ability, accommodating, active, activity, aggressive, animals, antagonistic, anxious, arrogance, authentic
backslapping, bandanna, barrage, behavior, blacksmith, bloodthirsty, boldness, braggart, brave, britches, bronco, brutality, buckaroo, buckboard, bully, bunkhouse, burr, bushwhacker, buzzards
cahoots, campfires, cattle(drive), cavalry, chaps, cheat, churlish, civility, commitment, common-sense, contemptible, control, cooperation, corral, courage, courageous, cowboy, curt
dadgumit!, decent, dependable, desolate, determination, don, driving cattle, drought, dude, dust
energetic, epic, equestrian, excellence, exhaustion, experience
face-to-face, failure, faith, faithful, feud, fever, fisticuffs, foothills, fortitude, fortune, frenzy, frontier, frontiersman, furor, fury
gait, gallop, gang, gaucho, gauntlet, giddyup!, gold fever, graze, grease wood, grit, gullies, gun-wielding, gunfire, gunslinger
half-hitch, hard work, hardhearted, hazardous, herd, heroes, hitch, hogtie, holster, horse, horseshoes, hostile, hostility, howdy!
idealistic, Indians, inevitable, infamous, infuriate, intense, invasion
jail, jealousy, justice
kinship
lariat, lasso, lawman, leather, livery, livestock, loco, longhorns
marksmen, maverick, mercantile, mount
Native Americans, nefarious, neigh, nicker, notorious, nuisance
obedient, observant, opinionated, opportunist, outlaw, outrider
packhorse, peacemaker, perceptive, perilous, perseverance, persistence, ponderosa, ponies, potential, powerful, pressure, prideful, priorities, prospecting
quarrelsome, quest, quick
ranch, ranchero, ranching, range, rawhide, reasonable, rebellious, reckless, recognition, remuda, reputation, resolute, resourcefulness, riata, ricochet, rodeo, rowel, rustlers, ruthless
saddlebags, saloon, salve, savvy, schemer, sheriff, skedaddle, slaughter, sober, solemn, solitary, sorrow, spurs, stallion, stampede, staunchness, stirrups, stockade, stray, supplies, surly, suspicion
tack, talent, tallow, teamwork, temperament, tenacious, tendency, terrain, territories, threats, thundering, tombstone, traditions, travois, treacherous, treaty
ultimate, ultimatum, uncharted, uncivil, uncouth, unique, unison, unity, unscrupulous
valiant, vamoose!, varmint, vendetta, vengeful, venison, vicious, victim, victorious, victory, victuals, vigilant, vile, villainous, visible, vocal, vulnerable, vultures
wary, whinny, whitewater, widespread, wild, wrangler
yearning, yee-haw!, yokel, yonder
zeal, zealous
Old West expressions:
blazing a trail
passel of outlaw trouble
searing desert
swollen rivers
Cowboy and cowgirl legends names:
Wyatt Earp, John Charles Fremont, Annie Oakley
Cowboys Lesson Plan Idea:
Westward Expansion, or more specifically, our 7th grade field day, Wild West Day. Students play games entitled:
Pony Express Relay, Tee-Pee Relay, Cactus Lasso, Cabin Frisbee toss, Wagon train relay, horseshoe toss, cow chip challenge, tumble weed challenge, tug-a-war, and spirit pole race.
Each teacher has a name tied with the theme. For example, mine is Wiwi’s Wranglers (Contributed by wiwil in Florida)
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