Thanks to all who commented on this thread. My students have enjoyed cowboy poetry and songs along with the historical research on the Old West way of life. It has been fun. A great way to knock off the poetry, research, public speaking, response to literature standards! Their projects were fantastic- comic strip interpretations of current country music, chuckwagon cookbooks, wanted posters for some of the Old West's most colorful characters, history of cowboy apparel, women of the Old West...on and on. Really was a fun unit to do with sixth graders. I appreciate having this information to read and relate to them.