NEW NON-FICTION BINGO PRODUCTS!

Grades 4-7 and Homeschool
Sarah Peterson
Hands On History

TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD

OR

MEDIEVAL PILGRIMS AND CANTERBURY TALES

BINGO

TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD

READING PASSAGES AND BINGO

BINGO is a fun way to review new concepts and vocabulary words. The words in this BINGO set relate to the topic of Transcontinental Railroads and  makes the perfect review for the nine pages of informational text that are included in this product. The passages can also be used for CLOSE READING, using any non-fiction graphic organizer (not included). Great for use by Substitute Teachers!

This product includes:

9 One-Page Reading Passages of Informational Text (LEXILE  850-950)

36 Unique Bingo Cards (18 pages with two cards per sheet)

The Caller’s Tracking Sheet

24 Calling Cards Containing Words and Clues

Reading Passages

There are nine pages of informational text about the topic:  The Transcontinental Railroad. The passages cover the following topics:

·         East Coast to West Coast

·         The Central Pacific Railroad

·         The Union Pacific 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

Words that are included:

Central Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, Promontory Summit, May 10, 1869,  Gauge,  Theodore Judah, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Surveyor, Utah, Standardize Time, Snow Sheds,  Chinese Immigrants, Base Camps, The Big Four, Irish Immigrants, Railroad Ties, Soldiers and Former Slaves, Iron Horse, Mormons, Abraham Lincoln, Terminus, Brigham Young, Explosives, Roadbed

Although all cards contain the same 24 words, the order on each card is unique.  Each student will find every word on their card.  Of course, this means “blackout” is not a good option – although my students sometimes insisted on playing all the way through and singing out “BINGO” in unison at the end!

This product is great for a large group, class or co-op.!  It can be played in the traditional way where the instructor randomly chooses one of the cards and calls out the word.  Or, to play as a review game, the instructor can read the clue that appears on the card below the BINGO word. 

(Note: The informational text also appears in my Wild West Careers Lesson Plan)

MEDIEVAL PILGRIMS AND THE CANTERBURYTALES

READING PASSAGES AND BINGO

BINGO is a fun way to review new concepts and vocabulary words. The words in this BINGO set relate to the topics Medieval Pilgrims and the Canterbury Tales makes the perfect review for the five pages of informational text that are included in this product. The passages can also be used for CLOSE READING, using any non-fiction graphic organizer (not included).  Great for Substitute Teachers!

This product includes:

5 One-Page Reading Passages of Informational Text (LEXILE 850-950)

1 Two-Page Adaptation of Chaucer’s ‘The Pardoner’s Tale”

36 Unique Bingo Cards (18 pages with two cards per sheet)

The Caller’s Tracking Sheet

24 Calling Cards Containing Words and Clues

Informational Text

There are five pages of informational text about the topic: Medieval Pilgrims and the Canterbury Tales. The passages cover the following topics:

·        What is a  Pilgrim?

·        A Pilgrim’s Travels

·        The Canterbury Cathedral

·        The Unfinished Canterbury Tales

·        The Canterbury Tales  - Surviving History

Words that are included:

King Henry II; Holy Relic; Canterbury Cathedral; Canterbury Tales; Geoffrey Chaucer; Thomas Becket; Pilgrim; Tabard Inn; End of the 14^th Century; Death; Harry Bailey; Walking or Horseback; Knight, Merchant, Miller; Atonement; Healing; Greed; Middle English; Two There, Two Back; Fragments; Archbishop; Traveling Was Dangerous; Poet and Public Servant; England; Pilgrimage

Although all cards contain the same 24 words, the order on each card is unique.  Each student will find every word on their card.  Of course, this means “blackout” is not a good option – although my students sometimes insisted on playing all the way through and singing out “BINGO” in unison at the end!

This product is great for a large group, class or co-op.!  It can be played in the traditional way where the instructor randomly chooses one of the cards and calls out the word.  Or, to play as a review game, the instructor can read the clue that appears on the card below the BINGO word. 

