'pioneers' yielded 16 matches.

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1. Garner Rix and the Royalton Raid - 1780 Garner Rix was just 12 when he moved with his father, pregnant mother, two sisters and three brothers from a farm in Connecticut to a log cabin on the banks of the White River, a place that would one day be called Royalton, Vermont. He helped h...
2. Sara Donati, Into the Wilderness Book Series Sara Donati weaves a grand adventure set in the pioneering days of New York, building on The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper and mixing in some Jane Austen style characters. This book series could be classified as historical fiction or historical r...
3. Ken Festus Curtis Country Singer This is a dedication to a golden voice. I was amazed, as many will be for the first time, that Ken Festus Curtis (Gunsmoke) could truly be the owner of such a beautiful voice. It is my objective to introduce, to those who may not know, Ken Curtis. I...
4. Western Expansion Travel back in time to the western frontier of the United States with us to learn about the brave men and women who traveled the hard trails to make the west their new home! Why would they move far from their families and homes, push through the unk...
5. Building Bridges Unit Study Garner Rix and his family moved from Connecticut to Vermont in 1780 by oxcart. During his captivity he walked to Montreal and back. What was it like to travel in the 18th Century? There were few roads and even fewer bridges. The bridges over streams...
6. United States in the 1800's So many things can happen during a short century of history! Exciting people interacting positively and negatively upon each other ~ changes in governments and geographic borders ~ artists, musicians, authors, and architects recording their time and...
7. GRANNY B'S BAKERY & PIES Long before sun-up, a lone figure rises and starts the day by stokin the fire in the wood-stove. Sometimes that means gathering up kindlin or chopping wood. But If a pie is to be made today, then her bakin must start before the sun washes over the wi...
8. American Girl - Kirsten Larson "Kirsten Larson is a brave, steadfast pioneer girl growing up on the Minnesota prairie in 1854. Her stories begin with her long, dangerous voyage with her family from Sweden to America. At first, Kirsten finds it difficult to get used to this st...
9. Mary Seacole - the black Nightingale Mary Seacole is one of the forgotten heroes of the 19th Century.  She was "a woman who succeeded despite the racial prejudice of influential sections of Victorian society". Half Creole, half-Scottish, she was a determined and caring wo...
10. Johnny Appleseed Thematic Unit The legend of Johnny Appleseed (aka John Chapman) is filled with fact and fiction and Steven Kellogg's humorous retelling of the story is perfect to build a thematic unit around. I have included suggested teaching / learning activities, centered arou...
11. Cobblestone Buildings Cobblestones are small rocks that can fit in the palm  of your hand. Pioneers to western New York State found the cobblestones, which had been brought by glaciers, along the shores of Lake Ontario or in the fields they tried to plow. They used t...
12. Greg Purnell I have had the privilege of living and serving in 5 different countries. I love learning languages and meeting new people. I have read about 100 missions and missionary books, so far. I have served with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Papua New Guine...
13. The Little House On The Prairie Tribute Corner I wonder if Laura Ingalls Wilder had any idea when she wrote her books just how big her name was to become!! Not only are her books still really well known, a television series was started about her life on the prairie. People are drawn to the simpli...
14. Beautiful Things In My South Florida World! I moved to Florida many years ago and one of the first things I fell in love with were the lovely tropical plants and trees. My desire is to share my appreciation for the many beautiful plants and trees that inhabit the south Florida area.
15. We Love Cowboys The American West produced many exciting heroes and legends. Legends like Kit Carson and Calamity Jane bring up images of train robberies, scouting, pioneering, trapping, and gun-fighting cowboy duels. The real American cowboy is this and much more....
16. art and altruism A painting born in 2000-2001, labor pains nonexistent to mild ,.complex conception / minor skirmishes with the immaculates.. They concede. . .as of april 2009 still hiding.Fear of art ego? They want to support a vital inner process .....socially cond...