Cowboy Charlie: The Story of Charles M. Russell
Cowboy Charlie: The Story of Charles M. Russell by Jeanette Winter
Young Charles Russell wanted to be a cowboy, so just two weeks shy of his sixteenth birthday, the determined Charlie boarded a train heading to the frontier. There, in 1880, in the land of buffalo, Indians, and open prairie, Charlie found his home. And there he became a painter-but not just any painter. Today Charles M. Russell is considered one of the greatest artists of the American West and one who opened its door to so many.
Why are we featuring this book?
Cowboy Charlie: The Story of Charles M. Russell is a book featured in Five in a Row, a literature-based unit study curriculum. Many families use FIAR for all but the Grammar / Reading and Math, and others use it in conjunction with other resources. Below you will find information about the author and illustrator, story summaries, and links to lesson plans and websites that are great go-alongs for Cowboy Charlie: The Story of Charles M. Russell. Please note that these resources are meant to complement, not replace, the Five in a Row units. The Five in a Row volumes are inexpensive and well worth the investment.
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Author page
Other books by Jeanette Winter
Illustrator Page
The author is also the illustrator.
Go-Alongs:
Online Units and Resources for Cowboy Charlie: The Story of Charles M. Russell
Poetry and Lyrics
From Cowboy Poetry.com
(Y, M, O, T)
GeoSafari Cards
Geosafari and vocabulary Laptop games by Educational Insights to go with Five in a Row lessons and other topics. (Y.M)
The Art of the American West and The Culture of the Cowboy
This unit is designed for use with fifth grade students who will have completed a study of American History at the year's end. It is interdisciplinary, integrating history with the arts. (M)
Charles Marion Russell
From Montana Kids' Site. A biography of Charles Marion Russell. (Y)
Cowboy Clip Art
We are your one-stop site for western clip art and graphics. Enjoy the numerous graphics on our site, all free to download and use. (Y)
Ken's Country and Western Clipart
free country and western clipart (Y)
Cowboy Crafts
From DLTK's Crafts for Kids (Y)
Charles Marion Russell Western American Master Painter
Print Reproductions and Note Cards, Southwestern Art (Y)
C.M. Russell Museum
Welcome to the C.M. Russell Museum: a place where the old West is still alive. Artist Charles M. Russell captured the landscapes, the spirit, and the culture of the West during the late 1800s and early 1900s. His artwork is part entertainment, part history lesson. We encourage you to explore our site and discover for yourself the life and times of C.M. Russell, and the legacy of art he left behind. (Y, M, O, T)
Texas Cowboys: Ridem' Cowpoke
Unit Study from Texas State Libraries and Archives commission (Y)
Story of the Blood Indians
by Rev. Canon S.H. Middleton (Y)
LEARN MORSE CODE in one minute !
This is a code listening tool. (Y)
Morse code
text to Morse (and vice versa) translation utilities (Y, M, O, T)
Morse code - Text to morse converter
Type your text in the box, then press the button below to see what it looks like in morse code. (Y, M, O, T)
Pony Express National Museum
Preserving the legacy and the legend. (Y, M, O, T)
Pony Express School House
This page has been created particularly for students and teachers (and anyone else) who wish to use the resources of the Pony Express Home Station. (Y, M, O, T)
Pony Express National Historic Trail
(Y, M, O, T)
Woolies and Whinnies: The Sheep and Cattle Industry in Montana
Grade 4 (Y)
Old West Cookin - The Chuckwagon - Western Recipes
Many recipes as well as Chuckwagon etiquette. (Y, M, O, T)
Trail Recipes of the Wild West
Beware - the name of the first recipe should be viewed by an adult. (Y M O)
Wild West.org
This site presents a look at the American West, the history and legends of Native Americans or American Indians, if you prefer, western cowboys, western cowgirls and women of the west, guns (like the legendary 1873 Colt Peacemaker) and other western facts, lawmen and outlaws. Look for info on ShowBiz cowboys too. We also offer cowboy poetry, cowboy songs, western cowboy recipes, plus links to great cowboy and American Indian greeting cards. (Y, M, O, T)
I Want To Be A Cowboy Hat
Montana Content Standards for 8th Grade. PDF Download (M)
Go-alongs about
Go-alongs about Frontier Life
Activities to Go With the Little House on the Prairie Book Series - Lesson Activities to go with 'Little House on the Prairie' Books (Y, M, O, T)
Go West Across America with Lewis & Clark - An adventure game from National Geographic Kids. (Y,M)
Pioneer Life with Laura - A Social Studies and Language Arts unit that can be used in conjunction with a westward expansion study; from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. (Y, M, O, T)
Teacher's CyberGuide to Little House in the Big Woods - This supplemental unit provides resources for students in third grade to focus on life in the frontier times with an emphasis on student writing (Y)
The Pony Express - Here is a series of fun activities for use in studying the Pony Express. First is an article with comprehension questions. There is also a puzzle, a drawing activity, and some other hands-on, high-interest fun. (Y)
There's No Place Like Home - Lesson plans from National Geographic online; uses My First Little House Books or Little House series (Y)
Welcome to Pioneer Town - Historic Community website. This site utilizes Macromedia Flash (Y, M, O, T)
Westward Ho! - Free lapbooks, notebooks & units for homeschoolers from Dynamic 2 Moms. (Y, M, O, T)
Go-alongs about Explorers
Daniel Boone -North American Explorer - Free lapbook, notebook & unit resources for homeschoolers from Dynamic 2 Moms. (Y, M, O, T)
Explorers - From Enchanted Learning; indexed alphabetically, geographical area, and date. (Y,M)
