Fourth Grade Unit 3 Social Studies Resources
Immigration to the West
Toolkit Texts: Westward Expansion
This teacher resource is a a spiral-bound set of short nonfiction texts and primary sources that may be reproduced for classroom use aligned to Washington State history including:
- Women's Voices from the Trail
Expansion of America: The Oregon Trail
This student resource is an informational text about the Oregon Trail including chapters addressing the call to go west, interactions between pioneers and Native Americans, Missionaries, and migration (six copies per teacher).
Travels Across America's Past: The West: Its History and People
This student resource is an informational text about the history of the west including information about the Chinook, overland trails, the transcontinental railroad, logging, and several notable historical figures (six copies per teacher).
TrueFlix
FreedomFlix
NewselaPro
- Exploring the Pacific Northwest Prior to Statehood: Tribal Homelands
- Living in Washington: Celilo Falls
- Being Citizens of Washington: Salmon Recovery and the Boldt Decision
NOTE: Tribal sovereignty content may be logically addressed in EPS units 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 so these resources are listed in all of them.
- A Google Slide "Big Book" about the concept of tribal sovereignty created by EPS staff adapting a resource from OSPI's Since Time Immemorial website.
NOTE: Tribal sovereignty content may be logically addressed in EPS units 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 so these resources are listed in all of them.