The Donner Party - Teacher's Resources: Teacher's Guide

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cannibals cannibalism death donner party pioneers expansion west 19th century
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The Donner Party - Teacher's Resources: Teacher's Guide

In 1846, a group of frontier settlers set out for California only to meet with disaster in the snows of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Lead your students from myth to reality of the American West through the story of these emigrants with this teacher's guide from American Experience: "The Donner Party."
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PBS Learning Media

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