8.8 Students analyze the divergent paths of the American people in the West from 1800 to the mid-1800s and the challenges they faced.

8.8.1 - Discuss the election of Andrew Jackson as president in 1828, the importance of Jacksonian democracy, and his actions as president (e.g., the spoils system, veto of the National Bank, policy of Indian removal, opposition to the Supreme Court).

8.8.2 - Describe the purpose, challenges, and economic incentives associated with westward expansion, including the concept of Manifest Destiny (e.g., the Lewis and Clark expedition, accounts of the removal of Indians, the Cherokees' "Trail of Tears," settlement of the Great Plains) and the territorial acquisitions that spanned numerous decades.

8.8.3 - Describe the role of pioneer women and the new status that western women achieved (e.g., Laura Ingalls Wilder, Annie Bidwell; slave women gaining freedom in the West; Wyoming granting suffrage to women in 1869).

8.8.4 - Examine the importance of the great rivers and the struggle over water rights.

8.8.5 - Discuss Mexican settlements and their locations, cultural traditions, attitudes toward slavery, land-grant system, and economies.

8.8.6 - Describe the Texas War for Independence and the Mexican-American War, including territorial settlements, the aftermath of the wars, and the effects the wars had on the lives of Americans, including Mexican Americans today.


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3792Lomax I & II:Folk Songs
3793Lomax III & IV: Folk Songs
1205Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors Ambrose, S. E.973.5
3760Bless Me, Ultima Anaya, Rudolpho A.973.92 Fiction
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1199I Have Spoken: American History Through the Voices of the Indians Armstrong, V. I.973.004
4036Extraordinary American Indians Avery & Skinner973.004
1220Extraordinary American Indians Avery, S. and Skinner, L.973.004
1183Southwestern Indian Tribes Bahti, T.970.004
1186Southwestern Indian Arts and Crafts Bahti, T.970.004
1185The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Selections from the Journals Arranged by Topic Barth, G. editor973.4
1153The Chicano/Hispanic Image in American Film Berumen, F. J. G.973.9
1213The Way of theEarth: Native America and the Environment Bierhorst, J.970.004
1233Overland to California in 1859: A Guide for Wagon Train Travelers Bloch, L. M., Jr.978.4
1195Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Brown, D.973.004
1226Ishi: Americaıs Last Stone Age Indian Burrill, R.973.004
1203Our Hearts Fell to the Ground: Plains Indian Views of How the West Was Lost Calloway, C. G. editor973.004
1026Mark T-W-A-I-N: A Story about Samuel Clemens Collins, D.R.978 Biography
1032Prairie Visions: The Life and Times of Solomon Butcher Conrad, P.
1017Legends of Texas: Lost Mines and Buried Treasures Dobie, J. F.976.4
1020The Valley in Between Donahue, M. C.978 Fiction
1210The Story Sitting Bull, Great Sioux Chief Eisenberg, L.973.004 Biography
1207Tracks Erdrich, L.973.91 Fiction
1209American Indians Hagan,W. T.970.004
1028That Constant Coyote: California Series Haslam, G.979.4 Fiction
1007Ethnic America: The Southwestern States Herda, D. J.975
700People of the Sacred Arrows: The Southern Cheyenne Today Hoig, S.973.004
1033Susanna of the Alamo: A True Story Jakes, J.976.4
1180Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from Chief Seattle Jeffers, S.973.004 Fiction
1029The Black West Katz, W.L.978
1214Quanah Parker: Comanche Chief Kissinger, R. K.973.004 Biography
1019Lone Star: A Story of the Texas Rangers Kudlinski, K. V.976.4
1237Patty Reedıs Doll: The Story of the Donner Party Laurgaard, R. K.979.4 Fiction
1201Native Americans: Opposing Viewpoints Leone, B. editor973.004
3618The Legacy of Conquest: The unbroken past of the American west Limerick, Patricia N.978
1198They Called It Prairie Light Lomawaima, K.T.973.9
1012Little House on Rocky Ridge MacBride, R.L.977 Fiction
1194Mankiller: A Chief and Her People Mankiller, W.973.004 Biography
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1190Indian Summer: Traditional Life among the Choinumne Indians of Californiaıs San Joaquin Valley Mayfield, T. J.979.4
1081A Thousand Pieces of Gold McCunn, R. L.973.8 Fiction
4080The Mexican Outsiders Menchaca, Martha979.4
736Manifest Destiny and Mission in American History Merk, F.973.5
1008Where the Broken Heart Still Beats Meyer, C.973.6 Fiction
1014West of the West: Imagining California Michaels, L. , Reid, D. and Scherr, R. editors979.4
952Reflections of a Black Cowboy Miller, R.978
1228Woodleaf Legacy: The Story of a California Gold Rush Town Mossinger, R.979.4
1202Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present Nabakov, P. editor970.004
4132The Octopus Norris, Frank973.8
1219Wounded Knee: The Death of a Dream OıNeill, L. A.973.8
3761Gringo-Gaucho: An advertising odyssey Pierce, Russell
1197No Turning Back: A Hopi Indian Womanıs Struggle to Live in Two Worlds Qoyawayma, P.973.004 Biography
1235Indians of California: The Changing Image Rawls, J. J.
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1217Tonweya and the Eagles and Other Lakota Tales Robe, R. Y.973.004 Fiction
1230Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation Rohrbough, M. J.979.4
1022Bad Man Ballad Sanders, S. R.978 Fiction
1030Far from Home: Families of the Westward Journey Schlissel, L. , Gibbens, B. and Hampsten, E.978
3625Women of the Sierra Seagraves, Anne979.4
1010Words By Heart Sebestyen, O.973.91 Fiction
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1184Little Bighorn Steele,P.973.004
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1142El Guero: A True Adventure Story Trevino, Borton972.08 Fiction
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4081The Contested Plains West, Elliott978
4082The Contested Plains West, Elliott978
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3689Dragonwings Yep, Laurence973.91 Fiction
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3973The Navajo Treaty 973.004
4040Gil Gorospe ggorospe@telis.orgEich Intermediate School, Roseville
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3964California's Age of Exploration: For God, Gold and Glory Rynders, Paula979.4
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3999John Wesley Powell Murphey, Dan973.8
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