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The Westward Expansion COMPLETE Lesson Plan Unit is PERFECT for those teaching their 5th to 8th grade U.S. History students all about Westward Expansion! This incredible unit includes EVERYTHING you'll need to cover Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion with your students. From the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Oregon Trail, Mexican Cession, California Gold Rush, Transcontinental Railroad, and everything else in between, this unit has you covered!
The fantastic Westward Expansion resources you'll receive with this lesson plan unit come completely ready to use in printable PDF, PowerPoint, and digital format via Google Apps (Google Drive, Google Slides, and Google Classroom). There's absolutely NOTHING you need to do to get these resources ready to use; simply use the Google links provided, and you're good to go!!
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Breakdown of the fantastic resources you'll receive:
- Unit Outline with Lesson-by-Lesson Overview
- 17 High-Quality and Immersive Presentations featuring built-in discussion-based questions (DBQ) in both PowerPoint (PPT) & Google Slides (digital) formats!
- 30 student exercise assignments all come complete with teacher answer key and in both PDF & digital format (via Google Apps)!
- 2 Interactive Team Activities!
- 2 Quizzes (each with teacher answer key!)
- 15+ links to supplemental and optional YouTube videos!
- Guided Notes Handout for students designed for them to record notes as the class progresses through the presentation (one with each presentation!)
- Engaging Unit Review Activities!
- Unit Assessment with teacher answer key and recommended grading scale and rubric!
Receive EVERYTHING you need to cover these historically significant topics with your students:
Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Significance of the Louisiana Purchase
- Role of key expedition members such as Sacajawea, Meriwether Lewis, & William Clark
- Effects of the Lewis & Clark expedition
War of 1812
- Causes and effects of the War of 1812, such as how the war inspired Americans to expand the nation
- Major battles of the War of 1812
- The Star Spangled Banner
Intro to Westward Expansion
- Meaning and importance of Manifest Destiny
- Significance of the Cumberland Gap & Daniel Boone
- Motivations to move westward
Indian Removal Act & the Trail of Tears
- Causes and effects of the Indian Removal Act
- American bias towards Native Americans
- Significance of the Trail of Tears
Texas Revolution
- Role of empressarios such as Stephen F. Austin
- Conflict between Texas & Mexico
- Major battles of the Texas Revolution
- Significance of key individuals such as Sam Houston, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, & Davy Crockett
Oregon Trail
- The Whitman Mission
- Challenges of traveling the Oregon Trail
- Geography of the Oregon Trail
Mexican-American War
- Causes and effects of the Mexican-American War, such as Mexican Cession
- President Polk's 3-part war strategy
- Meaning of casualty rate and why the Mexican-American War has the highest of any war in U.S. history
California Gold Rush
- Discovery of gold in California
- Significance of "forty-niners", boom towns, and Levi Strauss
- Importance of San Francisco during the gold rush and ensuing population boom
Mormon Migration & the Utah Territory
- Creation of the Utah Territory and role of Mexican Cession
- The first Mormons and contributions of key Mormon leaders Joseph Smith & Brigham Young
- Why the Mormons migrated to Utah
Transcontinental Railroad
- Significance of the transcontinental railroad
- The Pacific Railroad Act
- Role of Chinese & Irish immigrant workers
- Effects of the transcontinental railroad
Plus much, MUCH MORE!!
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