Fur Frontier Slides
Visual presentation for the "Fur Frontier" lesson, including a warm-up, focus questions for the video clip, key vocabulary slides, and activity instructions.
Beaver Business Teacher Guide
Comprehensive instructional guide for teachers, featuring lesson pacing, specific video pause points, discussion prompts, and key vocabulary definitions.
Mountain Man Ledger Activity
A student activity sheet designed as a vintage field ledger, providing space for fictional mountain man diary entries, inventory tracking, and geographic sketches.
Fur Trade Anchor Chart Handout
A visual anchor chart summarizing the economic relationship between natural resources (beavers), labor (mountain men), geography (South Pass), and market demand (European fashion).
Trail Blazer Journal Prompts
A set of reflection prompts for student journals, encouraging critical thinking about the links between economics, fashion, corporate interests, and westward expansion.