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=Instructional Plan/Learning Activities= Hook: [|Youtube video on Westward Expansion] Learning Activity (Graphic Organizer, Cooperative Learning, Technology): Graphic Organizer: KWL Chart Artifact: Glogster || Students will understand that several key events that occurred in the United States during the period of Westward Expansion. || Students will know what exactly happened in the United States during the Westward Expansion era. || Explain: Students will be able to **demonstrate** their knowledge of Westward Expansion. || E1. Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the history of Maine, the United States, and various regions of the world. b. Identify and analyze major historical eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences, and people in the history of Maine, the United States and various regions of the world. || Hook: I will read aloud from different primary and secondary texts from the period. Learning Activity (Graphic Organizer, Cooperative Learning, Technology): Cooperative Learning: Students will help each other understand material. Artifact: Blog posting || Students will understand that several key events that occurred in the United States during the period of Westward Expansion. || Students will know how to read primary and secondary texts, and how to put them into words they can understand. || Interpret: Students will be able to **make meaning of** primary and secondary texts from the Westward Expansion period. || E1. Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the history of Maine, the United States, and various regions of the world. c. Trace and explain the history of democratic ideals and constitutional principles and their importance in the history of the United States and the world. d. Analyze interpretations of historical events that are based on different perspectives and evidence. || Hook: [|Youtube video on Industrial Revolution] Learning Activity (Graphic Organizer, Cooperative Learning, Technology): Graphic Organizer: Students will use handout to learn about how many inventions came from the Industrial Revolution Artifact: iMovie || Students will understand that each event affected the other events that were occurring at the time. || Students will know about the Industrial Revolution. || Apply: Students will be able to **invent** their own invention. || E1. Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the history of Maine, the United States, and various regions of the world. b. Identify and analyze major historical eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences, and people in the history of Maine, the United States and various regions of the world. || Hook: Students will watch an excerpt from the movie //Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee//. Learning Activity (Graphic Organizer, Cooperative Learning, Technology): Cooperative Learning: Students will work together to create their debates. Artifact: Debate write-up || Students will understand that each event affected the other events that were occurring at the time. || Students will know about Manifest Destiny and the Trail of Tears/treatment of Native Americans. || Perspective: Students will be able to **argue** for a point. || E1. Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the history of Maine, the United States, and various regions of the world. b. Identify and analyze major historical eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences, and people in the history of Maine, the United States and various regions of the world. || Hook: Clips from various movies depicting how settlers in the West lived. Learning Activity (Graphic Organizer, Cooperative Learning, Technology): Students will write short prompts. Artifact: Comic Life || Students will understand that several key events that occurred in the United States during the period of Westward Expansion. || Students will know what settlers in the Western territories had to do to survive. || Empathy: Students will be able to **imagine** what life was like during the Westward expansion period. || E1. Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the history of Maine, the United States, and various regions of the world. d. Analyze interpretations of historical events that are based on different perspectives and evidence. || Hook: [|Music Video for the song "Manifest Destiny."] Learning Activity (Graphic Organizer, Cooperative Learning, Technology): Cooperative Learning: Students will have a discussion. Artifact: Podcast || Students will understand that several key events that occurred in the United States during the period of Westward Expansion. || Students will know what breakthroughs in different areas of life occurred during the Westward Expansion era. || Self Knowledge: Students will be able to **realize** how America changed during the Westward Expansion era, and how it impacts their lives. || E1. Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the history of Maine, the United States, and various regions of the world. d. Analyze interpretations of historical events that are based on different perspectives and evidence. ||
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