SuitabookHeading West
Pat McCarthy
- Reading
- Browse a few activities together, then pause over the historical accounts to compare daily routines with the wider effects of settlement on Native American communities.
- Themes
- Westward expansion and Native American cultures: The book traces westward expansion and states that settlement posed a direct threat to Native American cultures. It makes the impact on Native American cultures part of its account, alongside pioneer lives and activities.
- Accounts and activities as historical learning: Journals and autobiographies provide historical accounts, while projects invite readers to try or make things associated with pioneer life. The structure pairs accounts of the past with practical ways to explore aspects of daily life.
- Worth knowing
- Consider how isolation, harsh weather, disease and westward expansion affected people and Native American cultures.