The Story of Us: American Heartland (DVD)

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The Story of Us: American Heartland (DVD) Mr. Hughes: Social Studies (Standard 8.12) The Story of Us: American Heartland (DVD) Directions: Write down as least 3 facts that you learn about each engineering accomplishment Part 1: Transcontinental Railroad (0- 11:00) - 11min (Sierra Nevada mountains, Theodore Judah, Donner Pass, Chinese workers, nitroglycerine, travel) Part 2: Settlers (11 – 21) – 10 min (Homestead Act,land, women, ex-slaves, sod houses, tornadoes, fires, locusts, logging) Part 3: Great Plains / Buffalo (21 – 27) – 6 min (Hunting, Plains Indians, horses, reservations, railroad) Part 4: Cowboys / Open Range (27 - 37) – 10 min (Texas, cattle drives, longhorns, rustlers, open range, Colt 45, barbed wire) Part 5: Native Americans (37 – 45) – 8 min (Reservations, resistance, Black Hills, Custer’s Last Stand, Sioux, Wounded Knee, towns, time zones, Sears)