Unit 3 - The American West
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Week 6
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Lesson 1: American Expansion into the West 10-06-25
How the U.S. Acquired the West - Stations
Louisiana Purchase
Texas Annexation
Mexican-American War
Oregon Country
Gadsden Purchase
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Lesson 2 - Myths of the West
Debunking “Wild West” myths using evidence and discussions.
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Lesson 3 - Groups of the West
Groups of the West
Stations on Cowboys, Miners, Mexican Americans, Native Nations, and Railroad Workers
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Lesson 4 - Populating the West - Homesteading Day 1
Populating the West
Homestead Act and Life as a homesteader
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Week 7
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Lesson 5 - Populating the West Day 2
Populating the West
Homestead simulation
Populist Movement
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Lesson 6- Native Americans in the West Day 1
Native Americans in the West
Dakota Sioux Uprising
Sand Creek Massacre
Perspective Analysis
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Lesson 7- Native Americans in the West Day 2
Native Americans in the West
Dakota Sioux Uprising
Sand Creek Massacre
Perspective Analysis
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Week 8
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Lesson 7- Native Americans in the West Day 3
Native Americans in the West
Destruction of the Buffalo Analysis Activity
US Mission game Part 2 and 3.
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Lesson 8- Native Americans in the West Day 4
Guided Notes - Resistance, Reliance and attempted Assimilation of Native Americans
Treaties - Broken Promises
Battle of Little Big Horn
Dawes Act
Boarding Schools
Wounded Knee Massacre
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Lesson 9- The American West Review
The American West Review
Review Day
Study Games and Activities
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Lesson 10- The American West Summative
American West Summative
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