February 7 & 8, 2012
Days 112, 113
LA Book: 2 pages
Math: 2 pages
Solving Math Problems
in American History: Exercise 1 Identifying and Using Roman Numerals
Latin: Chapter 5
& Flashcards
Western Expansion
book
Who remembers reading Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books? This is the same format but teaching about history. The books are engaging and fun with great pictures and facts about history.
West. Expansion
web-quest
Westward Expansion Webquest
A.
What is Manifest Destiny? Good—6 sentence +
paragraph.
B.
The Manifest Destiny is the belief of the
American citizens of the 19th Century that it was their god given
right to move into the west. Thomas Jefferson developed this idea in 1803 when
he bought the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon. Lewis and Clark proved that it
was possible to travel to the West and back. America needed more space so
people traveled to along the Oregon Trail, Proving that Manifest Destiny was
possible.
A.
What are some of the hazards people faced on
their journey west? 6 sentence paragraph
Some of the hazards that people faced on this journey were, facing miles
of open prairies, Getting lost from the trail was one of the dangers people
feared most, they might have never gotten back on the right track! Another of
the hazards was Desert storms, where they couldn’t see the trail. There were
many other hazards that made the Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion so
difficult.
A.
What are some of the many good reasons people
traveled west? 6 sentence paragraph
Well it basically was the Manifest Destiny, that’s one of the main
reasons that people traveled west. Another reason is that they could start new
businesses and earn more money so people traveled west for that. Also People
traveled along the Santa Fe Trail during the Gold Rush, and they left their
families behind. It was probably a real disappointment for all of the families
left in the east because there really wasn’t as much gold in California then
they thought there was, so the people that left usually just stayed in
California and made a new living.
A.
What did you learn? Write 6 paragraph paper
about Westward Expansion
Westward Expansion started back in 1775
during the Revolutionary War when Daniel Boone ventured into Kentucky. This was
the first idea that proved that well there was a west, although they still
didn’t know how big it was yet. Daniel Boone took about 30 men and traveled
into the west cutting down trees and moving some of the Indians out. Daniel
made some shelter for some of the American family’s that were living in the
cities to stay in the wilderness and get away from battle.
The idea of Westward Expansion didn’t
continue until the early 19th century when Thomas Jefferson was
elected president. Jefferson noticed that we were running out of space in the
13 colonies in the east and knew that there was more land in the west. It took
a few tries, but Jefferson got the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon in France;
this was called the Louisiana Purchase. Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson’s
secretary volunteered to go with his friend William Clark, to survey the new
land.
The journey was long and harsh but Lewis
and Clark went to Oregon and back with the help of Sacagawea and Toussaint
Charbonneau. Lewis and Clark proved that there was a whole bunch of land in the
west that could be explored. Lewis and Clark also proved that they could make
it to the west and survive, because on their journey west only one man died.
In 1806 a person named Jed Smith went out
again with his team again and searched the west. He started mapping down the
easiest routes to Oregon and California. In about what is now Indiana, Smith
got attacked by a grizzly bear that tore his scalp and ear off. Smith’s
brother, Tyler sewed them back together, and Jed Smith survived.
In 1809-1810, Westward Expansion begun when
courageous families sold their land and furniture and headed off west in a
Prairie Schooner. They would follow along in the wagon train down the Oregon
and Santa Fe Trail. I learned about the Donner party who made the wrong
decision and went down a shortcut, which really was more of a “death cut”. They
traveled through the mountains, and with the terrible mountain conditions,
broke an axle. That night 5 inches of snow fell and the Donner Party was
stranded in the mountains with no food, two of the people in their party had
died that night, so to redeem themselves from hunger; they ate them, and
survived.
The westward Expansion lasted all throughout
the beginning of the 20th century until it was completely settled.
Westward Expansion
6x6
*This one is a little
different because Sophie actually wrote this 6 x 6 and I completed it—at least
I did the Vocabulary, the Questions, and the web-sites.
