Manifest Destiny: Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, Mormon Trail, Risks and Results

Manifest Destiny: More on Trails West: Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, Mormon Trail, Risks/Dangers, Rewards, and Results
Aim: Why was traveling west a risk?
FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM

Included in this resource:
• Cover Page
• Student centered Do Now questions
• Push and Pull Factors graphic organizer for student brainstorming
• Famous Trails to the West graphic organizer
• The Oregon Trail: A Closer Look Photo Analysis and Graphic Organizer
• Assessing the Risks Graphic Organizer for Student Analysis and Conclusions
• Identifying the Results Graphic Organizer for Student Completion Based on Notes
• Application/Closing/Higher Order Thinking Question
• Answer Key for Teachers

Students will brainstorm, identify, and analyze the the details of trails west, the risks involved, and the rewards and results that came from traveling west. They will complete the graphic organizer(s) based on the documents, presented notes, and their knowledge of Social Studies.

Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary, creating arguments with evidence, analyzing secondary and primary source documents

Differentiation: cooperative {students may work in pairs/groups according to teacher's discretion for graphic organizer}; students argue their opinions using relevant examples and details from the lesson and their knowledge of social studies.

★ You can find all my Manifest Destiny Unit lessons and activities HERE.

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Trails West: A Closer Look ASSL ••

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