While you’re reading and working on your unit study, you can dowload this free printables pack of graphic organizers for reading. It has a plot chart, venn diagram, KWL chart, two mini book report organizers, a character analysis chart, a plot outline chart, and a reading response sheet where students can record facts while reading.
Book Information
Title- Wagon Wheels
Recommended ages- early elementary
Synopsis-Wagon Wheels is historical fiction for kids, a look at life as a pioneer in 19th century America. The story is based on fact from accounts of a family that traveled to the black pioneer settlement in Nicodemus, Kansas. The Muldies are an African American family that have traveled to Nicodemus, Kansas to find free land as part of the Homestead Act. The family consists of a father and three boys. Their mother died on the long trip to Kansas.
Language Arts
Science and Math
The prairie- The Muldie family was traveling to the prairie. Learn what a prairie is like- its plants, its animals, where prairies are located- from this site.
The prairie– Learn about the prarie ecosystem with this video.
History/Social Studies
The Homestead Act– Read about the Homestead Act and watch a video here. Use the Reading Response sheet in the free graphic organizers packet above to record some facts as you read.
Crafts and Fun
Make your own covered wagon and goods to take on your journey with these instructions.
Kids can color this covered wagon coloring sheet while you read the book aloud or after reading.
Make these great pioneer journals and have kids write in their journal as if they are on a journey to the West as a pioneer.
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