General Information

Grade Level		Grade11	Topic	Social Studies--How the West was Won...and Lost
Creator		Brian Miller	Geographic Area	The American West
			Time Period	1861-1890
			Duration	10 school days
			Academic Standards	USH.1.2;USH.1.3;USH.1.5;USH.1.7; USH.2.1;USH.2.6;USH.2.12

Standards Tapestry Files

The Big Picture

Click on the link above for goals and standards

Assessment Rationale

Pre Quiz (to be completed)- will assess knowledge prior to the unit.  It will be given on the first day, and it will not be for a grade.

Post Quiz (to be completed)- will assess knowledge gained during this unit.  It will be given before the Research Project, and it will be graded

Station Analysis Worksheets- will assess students' interpretation of  primary documents, pictures and artifacts.  Four stations will focus on the following groups of the West: Settlers, Indians, U.S. Soldiers, and Government Officials.  Students will complete these worksheets as they rotate through them.  Here is what the stations may contain:  Station Contents-Documents, Pictures and Artifacts.  Here is an example of what a Station Analysis Worksheet (Sample) may look like.  You may also find other analysis worksheets at National Archives Worksheets.  The worksheets will be graded more on completion. The Stations will started on the 3rd day of the Unit and will be completed on the 7th day.

Station Journal-This goes along with the stations.  When the students are going through their station for the day, they will complete their worksheet.  Once they are done examing the contents of that particular station, the student will write a daily journal.  In the journal, the student will answer questions that deal with that groups perspective of the west.  These will be graded based on the Journal Rubric provided, and they will be turned in once the Stations are completed. 

Western Trading Cards- students will research noteable people from the West.  Students will have a couple of  days in the media center to research there person, and then create a trading with facts and answers to the questions provided.  The trading cards will be graded based on the Trading Card Rubric provided.

Timeline-Students will use their text and or the Internet to define major events and battles relating to the Indian Wars from 1860-1890, and then they will label those in chronological order. 

                                Assessment Types                                                               Indiana Academic Standards

	USH.1.2	USH.1.3	USH.1.5	USH.1.7	USH.2.1	USH.2.6	USH.2.12
Pre and Post Quiz	X	X		X	X	X
Station Journal		X			X	X	X
Station Analysis Worksheets		X			X	X	X
Western Trading Cards					X	X
Timeline			X

Instructional Plan

    Looking at the main goals above, I want my students to learn about Western Expansion from 1861-1890.  I want my students to realize how different groups of people were affected during expansion.  Using my assessments, I hope my students can demonstrate their knowledge of the West, based on the Indiana Academic Standards.
   
    I have the pre-quiz scheduled for The First Day, and then I plan on introducing the topic of the West by using the Broken Treaty Activity and the Manifest Destiny painting to generate discussion.  We will also take a look at the timeline and some of the major events.  I will also use this time to explain my goals for this unit and what we will be doing. 

    The Second Day will be used for my Review Activites.  My students will look at some western topics prior to the Civil War that will lead into where we are going.  I will review by using primary documents from the Lewis and Clark expedition and also Jackson's Indian Removal Act.  Students will continue to work on the timeline and turn it in at the end of the period. 

    The Third Day we will start the Daily Startup Activities which are lessons to give the students background knowledge on the West.  I have topics planned for the next five days.  The first day is Environment.  Students will analyze western environment pictures and locate them on a map of the U.S.  They will also compare the environment to where they live.  My students will also begin the Stations activity (See below). 

    The Stations will allow students to analyze and be hands-on with documents, pictures and artifacts from different groups in the West, and they will fill out worksheets based on those stations.  The stations will rotate through the stations each day, complete the worksheets, then answer journal questions from that groups perspective about the west.  In order to supplement the elements in the stations and give the students more knowledge, Daily Startup Activities/Lessons are inlcuded at the beginning of each day. 
Note:  I have not yet decided whether the days will be split up with half Daily Startup and half Stations, or doing the Daily Startup over a few days then doing the Stations. 

    The Fourth Day-The topic for the Daily Startup is Cowboys and Outlaws Myths and Reality.  We will take a fun online quiz and discuss the life of a cowboys and dispell some of the myths.  We will also watch the O.K. Corral scene from the movie Tombstone and discuss Hollywood's perspective of the west.  Students will also rotate to a new station. 

    The Fifth Day-The Topic for the Daily Startup is Women in the west.  MyStudents will look at diaries from women and discuss the roles of women, and how they affected the settlement of the West.  My Students will also rotate to a new station. 

    The Sixth Day- The Topic for the Daily Startup is Daily life in the U.S. Army.  My Students will read a couple of articles and look at letters that discuss what life was like for a soldier on the Western Frontier.  We will also look at Buffalo Soldiers.  My Students will also rotate to the final station.

    The Seventh Day-The Final Topic for the Daily Startup is Indians.  We will read a selection about the Wounded Knee Massacre, discuss the Indian Reservation, the uses and extermination of the buffalo. 

    After the students have had an opportunity to complete all the lessons, I will collect both the analysis worksheets and the journals.  The analysis worksheets will be graded mostly on completion, and the journals will be graded based on the rubric that I give them.

    The Eighth Day-  Today we will be taking a post quiz to assess knowledge gained up to this point.  We will also be starting the research project.
   I will be assessing them based on their West Trading Card research project.  The students will be assigned a person from the West that had a major affect on Western Expansion, whether it was an Indian, Soldier, Inventor Settler, etc.  Students will do research based on facts about the person plus questions that are based on my goals and the state standards.  I will grade this Trading Card based on the rubric that I will give them at the beginning of the project. 