Explorers of the Millennium - "Discover the greatest explorers and the places they traveled. Find more information about explorers that interest you. Tell us who we should add to our Hall of Fame. Sail over to the quiz...test what you know about explorers!" (Y, M, O, T)
Lewis and Clark - Free lapbook, notebook & unit resources for homeschoolers from Dynamic 2 Moms. (Y, M, O, T)
Renaissance Exploration - Learn about tools used for navigation and how the exploration during the Renaissance Period enhanced world trade, also an activity that allows you to become a spice trader and see if you prosper or fail. (Y, M, O, T)
South Pole - This site is dedicated to the heroic explorers of our polar regions and the surrounding islands. (Y, M, O, T)
Go-alongs about Astronomy
A Solar System Coloring Book--Beginner - (Y)
A Trip Through Our Solar System An Internet Scavenger Hunt - (Y, M)
A Trip Through the Solar System - PPT presentation from Mrs. Frederick's 6th Grade Class in 2004 (Y, M)
Amazing Space - Web-based space activities for classroom use. This site is full of excellent lesson plans and activities, but be aware this site does present the Big Bang Theory in an understated way. (Y, M, O, T)
Apollo 11 - From NASA. (Y, M, O, T)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. (Y, M, O, T)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. (Y, M, O, T)
Astronomy: Our Place in Space - From Ology - American Museum of Natural History. (Y, M, O, T)
Auroras - Find out more about the mysterious phenomenon also called the Northern Lights. Beautiful photography and a teacher's guide with a few ideas for using the site in the classroom. (Y, M, O, T)
Blast Off Boutique - (Y)
Build your own comet - From the National Optical Astronomy Observatory. Active Learning Exercises in Planetary and Solar Astronomy for grades K-3. (Y)
Discovering Uranus - from thinkquest.org (Y, M, O, T)
Earth science & Astronomy science projects - (Y, M)
Exploring Planets in the Classroom - Hands on activity guide introduces scientific concepts involving space. (Y, M, O, T)
Interplanetary Virtual Tour - This is an awesome collection of almost 100 pages of photos and information that can be explored systematically through the tour or overviewed through the "Express Tour". The images of the planets and their satellites will entertain the youngest students (Y, M, O, T)
Journey Through the Solar System - A ThinkQuest Junior project. (Y)
Make a comet - From the Lunar and Planetary Institute. This activity introduces kids to the structure of comets and the interactions between comets and our Sun. Activity for space unit. (Y,M) (Y,M)
NASA Kids Club - Space science for kids! (Y M)
Nasa News for Kids - Science fun, Games, Art & Stories, Activities and Kids club. (Y, M, O, T)
Nasa Quest - Connection K-12 classrooms with people, research and science through mission based interactions and activities. (Y, M, O, T)
NASA's Kids Science News Network™ - (Y, M, O, T)
National Science Foundation - NSF - Where discoveries begin. (Y, M, O, T)
On the Moon Activity Guide - Six activities that bring engineering and NASA's moon missions to life. Two activities--Launch It and Touchdown--are for grades 3-8 (and work well at events). Three activities--Roving on the Moon, Heavy Lifting, and On Target--are for grades 6-12. One activity--Feel the Heat--is for grades 9-12. (Y, O, M, T)
Outer Space Crafts - Great hands on crafts for younger students studying space. (Y,M)
Solar System Wordsearch - From ABC.teach (Y, M, O, T)
Space Science Institute - The Space Science Institute (SSI) is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation formed in 1992. Our purpose is to create and maintain an environment where scientific research and education programs can flourish in an integrated fashion. (Y, M, O, T)
Space Shuttle Launch Simulation - From NASA; this simulation requires students to complete pre-launch steps in order to actually launch the space shuttle. If an error message occurs, the all systems will shut down and the student must restart the launch process. Good practice for real life. (Y, M, O, T)
Space Weather Center - With games, Activities and E-Cards. (Y, M, O, T)
SpaceWeather.com - For the skywatchers among us, SpaceWeather.com is a wonderful site for predicting space events such as meteor showers, auroras (northern lights), falling asteroids, and more. (Y, M, O, T)
Star Journey - This site from National Geographic contains star charts, start attractions, and views from the Hubble telescope. (Y, M, O, T)
StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers - The StarChild site is a service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), Dr. Alan Smale (Director), within the Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) at NASA. (Y M)
Styrofoam Planets - You guessed it: make styrofoam planets. (Y,M)
The Animated Virtual Planetarium - (Y, M, O, T)
The Aurora Page - A source for Information, links and images about the "Northern Lights" on-line since the Web began (Y, M, O, T)
The Nine Planetss - A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System: one star, eight planets, and more (Y, M, O, T)
The Space Place - Games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology. (Y)
The Virtual Sun - (Y, M, O, T)
Trip Through the Solar System - Language Arts Grade Level - 1 (Y)
Uranus - from solarviews.com (Y, M, O, T)
Uranus - from EnchantedLearning.com (Y, M, O, T)
Who discovered Uranus? - from coolcosmos (Y, M, O, T)
WorldWide Telescope - WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope. (Y, M, O, T)
Zoom Astronomy - A comprehensive on-line site about space and astronomy (Y)
Go-alongs about Rivers
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary - Activity booklets to help kids learn about estuaries. (Y, M)
Photos of the Yangtze River - A collection of varied photos of life on the Yangtze River (Y, M, O, T)
Go-alongs about Mountains
I Like To Learn - Geography - Allows you to not only learn about the countries and capitals of the world, but also the mountains and bodies of water. (Y, M, O, T)