6. Vocabulary
1. Interactive: to engage with; be a part of
2. Pioneers: the named for the large group of American
people and families who migrated from the East coast of the US to the Western
frontiers in the nineteenth century; also used to describe any group of people
who embark on a place or journey that is unexplored or unsettled
3. Chimney Rock: a large rock formation along the Oregon
Trail, a significant landscape marker along the trail
4. Territory: a somewhat-defined area of land that is yet to
be explored or settled, usually refers to land that is recently acquired by a
country but is not officially part of the country
5. Expansion: to increase in size, used to describe the
American Westward Expansion of the country and its people in the nineteenth century
6. Cowboy: a colloquial name for men who rode horses and
worked on the Western ranches herding steer; American folklore and mythology of
the “Wild West”
6. Sentences
1. I learned about Westward Expansion from a You Choose Book, An Interactive History
Adventure.
2. The pioneers that traveled along the Oregon Trail during
the westward expansion used wagons that were also called “prairie schooners.”
3. Chimney Rock was like a milestone on the Oregon Trail;
Chimney Rock was named so because of how it went up out of the ground just like
a chimney.
4. The Native Americans living in the west at this time were
confused about Westward Expansion; they did not understand why the whites were
settling into their territory.
5. The American citizens believed that it was their right to
expand into the West; this idea was called Manifest Destiny and was developed
by Thomas Jefferson.
6. When people settled in the west they didn’t have any
jobs, so people made up the idea of moving the cattle or cows out of their
land; the people that led the cows to the West were called Cowboys, although
they rode on horses!
6. Facts and Details
1. Americans built towns and Railroads as they moved to the
West
2. Wagon trails usually traveled single file on the Oregon
Trail. This was called a Wagon Train
3. Graves of Pioneers who died can still be found today;
their graves were made of many rocks covering a hole.
4. people often climbed Independence Rock and carved their
name on to it.
5. Pioneers used three small islands as stepping stones to
cross the Snake River.
6. Cowboys and sheepdogs are somewhat alike; they would
watch their sheep over night to see if anyone takes them.
6. Questions and Answers
1. What is a Baron? A: a person, usually a man, who owns
large tracts of land or business—an employer
2. What type of Animals were used to pull the Pioneers
Wagons? A: oxen
3. What Did the Native Americans think about Westward
Expansion? A: They did not understand why all the people came to their land,
where all the people came from, and how any people could “own” land or draw
lines on a map to determine ownership
4. What are some ways that Pioneers used to cross the River?
A: send the oxen to swim over and then float with the wagon across, hoping to
make it. Moving down or up the river to find an easier crossing place or
waiting until the right time of year when the water wasn’t running high.
Bridges and ferries came later.
5. How long did the Westward Expansion last? A: the bulk of
the pioneers moved West and settled the land over about 40 years, by the end of
the 1890s Westward Expansion was considered over
6. After the Civil War, Thousands of former slaves moved
west, mostly to Kansas, Do you think they experienced the same as the Pioneers?
A:
6 Images
6 websites
1.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/westward/index.cfm
Write a sentence or two about what you learned:
1.
the US increased its size by a third in just 5
years
2.
the population of the Western frontier increased
from 6 to 17 million in just a few decades
3.
the belief in “Manifest Destiny” made it easy
for white American settlers to displace or remove the native peoples of the
land they settled
1.
Most of the American “states” were formed and
established in less than 30 years after the original charter of 13 colonies
granted by the king of Great Britain in the sixteenth century
2.
The US bought most of the land from France with
the Louisiana Purchase, then Florida from Spain (and a few wars were fought
with the Seminole Indians),
3.
Oregon and the surrounding states were est. by
Lewis & Clark exploration, then boundaries finalized with Canada by 1848
4.
Texas was fought for and won during the Mexican
American War of 1848
5.
California and surrounding states were purchased
from Mexico as part of the treaty that ended the Mexican War
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