOST DANCE AND WOUNDED KNEE
• OUTLAWS OF THE WILD, WILD WEST
• THE LAWMEN OF THE OLD WEST
• BILLY THE KID
• BILLY THE KID – A YOUNG OUTLAW
• THE JAMES-YOUNGER GANG
• THE DECLINE OF THE JAMES-YOUNGER GANG
• ROBERT LEROY PARKER AND HARRY ALONZO LONGABAUGH
• BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
• A FEMALE OUTLAW – BELLE STARR
• BELLE STARR
• WILD BILL HICKOK
• BASS REEVES
• WYATT EARP AND DOC HOLLIDAY
• THE SHOOTOUT AT THE OK CORRAL

The reading passages can also be used for CLOSE READING with other non-fiction graphic organizers (not included).

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