Westward Expansion

Perfect Grab and Go Lesson! We can all agree that providing students visual content enhances instruction…Especially this generation of students. One of the easiest ways to do this to show your students a video. The only problem is there is just so...

Perfect Grab and Go Lesson! We can all agree that providing students visual content enhances instruction…Especially this generation of students. One of the easiest ways to do this to show your students a video. The only problem is there is just so...

This is an entire lesson on the topic of Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny and the effect on the Native Americans. It includes a Power-point/Google Presentation AND an entire Document Based Activity with handouts!  In this lesson...

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This 45-60 minute lesson plan for middle school is geared to help students answer or accomplish the following: ● Describe the concept of Manifest Destiny. ● Explain the main territorial acquisitions of the United States and when/how they were...

Created by Laura Pennington - Visit My Store This 34-page file has learning activities for every day of Black History Month, designed to promote critical thinking and student engagement. Appropriate for middle school and high school classrooms in US...

This assignment provides an introduction to both the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. From the reading, students will gain an understanding of the major issues facing the national government after the Revolutionary War: how to...

 In this Gallery Walk Activity, your students will examine the major events surrounding Manifest Destiny and America's Westward Expansion. Your students will learn how each territory was obtained by the U.S. Government (from Atlantic...

Created by Alyssa Roetheli.  This bundle of resources, created by Teaching in the Fast Lane's Alyssa Roetheli,is the perfect way to get your students excited to learn about the period of American History including the Louisiana Purchase, Westward...

Activity created by Don Jenkins - Visit My Store 51 Bellringers or entry questions for students to complete in US History from 1789 - 1860. Show 1 a day in the beginning of class or you could use them as exit tickets. These work great to focus...

This game, developed by Shawneen Morrison, presents a fantastic opportunity to incorporate primary source materials related to Western Expansion into your curriculum. My students beg to play this game! A game board is constructed that reinforces student...

This bundle contains a series of three biographies on individuals associated with the Corps of Discovery. The biographies can be either printed directly OR readily converted to digital activities using Google Slides. The first biography traces the life...