1. 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 ( ) – 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)