(Note: The informational text also appears in my Medieval Careers Lesson Plan)

To download the Transcontinental Preview click here or the Canterbury Tales Preview click here.

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WILD WILD WEST CAREER LESSON PLAN BUNDLE- VOLUME 1

Grades 4-7
Sarah Peterson
Hands On History

CHECK OUT MY REFORMATTED LESSON PLANS 

NOW INCLUDING READING PASSAGES!

WILD, WILD WEST CAREERS BUNDLE - VOLUME 1

What was the United States like in the 1800s? The answer to that question depends on whether you are talking about the beginning or the end of the century.  From 1800 to 1899, the United States underwent major changes!

“Wild, Wild West Careers, Volume 1” looks at Westward Expansion in America during the 1800s by examining the careers of those men and women who paved the way and settled the land in the west.  Each of the lessons covers the careers and information about the era as it relates to the career.   Volume One includes: Explorers – Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea; Native American Chiefs, the Trail of Tears, and the Long Walk; Frontiersmen,  Davy Crockett and the Alamo; Gold Miners and the California Gold Rush; Pony Express Riders, the Telegraph and Showmen;  Homesteaders,  Wagon Trains, and, the Donner Party.  An outline of each lesson plan is listed below.

This product is also perfect for SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, enrichment learning, homeschool or co-ops! The reading passages are great for CLOSE READING with any non-fiction graphic organizer (not included).  THIS LESSON INCLUDES READING PASSAGES, ACTIVITIES, REVIEW GAME, WORKSHEET AND TEACHER’S KEY.

*These Reading Passages also appear in my other Wild West History Products

Wild West Careers: Explorers – Lewis and Clark

This product contains 6 one-page reading passages covering the Louisiana Purchase, the Corps of Discovery, Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea, the Expedition and more.  With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States almost doubled in size.  The Lewis and Clark’s Expedition to explore the new land began in 1804 and took over two years.  This lesson examines its impact on the United States and Westward Expansion and includes:

Reading Passages*

6 one-page reading passages covering the following topics:

• America in the 1800s; The Louisiana Purchase
• Lewis and Clark: Preparing the Corps of Discovery
• Lewis and Clark: The Expedition
• A Realization
• Sacagawea’s Early Life
• Sacagawea on the Expedition

Activities:

This product includes the following classroom activities:

• Brainstorm – What Would You Bring?
• Map Work: Louisiana Purchase; The Lewis and Clark Expedition
• Job Application: Explorer
• Simon Says: Learn to Read a Compass!
• Go On an Expedition!
• Review Worksheet
• Writing Prompt
• Map Your Room
• Coloring Pages
• Review Game – Bingo Words and Clues

Wild West Careers: Native American Chiefs – The Trail of Tears

This product contains 5 one-page reading passages covering Native Americans and the Indian Removal Act, the Trail of Tears, the Long Walk, Native American Chiefs, and War Paint.  The Indian Removal Act, the Trail of Tears and the Long Walk were tragic events concerning the forced removal of Native Americans from their sacred land to reservations. The Job of Native American Chief is covered, as is Tribal War Paint.

Reading Passages*

5 one-page reading passages covering the following topics:

• Native Americans and the Indian Removal Act
• The Trail of Tears
• The Long Walk
• The Native American Chief
• War Makeup

Activities:

This product includes the following classroom activities:

• Venn-Diagram
• Job Application – Native American Chief
• Mock Relocation
• Choose Native American Names 
• Apply Indian War Makeup
• True/False Review Game
• Coloring Pages
• Native American Story Scroll

Wild West Careers: Frontiersmen, Davy Crockett and the Alamo

This product contains 6 one-page reading passages covering the Frontier, the Frontiersmen, Davy Crockett, Texas Independence, the Alamo and more. Activities, review game, worksheet and teacher’s key are all included.  In the early part of the 1800s, land west of the Mississippi River was complete wilderness. This land consisted of rivers, mountains, forests and prairies and was occupied by Native Americans and wild animals. The frontier was the name given to the wild and unfamiliar land that lay west of civilized America. Davy Crockett was a Frontiersman and was present at the 1836 Battle of the Alamo.

