FC: Exploration and Settlement of the West and the American Indian Experience
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12 lessons that answer the standards as well as the framing and supporting questions
Grade: 3rd Grade
Weeks: 2.5
Pages: 127
Standards: 3.5, 3.6, 3.6a, 3.8, 3.9, 3.19, 3.20, 3.21, 3.25, 3.26, 3.28
File Type: pdf
Slide Deck Included: Yes
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Description
In this topic, students will learn how the United States expanded westward following the Louisiana Purchase, and how the ever-growing tide of settlers affected American Indians. Students will examine the various motivations for settlers and how they affected and modified the environment with new technologies. Finally, students will look at how different groups of American Indians responded to encroachments on their land and threats to their way of life.
12 lessons that answer the standards as well as the framing and supporting questions
Lessons are developed using all the sources and readings that are in the social studies course frameworks provided by the Louisiana Department of Education.
What does it include?
- Detailed lesson plans aligned with the standards and frameworks
- Activities that include all the materials provided in the frameworks
- Assessments aligned to the new LDOE field test
- Lesson activity workbook/worksheets
- Slide deck
Standards
- 3.5 Compare life in the United States in the past and present
- 3.6 Identify and describe national historical figures, celebrations, and symbols.
- 3.6a Describe the achievements of Sitting Bull
- 3.8 Describe how voluntary and involuntary migration have affected the United States.
- 3.9 Describe how technological advancements such as the steam engine, railroad have affected the lives of people in the United States.
- 3.19 Create and use maps and models with a key, scale, and compass with intermediate directions.
- 3.20 Describe the geographic features of places in the United States.
- 3.21 Interpret geographic features of the United States using a variety of tools such as different types of maps and photos.
- 3.25 Describe why and how people in the United States have modified their environment.
- 3.26 Compare and contrast basic land use and economic activities in urban, suburban, and rural environments.
- 3.28 Describe how the regions of the United States vary culturally and economically.
Framing Question
How did the western Expansion affect the Nation?
Supporting Questions
- What motivated settlers to move west of the Mississippi River?
- What were the experiences of people who moved to and settled in the West?
- How did people change the environment and use the land as they moved to and settled in the West?
- How did advancements in technology and transportation affect migration to and settlement of the West?
- How did westward expansion and settlement affect Native Americans? How did they respond?
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