Benchmark: As the United States expanded westward, major issues, some of them from the first years of the nation, began to challenge the stability of the nation. As the nation expanded, issues of states rights, the institution of slavery, and economic development culminated in a Civil War. This war formally ended slavery and strengthened the power of the Federal government. The era after the Civil War was a time of major economic development and technological innovation.
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WEEK OF Feb. 11-15
MONDAY-
WEDNESDAY-
MONDAY-
- Students will describe the route discovered by Daniel Boone and explain its importance to westward expansion. They will label the route on their blank U.S. map.
- Review Daniel Boone and create an Acrostic Poem about him.
- VOCAB: expedition, plains, Louisiana Territory, Corps of Discovery, Louisiana Purchase
- The Louisiana Purchase Article and questions
- Louisiana Purchase foldable
- Lewis and Clark Reader's Theater
- Lewis & Clark-their role in our nation's westward expansion-Read Lewis & Clark Article and Questions
WEDNESDAY-
- Sacagawea-importance to the Corps of Discovery
- Lewis & Clark, Sacagawea foldables
- Continue Lewis & Clark- Locate, label and trace Lewis & Clark's route to and from the Pacific on their map.
- Students will learn about Zebulon Pike and his contribution to westward expansion
- Students will learn qualities it takes to be a mountain man and how mountain men lived.
- VOCAB: trapper, rendezvous, fur trade, Zebulon Pike, Mountain Men
- Page 213 in their Pearson History books. Students will take turns reading the section about Mountain Men. It goes into the next page as well.
- After reading, students will turn to the next page in their history journal and title it Mountain Men-Write notes
- Pioneers
- Oregon Trail
Standard 4
Students will understand that the 19th century was a time of incredible change for the United States, including geographic expansion, constitutional crisis, and economic growth.
Objective 1
Investigate the significant events during America's expansion and the roles people played.
Objective 2
Assess the geographic, cultural, political, and economic divisions between regions that contributed to the Civil War
Students will understand that the 19th century was a time of incredible change for the United States, including geographic expansion, constitutional crisis, and economic growth.
Objective 1
Investigate the significant events during America's expansion and the roles people played.
Objective 2
Assess the geographic, cultural, political, and economic divisions between regions that contributed to the Civil War