Reading Passages: *

6 one-page reading passages covering the following topics:

• The Frontier, Frontiersmen and Pioneers
• Davy Crockett – Early Life
• Davy Crockett: Congressman and Revolutionary
• Texas Independence from Mexico
• The Alamo
• Remember the Alamo!

Activities:

This product includes the following classroom activities:

• Job Application: Frontiersman
• Black Bear Safety
• Texas Declaration of Independence Group Activity
• Review Worksheet
• Review Game: Bingo Words and Clues
• Sugar Cube Alamo
• Frontiersman Coloring Pages

Wild West Careers: Gold Miners

This product contains 8 one-page reading passages covering the California Gold Rush Miners, the Camps and Claims, Life of a Miner, Methods of Mining, Merchants, Lasting Impact and more.  When gold was discovered in California in 1848, it didn’t take long for hopeful men (and some women) to begin heading west, expecting to strike it rich. “Wild, Wild West Careers: Gold Miners” covers the life of a gold miner and how the Gold Rush changed California and contributed to westward expansion.

Reading Passages*

8 one-page reading passages covering the following topics:

• Discovery of Gold at Sutter’s Mill
• The California Gold Rush
• Camps and Claims
• Staking a Claim - Jumping a Claim
• The Daily Life of a Miner
• Methods of Mining Gold
• Merchants During the Gold Rush
• Lasting Impact of the Gold Rush

Activities:

This product includes the following classroom activities:

• Job Application: Gold Miner
• Create Newspaper
• Panning for Gold
• Review Worksheet
• Creative Writing Activities: Sutter and Marshall – How Did Their Stories End?
• California Mining Town Writing Activity
• Coloring Pages
• Play Review Game – True/False
• Analyze Words to “Clementine”
• Examine Other Gold Rush Songs

Wild West Careers: Pony Express Riders, the Telegraph and Buffalo Bills’ Wild West Show.

This product contains 8 one-page reading passages covering The Pony Express, the Telegraph and Transcontinental Lines, Former Pony Express Rider- Buffalo Bill Cody, the Wild West Show, Annie Oakley and more.  Imagine living thousands of miles away from your family with no easy way of communicating. Suppose there are no phones, no internet and no regular mail delivery. News of important events might take weeks or months to reach your loved ones. This is what life was like for people living apart from their families in the 1800s.  The Pony Express and the Telegraph were two attempts to deal with the communication dilemma.  Showman Buffalo Bill Cody started out as a pony express rider and his career is examined in this lesson plan as well. 

Reading Passages*

8 one-page reading passages covering the following topics:

• The 1800s:  Life in the West
• The Pony Express
• The Telegraph is Here!
• The Telegraph Lines
• Buffalo Bill Cody
• Buffalo Bill and his Wild West Show
• Annie Oakley               
• Little Sure Shot

Activities:

This product includes the following classroom activities:

• Create a Pony Express Rider Ad
• Complete Job Application
• Be A Translator! – Morse Code Activities
• Take the Pony Express Oath!
• Pony Express Relay Race
• Worksheet
• Create a Stamp!
• Pony Express Review Game – Bingo Words and Clues
• Pony Express Activity Suggestions
• Examine the Pony Express Route
• Coloring Pages

Wild West Careers: Homesteaders and Wagon Trains

This product contains 6 one-page reading passages covering Homesteaders and the Emigrant Trails, Covered Wagons, Wagon Trains, Sod Homes, the Donner Party and more.  At the beginning of the 1800s, America doubled its size when the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. But, buying land alone doesn’t make a country grow: the land needs people. How does a government build a population? In this lesson, students will learn about the Homestead Act and the pioneers who headed west to help grow America!

