Moving On is a Project Based Learning Unit about Westward Expansion.
Moving On is a Project Based Learning Unit about Westward Expansion.
Erin Garvey, Teacher, erin.garvey@lps53.org
Marie Goeglein, Teacher, marie.goeglein@lps53.org
Jordin Sullivant, Teacher, jordin.sullivant@lps53.org
Robin Lewis, Library Media Specialist, robin.lewis@lps53.org
Sara Forsman, Teacher, sara.forsman@lps53.org
8th Grade American History: Missouri Learning Standards
*T1S3A Create and use maps and other graphic representations in order to explain relationships and reveal patterns or trends.
T2S1E Analyze the concept of Manifest Destiny as a catalyst for change in American history.
T4S1A Analyze the expansion of the United States in the early 19th century to trace U.S. growth and form hypotheses about future conflicts.
T2S3C Compare major patterns of population distribution, demographics and migrations in the United States and the impact of those patterns on cultures and community life.
T4S3A Trace the changing boundaries of the United States and describe how it represents the changing relationships with its neighbors and Native Americans.
T4S3B Assess Manifest Destiny in relation to push-pull factors, geographic features, and human environmental interactions to determine their influence on the movement of goods, people and ideas.
Critical Thinking: Assess the effects of movement on the development of the U.S. Relate your family’s movement to a migration pattern.
Identify factors that led to Western Expansion (push-pull) and relate one of those factors to your family’s migration. Tell your family’s story of movement through a scrapbook (digital or traditional). It must include a family interview, using maps, graphics, primary sources, etc. Share your scrapbook with your family and share reflection with class (include an assessment of the impact of this movement in your family history).
Why do people move?
-Push: What are reasons people leave a place?
-Pull: What are reasons people move to a place?