Grade Level
Gr. 7
Document Type
Lesson Plans
Keywords
Geography--Study and teaching (Middle school);
Abstract
Students will understand how settlers from the East modify the environment to meet their needs as they settled the West. Students will understand the humans adapt in response to their environment as the settled the West. Students will be able to identify characteristics that distinguish historic time periods. Students will have an introductory understanding of the Transcontinental Railroad, the Oregon Trail, the Gold Rush, and the Homestead Act of 1862.
Department
Department of Geography
Department
Geographic Alliance of Iowa
Original Date
2012
Copyright
©[2012?] Ray Carlson
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Carlson, Ray, "Using the Five Themes to Understand the Settlement of the West" (2012). Open Educational Resources. 243.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/oermaterials/243
