Need some help with your American History lessons? Take a peek at my lesson plans and ideas. Included are my lessons for weeks 23-26 including Westward Expansion and The Roads to Freedom. My first year teaching I was dying to see other teachers' plan books, but most of them were either blank or didn't seem suitable for our students ("high-risk" with poor reading skills). After teaching American history to 8th graders for a few years, I've developed this webpage in the hopes that it can help fir
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Need some help with your American History lessons? Take a peek at my lesson plans and ideas. Included are my lessons for weeks 23-26 including Westward Expansion and The Roads to Freedom. My first year teaching I was dying to see other teachers' plan books, but most of them were either blank or didn't seem suitable for our students ("high-risk" with poor reading skills). After teaching American history to 8th graders for a few years, I've developed this webpage in the hopes that it can help fir
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