Baldwin Library: The Fur Traders of the West

In this Kansas reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 2-page selection regarding the state and they answer 10 true or false questions pertaining to the selection.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The African Trader or the Adventures of Harry Bayford by William H. G. Kingston (1888). It offers a mixture of sea travel, African slave trade, and the perils of...

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Ivory Trader: A Tale of Africa by William H.G. Kingston (c1875), a children's novel about Africa.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors by James Johonnot. (c1884), features illustrated lessons about animals and birds.

A scanned copy of the 1872 publication of The Norsemen in the West by Robert Michael Ballantyne, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1896 publication Stories of the Far West by Frank Mundell, a fiction book for children.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book A Peep at Buffalo Bill's Wild West by McLoughlin Bros. (c1887), an illustrated poem about Buffalo Bill.

A scanned copy of the 1872 publication of The Norsemen in the West by Robert Michael Ballantyne, a fiction book for children.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Mamma's Black Nurse Stories by Mary Pamela Milne-Home (1890), a collection of stories from West Indian folklore.

Students complete a scavenger hunt which highlights events on the journey by Lewis and Clark. Using the internet and journals, they identify events on the journey and places them on a timeline. They complete a worksheet as well to end...