The painting above is by Albert Bierstadt, one of the most famous painters from the "Rocky Mountain School."
10/3-10/26
Objective- Students will evaluate how westward expansion affected Native Americans in the west.
Activity 1- Read p. 202-211 and do terms
Activity 2- Questions and Reading on American-Indian Wars
Activity 3-Crash Course video on Westward Expansion. Answer these questions as you watch the movie clip.
Activity 4-Go over notes on Western expansion
Objective-Students will understand how westward expansion affected racial, ethnic, and cultural relations among the various ethnic groups.
Activity 5- Read article on Chinese immigration and the Chinese Exclusion Act. Read short excerpt on Hispanic settlement of the West and then answer questions about both articles.
Activity 6-video on cowboys of the Old West-take notes
Objective-Students will research and illustrate the lives of settlers in the West in a cartoon strip.
Good research resource: Who Wants to Be a Pioneer
Activity 7-Read Lesson 2 on farmers in the West. (214-218)
Activity 8-Cartoon project
Activity 9- Farmers & Populism- read p. 219-223 & do vocabulary terms
Activity 10 SPOAPStone-Cross of Gold speech
Activity 11 Review for exam
Homework: Review for exam tomorrow on Westward Expansion
Activity 12-Exam on Westward Expansion (10/19)
Objective- Students will evaluate how westward expansion affected Native Americans in the west.
Activity 1- Read p. 202-211 and do terms
Activity 2- Questions and Reading on American-Indian Wars
Activity 3-Crash Course video on Westward Expansion. Answer these questions as you watch the movie clip.
Activity 4-Go over notes on Western expansion
Objective-Students will understand how westward expansion affected racial, ethnic, and cultural relations among the various ethnic groups.
Activity 5- Read article on Chinese immigration and the Chinese Exclusion Act. Read short excerpt on Hispanic settlement of the West and then answer questions about both articles.
Activity 6-video on cowboys of the Old West-take notes
Objective-Students will research and illustrate the lives of settlers in the West in a cartoon strip.
Good research resource: Who Wants to Be a Pioneer
Activity 7-Read Lesson 2 on farmers in the West. (214-218)
Activity 8-Cartoon project
Activity 9- Farmers & Populism- read p. 219-223 & do vocabulary terms
Activity 10 SPOAPStone-Cross of Gold speech
Activity 11 Review for exam
Homework: Review for exam tomorrow on Westward Expansion
Activity 12-Exam on Westward Expansion (10/19)