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Covered wagon on prairie landscape during sunset

"This tract of country may truly be styled the grand prairie ocean" - Josiah Gregg

Photo of Taos Pueblo complex with mountains in background

“Much credit is due the Pueblo de Taos for their determined and manly resistance to what they considered tyranny" - Lewis Garrard

Individual Lesson Plans

"luxurious robes...from the tribes"
Social Studies Lessons!

Through a fur trade lens, examine global commerce, intercultural relations, and westward expansion's contribution to forced removal.
"horses became his...companions"
Science Lessons!

Using a fur trade lens, examine the use of draft animals and buffalo population decline.
"Mexican blankets, silver dollars"
Math Lessons!

Through a fur trade lens, examine supply and demand and fair exchange through trade and algebraic expressions.

Last updated: December 19, 2024

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