Click below to download the U.S. History (5th, 8th & 11th) lesson plans in PDF format:

I. Lesson Plans and Student Activities
     A. Westward Expansion:
          1. End of the Open Range (Rotator 63 Lesson)
          2. Westward Expansion: Decisions Game
     B. Frontier Life:
          1. Frontier Women/Rotator 61 Lesson Plan
          2. Newspapers on the Frontier Lesson Plan
II. Additional Curriculum:
          1. Tour Questions for students
          2. Tour Answers for teachers
          3. Quotes from Women and worksheet
          4. Texas Forts Trail Time Line (coming soon)
          5. Your County History (coming soon)
          6. Spirit Guides Biography and worksheet
III. Curriculum available in 2008:
          1. Indian Wars:
               a. Chronology Frontier Forts and Settlements
               b. Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas
               c. Buffalo Soldiers Activity and Map
               d. Forts and Settlement
               e. War on the Frontier: Points of View
               f. Medicine Lodge Treaty
          2. Using Primary and Secondary Sources:
               a. Using Primary and Secondary Sources
               b. Bibliography

Education Coordinator:
Nell Sims
Phone: 325-437-2800
Email: nell@frontiertexas.com


To schedule a school tour contact Nell Sims or fax a
tour request form to 325-437-2804

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