Content
Over the course of five days, students will explore a variety of topics within Pioneer Life.
Within the Five-day unit plan, goals and standards are specific to the daily content.
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Rationale
Pioneers and their migration to the west is an essential element in the connection of America’s former citizens to its current citizens. Students will learn how pioneers lived, their travel arrangements and the routes taken to meet their final destinations. Pioneers explored the frontier with determination, took risks and persevered through hardships to build a better life. As students discover who were the pioneers, how they traveled and the terrain navigated, they will realize the tremendous journey American’s took to build the present-day nation. America in the 1800’s was a bustle of change and expansion. The nation was growing rapidly with no consequence to the effects of the Native Americans or the people moving into their lands. Manifest Destiny led new explorers into territories governed by people for hundreds of years. The Indian Removal Act created great upheaval for Native Americans providing deplorable conditions and required relocation. The Louisiana Purchase was a catalyst for Lewis and Clark expedition into the Pacific Northwest. By investigating their exploits, students will have a better understanding of the continental United States construction and historical journey. |