American West Gallery Walk (Transcontinental Railroad, Homestead Act, Dawes Act)
Mr Tillman's Social Studies
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Grade Levels
5th - 9th, Homeschool
Formats Included
- Word Document File
Pages
22 pages
Mr Tillman's Social Studies
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This was a great refresher for my students as they have some overlap from last year's course to my Modern US history class.
This resource was great to teach about westward expansion. My students enjoyed learning using these resources.
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The bundle contains 5 lessons that can be used during the American West Unit. The bundle contains a gallery walk, webquest, two projects, and crossword. I have included a description of each assignment below. Answer keys are included. Please message me if you have any questions. ⭐ Engaging lessons!⭐Price $9.44Original Price $13.48Save $4.04
Description
Students will learn about significant people and events in the American West (1862-1895). The gallery walk contains 12 documents and 33 questions. I have included an answer key. Please message me if you have any questions.
*This is a great activity to get students out of their seats and moving!
*Editable Word Document
*Students will spend 3-5 minutes at each of the eight stations.
*The activity does not require the use of a textbook or teacher preparation.
American West Topics:
- Transcontinental Railroad (Map)
- Chinese immigrants building the Transcontinental Railroad (Picture)
- Plains Indians and the buffalo (Picture and summary)
- American cowboy (Picture and summary)
- Homestead Act (Picture and primary source excerpt)
- Sod House (Picture)
- Dawes Act (Land advertisement picture and summary)
- Native American Boarding School (Picture and summary)
- Battle of Little Bighorn (Picture and summary)
- Wounded Knee Massacre (Picture and summary)
Total Pages
22 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
45 minutes
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