Bell Work:

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American HistoryNovember 17 2009

• Bell Work
• Your homework was to write a new Constitution for
  Appletonia.
• What type of government did you decide on?
• What powers did your national/state governments
  have?

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Weekly Agenda

• Monday/Tuesday
• Introduction to Westward Expansion
• Wednesday/Thursday
• Westward Expansion
• Friday
• History of Arizona

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Weekly Objectives

• WWBAT work as a group to create a word web to
  compare/contrast the East and West portions of
  America.
• WWBAT define Manifest Destiny.
• WWBAT analyse a work of art to extract the
  cultural ramifications.
• WWBAT summarise the 3 main reasons American
  settlers headed west during the mid-1800s.
• WWBAT compare and contrast the lives of people
  living on the East Coast (North and South) and
  Native Americans, Spanish, and Mexican groups
  living west of the Mississippi.

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What is DUE this week

• Monday/Tuesday
• Constitutions
• Word Webs
• Trails West Venn Diagram
• Wednesday/Thursday
• Friday
• Current Event (Extra Credit)

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Daily Agenda

• Bell Work/TIH
• Administrivia
• Introduction to Manifest Destiny
• Word Webs
• Discussion
• Venn-Diagrams

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Administrivia

• GRADES!
• TESTS!
• Projects Start thinking about a famous deceased
  person
• Next Week Monday Friday Sch
• Tuesday/Wednesday Normal
• Thursday/Friday No School

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Word - Webs

• As a pod you are going to create 2 Words Webs.
• You will complete 1 for the east of the United
  States, and 1 for the west of the United States.
• It can include words, pictures, colors, whatever
  you would like.
• We will complete an example together.

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Westward Expanison
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Westward Expansion

• Manifest Destiny
• In your journals, please answer the following
  questions.
• What do you see in the image?
• What does the flying woman represent?
• What is the theme/tone of the image?
• Is it a positive or negative image?
• What are your thoughts?

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Westward Expansion

• The Journeys West
• What was the first trail west?
• Briefly summarize the Oregon Trail

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Westward Expansion

• The Journeys West
• What was the first trail west?
• Briefly summarize the Oregon Trail

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The Santa Fe Trail
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The Santa Fe Trail

• 780 miles from Independence, MS to Santa Fe
• Used 1828-1841 - trading cloth, knives and guns
• Travelers (Men and some women) worked together
  for most of journey (fear of Native Americans)
• Cooperation ended when New Mexico and Arizona
  came into sight.
• Trail established for trade/creating ranches/find
  fortunes in the SW.
• First Caucasian settlers of Southwest arrived via
  the Santa Fe Trail.

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The Oregon Trail

• 780 miles from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe
• Used 1828-1841 - trading cloth, knives and guns
• Travelers worked together for most of journey
  (fear of Native Americans)
• Cooperation when New Mexico and Arizona came into
  sight.
• First Caucasian settlers of Southwest arrived via
  the Santa Fe Trail.

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The Oregon Trail

• Initial Trails left from Independence, MS
• First established by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
  (Missionary Teachers) in 1836.
• People (families) followed in Prairie
  Schooners (Wagons covered in sail cloth pulled
  by Oxen). Often wagon trains would have up to
  75 wagons
• Goal was to establish new farms and communities
  in the fertile northwest (Willamette Valley,
  Oregon)

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Prairie Schooners

• The Oregon Trail
• First established by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
  (Missionary Teachers) in 1836.
• People followed in Prairie Schooners (Wagons
  covered in sail cloth pulled by Oxen).
• Goal was to establish new farms in the fertile
  northwest (Willamette Valley, Oregon)

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The Mormon Trail
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The Mormon Trail

• Left New York b/c of persecution and death of
  leader.
• Went west to settle (Land and Convert Native
  Americans).
• Traveled from Nauvoo, Ill to the edge of the
  Great Salt Lake.
• Eventually came into Arizona and Mexico, but
  stayed based in Salt Lake City

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What was the Common Thread?

• It is by no mistake that there were 3 distinct
  trails that led to the West. However, what was
  the common thread?
• Please recreate the Venn Diagram below in your
  notebook.

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What is the Common Thread?

• Ideas to focus on
• Please list within the Venn Diagram, why did they
  go?
• What was unique to each, what did they share?

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CLOSURE

• What did we say we would do today?
• Did we do that?
• Do you have Homework?
• What is that homework?
• Have a nice evening