For a Westward Expansion unit, this is a great activity or potential assessment. There are eight cards with an image on the front and discussion questions relating to the image on the back. The final discussion question asks students to do further research into the subject of the card (cowboys, women in the west, mining, etc.) and that could easily be extended into presentations or a writing assignment. The procedure is very simple: divide students into eight groups (or one group per card) and h