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Thematic Lists

Lists of materials on various themes

The Wild West and Frontier Life

Whether you call in the Wild West or the Old West, this period of time in United States history has captured imaginations for over a century!  Check out these items about the Wild West, the Westward Migration, the Oregon Trail, and more to learn more about this piece of the past! 

Don't forget...this is just part of the materials in the Curriculum Collections about this period of time!  Go to our catalog to search for more!

Lesson Plan Materials

These lesson plan materials relate to a number of specific topics on this page.  Also, there are some materials in other categories on this page that have activities that can be integrated into lesson plans.

The Wild West

Children's Books

Children's Graphic Novels

The California Gold Rush

Children's Books

Children's Graphic Novels

Study Prints

Lesson Plan Materials

Cowboys

Children's Books

Children's Graphic Novels

Lesson Plan Materials

Donner Party

Children's Books

Children's Graphic Novels

Life on the Frontier

Children's Books

Children's Graphic Novels

DVDs

Notable Figures

Children's Books

DVDs

Laura Ingalls Wilder Resources

The Curriculum Collections include a number of materials by and about Laura Ingalls Wilder.  Below is just a small selection of items.

All of the books in the "Little House" series are located in the Juvenile Literature Collection under the call number +PZ7.W6461

Children's Books

CDs

Lesson Plan Materials

The Oklahoma Land Rush

Children's Books

Study Prints

The Oregon Trail

Children's Books

Lesson Plan Materials

DVDs

Study Prints

Pony Express

Children's Books

The Trail of Tears

Children's Books

Study Prints

DVDs

Transcontinental Railroad

Children's Books

Westward Expansion

Children's Books

DVDs

Study Prints

Familiar Stories with a Western Flair

Children's Books

Children's Graphic Novels

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