Reading Passages*

6 one-page reading passages covering the following topics:

Increasing the Population! 

Sod Homes

Homesteaders and the Emigrant Trails

Homesteaders and Covered Wagons

Wagon Trains

Tragedy on the Journey: The Donner Party

Activities:

This product includes the following classroom activities:

• Create an Ad for Free Land
• Complete Job Application: Homesteader
• Plan a Pioneer’s Trip
• How Big is a Covered Wagon?
• Homesteaders: Review Worksheet
• Review Game – True/False
• Make a Sod House
• Coloring Page – Pioneers Heading West
• Moving: Then and Now
• Primary Source Image: Examine a Sod House
• Homestead Activity Suggestions
• Writing Prompt

These Lessons can also be purchased separately!  

Click Here to Download Preview of Wild, Wild West Careers Volume 1

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Grades 4-6

Sarah Peterson

Hands on History

Check out my FREE lesson plans!!  If you are studying the Middle Ages or the Wild West, these plans are perfect for you! 

Try these lessons and if you like them, visit my store!  Both of these plans are part of a series.

WILD, WILD WEST CAREERS: FRONTIERSMAN

Davy Crockett; Remember the Alamo

This lesson is one in a series of 14 lessons on Wild, Wild West Careers.  Each of the lessons covers the careers and information about the era as it relates to the career.  The series covers the United States during the 1800s, including events that contributed to Western Expansion.  Each lesson can also be used individually.    These are GREAT FOR SUBS – ALL INFORMATIONAL TEXT IS INCLUDED!!!

In the early part of the 1800s, land west of the Mississippi River was complete wilderness. This land consisted of rivers, mountains, forests and prairies and was occupied by Native Americans and wild animals. The frontier was the name given to the wild and unfamiliar land that lay west of civilized America.  A frontiersman was a man who hunted, trapped, and traded on the frontier.  Many lived isolated lives, traversing the land, following rivers, and climbing mountains in search of beavers, raccoons, and bears - any animal whose fur could be sold. 

·        Discussion: The Frontier, Frontiersmen and Pioneers

·        Activity: Job Application: Frontiersman

·        Discussion: Davy Crockett – Frontiersman

·        Activity: Black Bear Safety

·        Discussion: Texas Independence from Mexico

·        Activity: Texas Declaration of Independence Group Activity

·        Primary Source Document: Texas Declaration of Independence

·        Discussion: The Alamo

·        Activity: Review Worksheet

·        Teacher’s Key for Review Worksheet

·        Review Game: Bingo Words for your Bingo Cards

·        Sugar Cube Alamo Instructions, Patterns and Images

·        Frontiersman Coloring Page

·        Suggested Books and Movies

All Wild, Wild West Careers will have the same basic format.

STUDYING THE MIDDLE AGES?

This is the first lesson in a series of “Medieval Employment" lesson plans. In this lesson plan, students will learn about the medieval jobs of Pages and Squires. The lesson plan includes a short informational passage; a job application; activity suggestions (specifically training to be a page and squire); a review worksheet; plus movie and book suggestions. 
GREAT RESOURCE FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS!! NO PREP - INFORMATIONAL TEXT INCLUDED!! 15 Pages.

MEDIEVAL CAREERS: PAGES AND SQUIRES

Discussion: Pages and Squires

Activity: Complete Job Application

Activity: Train to be a Page – Strategic Game: Pen in a Palace

Activity: Train to be a Squire – Messenger Game

Discussion: The Melee and the Joust

Activity: Participate in a Melee

Activity: Pages and Squires Worksheet

Teacher’s Key for Review Worksheet

Coloring Page – Page-in-Training

Writing Prompt

Review Game: Bingo Words for Review Game

Both lessons are work well for grades 4-6 and homeschool.

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Pioneer Dangers and Hardships!

Grades 4-6 and Home School

Sarah Peterson

Hands on History

Check out my latest Reading Comprehension Product! 

