Lesson+3+Moving+West


 * NAME OF COURSE / CLASS:** 11th Grade American History


 * UNIT TITLE:** U.S. Western Expansion and the role of Dakota Territory


 * Lesson 3:** Moving West. (Lesson 3 of 5)


 * ANTICIPATED INSTRUCTIONAL TIME:** This lesson will take three 50 minute periods of time and therefore it will take three days to complete.

Students will be able to:
 * ENDURING UNDERSTANDING:**
 * Identify the factors that influenced western settlement and characterize the people who settled the West.
 * This is enduring for the students because the key to understanding western expansion is causation.
 * discuss the importance of the railroad to western development.
 * This is enduring for students because the railroads played a huge role in expansion.
 * Empathize the Native American situation during western expansion.
 * This is enduring for students because the Native American situation is still a social, cultural, and political matter to this day.


 * RATIONALE:** This lesson is important to teach because the movement west formed the present day United States. Many aspects of our culture today stem from this mass movement.


 * GOALS OF THE LESSON:**


 * G.3.1 || To identify the factors that influenced western settlement and characterized the people who settled the West. ||
 * G.3.2 || To understand the Native American experience during western expansion. ||


 * SOCIAL SCIENCE OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON:**


 * O.3.1 || The student will be able to identify the factors that influenced western settlement and characterize the people who settled the West. ||
 * O.3.2 || The student will be able to discuss the importance of the railroad to western development. ||
 * O.3.3 || The student will be able to understand the Native American situation during western expansion. ||


 * MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIONS (TOOLS):**
 * This lesson plan will deliver information via PowerPoint. Primary source material will be delivered through handouts to each student.


 * SD K-12 CONTENT STANDARDS:**
 * 9-12.US.1.1A. Students are able to relate the causes and consequences of historical events to subsequent events and their legacy in current conditions
 * 9-12.US.1.2. Students are able to relate previously learned information of these time periods to the context of succeeding time periods.
 * 9-12.C.1.6. Students are able to describe the elements of how U.S. foreign policy is created.


 * NCHS EXPECTATIONS:**
 * STANDARD 1: United States territorial expansion between 1801 and 1861, and how it affected relations with external powers and Native Americans.
 * 1A: The student understands the international background and consequences of the Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812, and the Monroe Doctrine.


 * SESSION-RELATED QUESTIONS:**
 * Why is it important that we know?
 * How does this connect to today?
 * What role did railroads play?


 * INSTRUCTOR MATERIALS:**
 * Webquest
 * PowerPoint presentation(s)
 * Overhead projector
 * Assignment(s)


 * PARTICIPANT MATERIALS:**
 * Handout - Study Guide


 * TEACHING NOTES / LESSON SCRIPT / PROCEDURES:**
 * Follow the Overview of the Instructional Progression of the Unit: Lesson 3


 * ASSESSMENT / HOMEWORK:**
 * Webquest
 * Quiz


 * REFLECTION / REVISION:** This section will be completed upon finishing the lesson.


 * REFERENCES:**
 * Aoki, Ted T (1991). Layered Understandings of Orientations in Social Studies Program Evaluation. //Handbook of Research on Social Studies Teaching and Learning,// 1, 98- 105.
 * Lybarger, Michael B (1991). The Historiography of Social Studies: Retrospect, Circumspect, and Prospect. //Handbook of Research on Social Studies Teaching and Learning,// 1, 3-15.
 * National Center for History in the Schools (nd). //Era 4: Expansion and Reform, 1801-1860//. Retrieved from [].

Appendix A: Instructor Materials

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 * [[http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webquests/oregon/|http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webquests/oregon/
 * [[file:Western Expansion.ppt]]

Appendix B: Participant Materials

Appendix C: Assignment/Homework
 * [[file:study guide.docx]]


 * [[file:quiz.docx]]


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