Lesson on Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Aim: What role did mining play in the development of the American West?

Bell Ringer: Timed-Pair-Share

Objectives:

1.Students will analyze the economic challenges to American farmers and farmers’ responses to the challenges in the mid to late 1800s.

Agenda:

1.Bell Ringer (20 min)

2.Review ‘Mining Booms’ Entrance Ticket (7 min)

3.Create a timeline of events, including: Congressional acts, new technologies, and land opportunities that contributed to the westward movement. Title “Westward Expansion”

Home Learning: Read pages 86 and 87 / sections: “Tragedy at Wounded Knee” and “The Dawes Act”. Journal 19 – What effect did Helen Hunt Jackon’s book ‘A Century of Dishonor’ have?

TIMED-PAIR-SHARE:

1.                      What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

2.                      Describe the Homestead Act of 1862.

3.                      Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn? P. 86

4.                      What role did mining play in the development of the American west?

5.                      How did miners and farmers clash in the west? P. 76