Pioneer Dangers and Hardships

This product is great for Social Studies (History) and Language Arts (Reading Comprehension).  The product contains: two one-page passages of informational text on Pioneer Dangers and Hardships; two pages of reading comprehension questions (one for each passage); and the teacher’s keys.   Questions are true or false; multiple choice and open ended, and include both literal and inferential questions.  The reading passages can be used for CLOSE READING with other non-fiction graphic organizers as well! 

 

THIS PRODUCT IS GREAT FOR A QUICK SAMPLE FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS!   It may be used for Independent Reading, Homework, or as a Supplemental Homeschool Worksheet.  Grades 4-6 and homeschool

This product is perfect to use with my other Pioneer Reading Comprehension products:

Pioneer Schools                                              Pioneer Chores                                      Pioneer Homes

You can find the Pioneer Dangers and Hardships product here

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NATIVE AMERICANS LESSON PLANS

Grades 4-6

Sarah Peterson

Hands on History

Studying Native American History?

Check out these lesson plans:

·       Trail of Tears and the Long Walk

·       Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee

Each lesson plan includes:

·       INFORMATIONAL TEXT

·       Review Game

·       Worksheet

·       Teacher’s Key

·       Engaging Activities

Wild, Wild West Careers: Native American Chief

Trail of Tears and The Long Walk

Wild, Wild West Careers: “Native American Chief” covers the Indian Removal Act, the Trail of Tears and the Long Walk: tragic events concerning the forced removal of Native Americans from their sacred land to reservations.  The Job of Native American Chief is covered, as is Tribal War Paint.

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Native Americans and the Indian Removal Act

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Trail of Tears and the Long Walk

·        Activity: Venn-Diagram: The Trail of Tears and The Long Walk

·        Teacher’s Key for Venn Diagram

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Job of Native American Chief

·        Activity: Job Application – Native American Chief

·        Activity:  Mock Relocation

·        Mock Relocation Worksheet

·        Mock relocation Worksheet – Teacher’s Key

·        Activity:  Choose Native American Names Handout and Chart

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Tribal War Paint

·        Activity: True/False Review Game

·        Coloring Page: Native American Chief

·        Native American Story Scroll Activity and Symbol Chart

·        Pattern for Buffalo Cutout

·        Suggested Books and Movies

 Wild, Wild West Careers:

7^th, 9^th, and 10^th Cavalry; Indian Wars

Native American Warriors Part II (1864-1904)

In the early 1800s, the United States government began forcing many Native American Tribes from their ancestral homeland to land set aside west of the Mississippi River. The government continued the process of Indian removal for several decades.  However, in 1865 when the Civil War ended, efforts became even more focused on moving Native Americans in the western states to government-controlled reservations.  Cavalry Regiments were formed to fight in the Indian Wars.

This lesson plan Includes:

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Background; Treaties and Policies

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: 7^th, 9^th, and 10^th Cavalry; Buffalo Soldiers

·        Activity: Job Application – Cavalry Soldier

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: George Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

·        Activity:  Battle of the Little Bighorn – Search and Find Map Work

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Following the Battle of the Little Bighorn

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Geronimo

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Chief Joseph

·        Activity: Read Chief Joseph’s Speech

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: The Wild West: Where the Buffalo Roam

·        Activity: Buffalo-Use Collage and Teacher’s Key

·        Chart of Buffalo Uses

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Reservations; Ghost Dance; Wounded Knee

·        Activity: Review Worksheet and Teacher’s Key

·        Activity: True/False Review Game

·        Activity: Complete a Timeline!

·        Activity: Recipe for Apache Bread: Chigustei

·        Activity: Coloring Page – Sioux Warriors

·        Activity: Writing Prompt!

·        Book Suggestions

Check out the TRAIL OF TEARS Lesson plan here

Check out the Cavalry, Wounded Knee and Battle of Little Big Horn here

Happy Learning!!

Sarah

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