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New!  ETHS Virtual Suffrage Exhibit via Padlet

Western Expansion Additional Resources

Western Expansion Activities

Exodusters Activity
Homestead Act Lesson Plan
Sodhouse 5 senses activity
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Teaching with Documents: The Homestead Act of 1862

Homestead Act Lesson Plan including Exodusters

Sod House Background Essay

Short History of the Cowboy 

History of Cowtowns

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