This bundle of lessons provides all the lessons and resources you will need to teach a unit about the further development of the American West called 'Conflict & Conquest' in the years c.1876-c.1895.

The lessons in this bundle are:

• Lesson 20: Further Farming Improvements in the American West after 1870
• Lesson 21: The decline of the cattle industry and the open range
• Lesson 22: The Exoduster Settlement 1879
• Lesson 23: The Oklahoma Land Rush
• Lesson 24: Further Lawlessness - Billy the Kid and Wyatt Earp
• Lesson 25: The Johnson County War
• Lesson 26: The Battle of Little Bighorn 1876
• Lesson 27: The Wounded Knee Massacre 1890
• Lesson 28: The final 'extermination' of the buffalo
• Lesson 29: Life in the reservations
• Lesson 30: The Dawes General Allotment Act 1887

Each lesson includes a variety of features and resources such as starter tasks, recap activities, printable activity/question sheets, practice exam questions, exam skills, discussion points, challenge questions as well as fun and highly engaging animated background information to help students understand the focus of the lesson. The lesson is designed to last approximately 90minutes – 2 hours (often longer if you decide to use all the activities and questions).