The junior-high-level teaching guide incorporates historical, geographical, social, political, and cultural materials that cover the heritage of the society of the Western Frontier and Upper Missouri region: Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and Montana. The purpose is to acquaint students with culture of the area by using questioning techniques and by employing a conceptual approach for applying human geography of the past to the present. Although ready-made lesson plans are specifically designed for junior high age groups, the activities and materials are versatile enough for use in either elementary or secondary schools. An overview of the Bicentennial theme tells teachers how this can be related to school programs in 1975-76. The 10 teaching units which comprise the major portion of the guide are on American Indians; explorers, trappers, traders; soldiers and forts; transportation, commerce, communication; cattlemen; agriculture; government and politics; conservation and ecology; towns and town builders; and culture. Units contain numerous projects, maps, charts, preparation and teaching time, pages are reproducible and can be transferred to a notebook or file box. (ND)