Description
Schoolio Social Studies: Westward Expansion (70 Pages)
This Schoolio unit is designed to be suitable for any student learner ready to begin at a grade 4, grade 5, or grade 6 working level.
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This Schoolio Social Studies unit focuses on the United States history of westward expansion. Your student learner will engage in thought-provoking and concrete learning activities, often including outdoor activities, research assignments, and media add-ons. The curriculum includes critical thinking and reflection skills. Student learners are engaged with full colour pages and interesting and varied activities, improving their understanding of the world around them while developing research, reflection, and fine motor skills.
Our Schoolio curriculum caters to homeschoolers, classroom teachers, virtual learning support, and tutoring support.
In this 70-page unit, your child will study the following topics:
- The Louisiana Purchase
- Lewis and Clark
- The Indian Removal Act
- The Trail of Tears
- The Oregon Trail
- Settling the Oregon Country
- The Mormon Trail
- The Santa Fe Trail
- Trails to California
- Transportation Improves
- The Erie Canal
- Impacts of Railroads
- Texas Becomes a U.S. State
- Mexican-American War
- The Oregon Treaty
- The California Gold Rush
- The Pony Express
- The Homestead Act
- Battle of Little Bighorn
As is the case with all of our curriculum, this unit includes daily lessons, each with exercises or activities to solidify comprehension, plus answer keys.