Lesson on Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Aim: How did the arrival of new settlers affect the Plains Indians?

Bell Ringer: Discuss 2016 Presidential Debates

Objectives:

1.Students will review the Native American experience.

Agenda:

1.Bell Ringer (10 min)

2.Journal 17 – What was debated in the 2016 Presidential Debates? (10 min)

3.BP: Westward Expansion / Copy Graphic Organizer

4.BP: Westward Expansion (5 min)

5.Journal 18 – Create a system in which American settlers could have worked side by side with Native Americans during Westward Expansion. (10 min)

Home Learning: Read pages 74-76 "Growth of the Mining Industry" Entrance Ticket: 1. What is a likely reason Nevada and California were two of the first western territories to become states? 2. What role did mining play in the development of the American West?