Great Pioneer Projects You Can Build Yourself

by: Rachel Dickinson

Great Pioneer Projects You Can Build Yourself
Author: Rachel Dickinson

Publisher: Nomad Press

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Publication date: 01 May 2007

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ISBN: 0979226864 ISBN 13: 9780979226861 Publisher suggests as an alternative: Great Pioneer Projects You Can Build Yourself (2007) This product is an E-publication based on: Great Pioneer Projects You Can Build Yourself (2007)

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Build-it activitiesconnect readers to the people whobuilt their homes and communitieson the frontier,enhancing thisfirst-hand look at the history of the American West and pioneers. Readers will discover their own mapmaking skills while learning how and why people traveled west and will replicate the tough chore of building a house when creating a log cabin out of edible materials. Other projects that help kids better understand the hardships of life on the frontier includetypesetting newspapers with alphabet pasta, makingmodels of covered wagons and prairie bonnets, and making the quilts and candles that would have turned a house in the wilderness into a home. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Nomad Press

City: VT

Pages: 128

More info: height 203 mm width 254 mm

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Age recommended: General/trade

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC22) 745.50978 Library of Congress Subject: LB1027.25.D53 2007eb

Record updated at: 23 March, 2013 time: 01:44

Summary Great Pioneer Projects You Can Build Yourself IntroductionHow It All BeganChapter 1: Mapping the WayChapter 2: The Decision to Go WestChapter 3: Wagon TrainsChapter 4: Hardships on the TrailChapter 5: Popular RoutesChapter 6: The Transcontinental RailroadChapter 7: Building HomesChapter 8: Frontier Farming and FoodChapter 9: At Home and at SchoolChapter 10: Fun and HolidaysChapter 11: Cowboys and IndiansChapter 12: Documenting the WestGlossaryResourcesIndex Top page

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