Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Ms. Information Games - Lewis and Clark

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

5

Overview

In this interactive online game, Ms. Information is traveling the country trying to re-write history with her false information! Can you stop her? She has traveled to the Missouri River to change the story of the events in the Lewis and Clark expedition. Use your knowledge of these causes to foil her plan once and for all!

    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 5

    SS10.5.10

    Describe political, social, and economic events between 1803 and 1860 that led to the expansion of the territory of the United States, including the War of 1812, the Indian Removal Act, the Texas-Mexican War, the Mexican-American War, and the Gold Rush of 1849.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.5.10

    Vocabulary

    • political
    • expansion
    • Indian Removal Act
    • Texas-Mexican War
    • Mexican-American War
    • Gold Rush
    • technological developments
    • locomotive
    • telegraph
    • barbed wire

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Political, social, and economic events between 1803 and 1860 that led to the expansion of the territory of the United States (the War of 1812, the Indian Removal Act, the Texas-Mexican War, the Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush of 1849, among others).
    • The role of the Louisiana Purchase and explorations of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark for their impact on Westward Expansion.
    • The purpose of the Monroe Doctrine.
    • Alabama's role in the expansion movement in the United States, (the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and the Trail of Tears, among others).
    • The impact of technological developments on United States' expansion (steamboat, steam locomotive, telegraph, barbed wire, among others).

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Locate journeys, territories, and political boundaries on a physical and political maps.
    • Sequence historical events.
    • Explain the role of individuals in historical time periods.
    • Compare and contrast technological.
    • Determine causes and effects of events and technological developments between 1803-1860.
    • Analyze primary sources.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Political, social, and economic events led to the expansion of the United States and contributed to the development of new technologies and the creation of new states while also setting the stage for future conflict within the nation.
    Link to Resource

    CR Resource Type

    Interactive/Game

    Resource Provider

    Mr. Nussbaum
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    Custom
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