Lesson on Tuesday, October 10, 2017

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

Bell Ringer: EOC REVIEW GUIDE pages 4-6 

Objectives: 

1. SS.912.A.3.1 Analyze the economic challenges to American farmers and farmers’ responses to these challenges in the mid to late 1800s. 

Agenda: 

1. Bell Ringer (10 min) 

2. BP: Westward Expansion / Copy Graphic Organizer 

3. BP: Westward Expansion (5 min) 

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

5. Continue working on Attachment B (rest of class) 

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?