WESTWARD EXPANSION
Objective:
Students will understand the motivations that prompted westward expansion and be able to use multimedia content and links to share their knowledge.
Instructions:
1. Vocabulary Sketch! - In groups of 5, each team member will be assigned to 3 vocabulary words and are responsible for defining, putting it into a sentence, and finding an appropriate picture. This group assignment will be created and shared on Google slides. (vocabulary words: territory, expansion, frontier, treaty, migration, immigration, Manifest Destiny, canal, route, industrialization, entrepreneur, abolition, suffrage, transcontinental, reservation)
2. View the 2 videos on Westward Expansion and read "Introduction to Westward Expansion" article following a short quiz. Make sure you place responses to each question on the answer sheet (click button below). 2. Using Thinglink, create a background and add hotspots that will link your viewers to various multimedia resources such as text, images, videos, or audio recordings! Get creative!!! Check out the examples below for some ideas. :)
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Google Slides
BrainPop's: Westward ExpansionWestward Expansion: Crash Course! |
EXAMPLES OF THINGLINK AWESOMENESS!
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