To the west we go! Today we begin our Westward Expansion unit, which is pretty self explanatory (it is when we expanded to the west ... boom! Mind blown!) We have two pretty cool activities planned for today, 1 which we may need to finish on Wednesday, but first, as always ...
OPENING ACTIVITY-
OPENING ACTIVITY-
- Look at the scale below.
- Discuss with your TEAM what your already know on the scale
- INDIVIDUALLY write the learning goal on your student tracking sheet
- INDIVIDUALLY flip your STS over and write the date and then rate yourself and explain WHY you rated yourself that way.
Westward Expansion Scale |
At the end of this lesson, you will be able to answer these two following questions:
To start,
[[INSERT ACTIVITY 1 HERE]]
After we finish Activity 1, I will then split you into 10 groups for our next activity ...
Once you have been assigned your group, CLICK HERE to begin
- Connect how the Louisiana Purchase jump started Westward expansion?
- Prove how Lewis & Clark are so important to US History?
To start,
- as a TEAM, round robin read the Louisiana Purchase document located below.
- as a TEAM, answer the three questions.
#1 - you are the director
#2 - you are the questioner
#3 - you are the scribe
#4- you are the timer.
[[INSERT ACTIVITY 1 HERE]]
After we finish Activity 1, I will then split you into 10 groups for our next activity ...
Once you have been assigned your group, CLICK HERE to begin
Louisiana Purchase & Lewis & Clark |