Westward Expansion/Pioneers
Pictures
Songs
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I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair A popular song of the day composed by Stephen Foster in 1854.
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Poll Wolly Doodle This is one of several minstrel songs that are popular today with children - and some adults. There is little known about the origins of this song except that it was believed to be used in minstrel shows before the Civil War.
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Book Club books
Little House on the Praire (Q) by Laura Ingalls Wilder |
Birchbark House (T) by Louis Erdrich |
The Cabin Faced West (R) by Jean Fritz |
Our Only May Amelia (R) Jennifer Holm |
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Sarah Plain and Tall (R) by Patricia MacLachlan |
Caleb's Story (R) by Patricia MacLachlan |
Secret School (T) by Avi |
Caddie Woodlawn (R) by Carol Brink |
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Indian School (P) by Gloria Whelan
Skylark (R) By Patricia MacLachlan
Baby (R) by Patricia MacLachlan
Trouble River (S) by Betsy Byars
Grasshopper Summer (T) by Ann Turner
Joshua's Oregon Trail (~R) Patricia Hermes
Next Spring an Oriole (N) by Gloria Whelan *MI Connection
Buffalo Before Breakfast by Mary Pope Osborne
Skylark (R) By Patricia MacLachlan
Baby (R) by Patricia MacLachlan
Trouble River (S) by Betsy Byars
Grasshopper Summer (T) by Ann Turner
Joshua's Oregon Trail (~R) Patricia Hermes
Next Spring an Oriole (N) by Gloria Whelan *MI Connection
Buffalo Before Breakfast by Mary Pope Osborne
Picture Books
Elsie’s Bird by Jane Yolen and David Small
Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson and Nancy Carpenter
The Floating House by Scott Russell Sanders and Helen Cogancherry
Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson and Nancy Carpenter
The Floating House by Scott Russell Sanders and Helen Cogancherry
Nonfiction Books
A TRUE Book: Westward Expansion by Teresa Domnauer
The Trail of Tears by Joseph Bruchac and Diana Magnuson
The Trail of Tears by Joseph Bruchac and Diana Magnuson