Manifest Destiny - Oregon Trail, Mormon Trail, Mountain Men, 49ers

Manifest Destiny - Oregon Trail, Mormon Trail, Mountain Men, Forty-Niners
Aim: Why did certain groups of people move west? Which trails did they travel on?
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Included in this resource:
• Cover Page
• Student centered Do Now question
• Document Analysis and corresponding graphic organizer
- Mountain Men
- Missionaries and Families
- Mormons
- Forty-Niners/49ers
• Application/Closing/Higher Order Thinking Question
• Answer Key for Teachers

Students will analyze the primary/secondary source documents that describe the groups and circumstances surrounding migration west. They will complete the graphic organizer based on the documents 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.

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