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People in Pioneer Times Native Americans, Explorers, Soldiers & Leaders of the West 
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How to Plan Your Project About a Person
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| Native Americans | Black Kettle | This Southern Cheyenne leader tried to gain peace with honor for his people. | Chief Joseph | Chief Joseph's surrender speech made him famous. He was one of the native american leaders who opposed being moved to reservations. | Wokova | Wokova started the Ghost Dance religion that was important to many native americans as settlers took away more and more of their lands. | Sacagawea | This Shoshone woman was married to a French Canadian trapper. They were hired as interpretors for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. | More Sacagawea | The Lewis and Clark Expedition for exploring the West is described on this page. | More Sacagawea | Read the story of meeting the expedition meeting up with a Shoshone tribe and Sacagawea's brother. | Big Foot | A picture and page on the leader of the Native Americans at Wounded Knee. | More on Big Foot | This page tells the story of Wounded Knee, a terrible massacre of a band of Native Americans by the U.S. Cavalry. Big Foot was the leader of the band of Sioux. | More on Big Foot | Monument at Wounded Knee. A photograph of the monument in honor of the Native Americans killed at Wounded Knee. Also a short paragraph. |
| Presidents | Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson was the President at the very beginning of the westward movement. There is a whole page of links to information about him. | James K. Polk | President Polk may have been the person most responsible for the way in which the West was settled. Find out why! | Theodore Roosevelt | Before he became President, Theodore Roosevelt spent a lot of time experiencing the West. |
| Explorers, Soldiers, & Leaders | Merriwether Lewis | Lewis was one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the first major exploration of the lands west of the Mississippi. | William Clark | Together with Meriwether Lewis, William Clark led of Lewis and Clark Expedition. |
| Davy Crockett | A biography of the famous backwoodsman, hero, and congressman from Tennessee. |
| The Life of Daniel Boone | A biography of Daniel Boone, great explorer of the West. Another site lists his children. Click here for a colored portrait of Boone in his finest clothes. | Daniel Boone's Family | A list of Daniel Boone's children. Also lists their marriages and families. The "Daniel Boone" link in line one doesn't go anywhere. | All About 'Buffalo Bill' Cody | Read all about William Cody's life and how he contributed to the development of the West. This page has lots of pictures, too. | John Chivington | A biography of John Chivington, a soldier remembered for the Battle of Sand Creek. | More John Chivington | A fact sheet and description of Sand Creek. | Stephen F. Austin | Known as the Father of Texas. He established the first colony of U.S. settlers in Texas in the days when it was controlled by Mexico. | Levi Strauss | This is the original Levis man. Learn about the beginning of blue jeans. | Benjamin Singleton | The African American who helped many, many black americans become settlers of the West | Kit Carson | A big name in the West. Look him up and find out why. |
| Artist & Writers | Mark Twain | The author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn was a part of the westward movement. He grew up along the Mississippi and spent time in California and places in between. |
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Planning a project for a computer program using words, sound, photos, and artwork is called STORYBOARDING. Storyboarding is deciding what belongs on each page (or 'card') of your project. Your project about a place in the history of the west needs to incude:
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