The Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion
From the Series Perspectives Library
This book relays the factual details of the Oregon Trail and the United States' westward expansion in the 1800s. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a pioneer, a Native American in a territory crossed by the trail, and a U.S. soldier at a government outpost. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives in the text while gathering and analyzing information about an historical event.
| Interest Level | Grade 4 - Grade 8 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 5 |
| Copyright | 2014 |
| BISACS | JNF025200, JNF047000, JNF053240 |
| Publisher | Cherry Lake Publishing |
| Series | Perspectives Library |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 32 |
| Lexile | 920 |
| ISBN | 9781624314193 |
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| Title Format | Reinforced book |
| Release Date | 2013-08-01 |
| Author | Kristin Marciniak |
| Features | Author/Illustrator biography, Glossary of key words, Index, Informative sidebars, Table of contents |
| Dewey | 978/.02 |
| Graphics | Full-color photographs |
| Dimensions | 7.5 x 9.5 |
| Guided Reading Level | T |
| ATOS Reading Level | 5.6 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 160979 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 0.5 |