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Missouri Theme Unit


Questions, Facts, and "Who am I?" for the state of Missouri
     State of Missouri Mixed Review: fill-in questions, "Who am I", facts, and writing prompts (multiple keys)


State of Missouri Theme - Reading Comprehensions
     The Pony Express   (Grades 3-4)
     Pony Express- St. Joseph, Missouri   (Grades 3-4)
     Where it All Began – The Lewis and Clark Expedition   (Grades 3-5)
     Missouri's Journey to Statehood   (Grades 4-6)
     Missouri's Statehood   (Grades 4-6)
     Harry S. Truman   (Grades 5-7)


Missouri Maze
Build Missouri maze - Make multiple mazes at once


State of Missouri Theme - Story Starters
     Missouri Story Starter Printables


State of Missouri Theme
     Location of Missouri in the United States Printable and Information


State of Missouri Theme Time Line
     Missouri Time Line #1 (13 events in time line)
     Missouri Time Line #2 (19 events in time line)


Missouri: Reading Comprehensions with References to Missouri
This section lists reading comprehensions on edHelper.com with references to the state of Missouri. These reading comprehensions were not written specifically for the state theme unit.

     Top reading comprehensions with most references to Missouri
     Jesse James, Part 1 (Grade 8)
     Dred Scott Decision (Grade 9)
     Laura Ingalls Wilder (Grade 6)
     Journey's End- Life after the Expedition II (Grades 9-12)
     Jesse James, Part 2 (Grade 8)
     Slavery, Compromises and Dred Scott (Grade 7)
     Compromises of 1820 and 1850 (Grade 9)
     Belle Starr (Grade 8)
     Cattle Drives (Grade 7)
     When Battleships Ruled the Seas (Grade 6)
     Discovering America III: 1806 (Return Trip) (Grade 6)
     Discovering America I: 1804 (St. Louis-Fort Mandan) (Grade 6)
     Secession of the Southern States (Grade 8)
     Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Grade 7)
     Journey's End- Life after the Expedition I (Grades 9-12)
     Political Prisoners and Spies (Grades 8-10)

Biographies
(no assigned grade level)
     George Washington Carver
     James Pierson Beckwourth
     Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea, and Pomp
     Sarah Walker
(Grades 6-8)
     "Mr. Sam"
     Charlayne Hunter-Gault
     Dick Van Dyke
     Forever Endora
     Jesse James, Part 1
     Jesse James, Part 2
     Langston Hughes
     Laura Ingalls Wilder
     Multi-talented Maya Angelou
     Samuel Langhorne Clemens
     Taming the Wilderness — The Life of Daniel Boone
     Ulysses S. Grant, Part 1
     Walt Disney

Daily Themes
(Grades 3-5)
     Go Catfish
(Grades 6-8)
     Charles Lindbergh

Miscellaneous
(no assigned grade level)
     Exploring America's Great Rivers
     Kit Carson
     Moon Talk
(Grades 3-5)
     Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable - Father of Chicago
     Wagon Trains
(Grades 6-8)
     A Shattered Fairy Tale: The South after the Civil War
     Battling the Bitterroots: Mountain Battle
     Belle Starr
     California Gold Rush
     Cattle Drives
     Cold Warriors, Part 2 - U.S.
     Discovering America I: 1804 (St. Louis-Fort Mandan)
     Discovering America II: 1805 (Fort Mandan-Pacific)
     Discovering America III: 1806 (Return Trip)
     From Dakota Territory to Becoming South Dakota
     From Mammoths to Statehood: The History of Early Nebraska
     How the West was Settled
     James Monroe - The Monroe Doctrine
     John J. "Black Jack" Pershing
     Kansas Becomes a State
     Lewis and Clark: Meeting the First Settlers (Native Americans)
     MarkTwain "Roughing It"
     Martha Jane Cannary a.k.a. Calamity Jane
     Nullification and Secession
     Political Prisoners and Spies
     Secession of the Southern States
     Slavery and the Law
     Slavery, Compromises and Dred Scott
     The Equal Rights Amendment
     The Iron Curtain
     The Rodeo
     The Transcontinental Railroad
     When Battleships Ruled the Seas
(Grades 9-12)
     Compromises of 1820 and 1850
     Dred Scott Decision
     George Shannon- Lost in the New World I
     George Shannon- Lost in the New World II
     Journey's End- Life after the Expedition I
     Journey's End- Life after the Expedition II
     Rails across America - The Beginning
     Rails across America - UP Deals with Grasshoppers and Hell on Wheels
     The Barker-Karpis Gang, Part 1
     The Final Blow
     V-J Day, Part 2 - "It's Over!"
     When the Earth Hiccups


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