We will go down to the Media Center after instructions, so the students may have some time to research.

    The Ninth Day- Today we will be in the Media Center doing research on the Western Trading Cards

    The Tenth Day- Today will be our last day of the unit.  We will go down to the Media Center, and my students will be able to wrap up their project and do any final research and typing on the computer.  The Trading Cards will be due on the next school day.

NOTE: I had to revise certain parts of this unit.  The link below shows how I actually taught this unit.

• The actually unit

This Document includes additional assignments and revisions I made.

Humanities-rich Resources

Type (book link, etc.)	Name	URL (if any)	Annotation (can include description and notes on how to use.
Link	Our Documents	http://ourdocuments.gov	This is a great site to view and get lesson plans for the 100 Milestone documents.
Link	National Archives Website	http://www.archives.gov/	This is a good site to get lesson plans or ideas and search primary source documents
Link	Jackdaw	www.jackdaw.com	A good website to purchase primary document sources for class.  I ordered a Little Bighorn packet from this site.
Link	Library of Congress	http://www.loc.gov/	Another good site for pictures and primary sources.  Look at "American Memory"  to search for many pictures
Link	Indian Affairs	Indian Affairs	Oklahoma Digital Library.  Images of Primary Documents relating to Indian Affaris
Link	The Avalon Project	Yale Law School website	Excellent site with many primary historical primary documents
Link	Map Maker	Map Maker	Make your own custom map.  Includes many features
Link	Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms	http://www3.newberry.org/k12maps/	Historical maps and lesson plans for all grades.
Link	Social Studies and Federal References	Social Studies and Federal References	Lesson plans and links to sites with primary documents
Book	Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1840-1849 (Covered Wagon Women) by Kenneth L. Holmes (Editor), Anne M. Butler (Introduction)	www.amazon.com	Book used for primary sources and women's perspectives traveling West.
Book	Pioneer Women: The Lives of Women on the Frontier by Linda Peavy, Ursula Smith	www.amazon.com	Book used for primary sources and women's perspectives traveling West.
Book	Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown	www.amazon.com	History of Indian wars from Indian perspective
Video	Tombstone	1993	Example of Hollywood's perception of the old west.

Instructional Plan

Instructional Day	Description
Day 1-Intro to the West	-Fake Treaty with Students (See Below) -Quiz Pretest and explaining goals; -Manifest Destiny Painting Link #12; Analysis Sheet to National Archive Analysis Worksheet Link #1; Analyze Timeline of the West Link #20
Day 2-Review West Pre 1860	-Looking at Lewis and Clark and other western expansion topics as a review.  -Practice using various primary source documents. -Instructions for stations and journals
Day 3-The West from 1861-1890	-Startup with Instruction and analyzing a topic of the West each day.  Topic for day 1: Western Environment-Picture Analysis and Map Labeling -Also start stations.  Each station deals with a group from the American west, and the students  will split up into groups and examine 1 station each day.  They will fill out the worksheet and journal at the end of each day.
Day 4-The West from 1861-1890	-Startup with Instruction.  Topic for day 2: Cowboys/Gunfighters and Myths. Link # 14 -Tombstone movie O.K. Corral scene -Stations-rotate one from yesterday.  Journaling at the end
Day 5-The West from 1861-1890	-Small Instruction over West - Topic for day 3 Women of the West-Book Selection 1. Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1840-1849 (Covered Wagon Women) by Kenneth L. Holmes (Editor), Anne M. Butler> (Introduction) 2. Pioneer Women: The Lives of Women on the Frontier by Linda Peavy, Ursula Smith -Stations-rotate one -Journaling at the end
Day 6-The West from 1861-1890	-Small Instruction over Topic for day 4 West-U.S. Army and Daily life -Stations-rotate one -Journaling at the end
Day 7-The West from 1861-1890	-Small Instruction-Topic for day 5 Finishing the Indian War-Read Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown -Class Discussion over stations -Collect Journals and worksheets -Journals (Rubric); Worksheets graded on completion
Day 8-Research Project	-Quiz/Posttest -Introduce Project -Research Project
Day 9-Research Project	-Research Project
Day 10-Conclusion	-Research Project; Project due on Monday

Instructional Plan Files

Websites used in lessons and activities

• National Archive Worksheets
• National Archive Homestead Act
  
• National Archive Sioux Treaty
• Our Documents Dawes Act
  
• Our Documents Homestead Act
• Wounded Knee
• Custer's Primary Documents
• Ghost Dance Song
• Ghost Dance Song 2
• Life in a Western Fort
• Life of a Western Soldier
• Manifest Destiny Painting
• Soldier's Diary
• Cowboys Myth and Reality
• Black Hills Pictures
• Desert Pictures
• Kansas Prairie Pictures
• Texas Prairie
• Rocky Mountains
• Indian War Timeline
• Jefferson's Message to Congress
• Louisisana Purchase
• Jackson's Indian Removal Act
• Rocky Mountains 2
• Tombstone Movie Goofs
• Buffalo Uses
• Indian Agent Document
• Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
• Buffalo Soldiers
• Buffalo Soldier 2
  

Links to lessons and activities

• Station Worksheet and Journaling Instructions
• Station Journal Rubric
• Old West Trading Card Rubric
• Chapter Study Guide
• Chapter Test

  Updated and Revised Assignments and Lessons

• How the lessons worked
• Native American Timeline
• Wounded Knee Journal Questions
• Cowboys Myth and Reality Activty and Handout - the answers to the myth/fact are found on this webpage
  

Teacher Inquiry Kiosk

      Westward Expansion Bibliography