Description
Large bundle of History Powerpoint Lessons all about the topic Making of America. This History unit contains 26 one hour lessons with associated activities.
The lesson packs included in this history bundle are:
Lesson 1 – Making of America.pptx
Lesson 2 – Reasons for Expansion.pptx
Lesson 3 – Exploitation Slavery.pptx
Lesson 4 – Cotton.pptx
Lesson 5 – Cotton BANDED ASSESS.pptx
Lesson 6 – Indian Expulsion.pptx
Lesson 7 – Culture of Plains Indians.pptx
Lesson 8 – Lakota Sioux.pptx
Lesson 9 – Go West! Manifest Destiny.ppt
Lesson 10 – Journey West.ppt
Lesson 11 – Mormons.ppt
Lesson 12 – Mormons SLC.ppt
Lesson 13 – Gold.ppt
Lesson 14 – Causes of the Civil War.ppt
Lesson 15 – African American Experience of the Civil War.ppt
Lesson 16 -Reconstruction.ppt
Lesson 17 -Radical Reconstruction.ppt
Lesson 18 -Railroads.ppt
Lesson 19 -Cattle Ranching.ppt
Lesson 20 & 21 -Homesteaders and BA [Recovered].ppt
Lesson 20 & 21 -Homesteaders and BA.ppt
Lesson 22 -Bloodshed on the Plains.ppt
Lesson 23 -Battle of Little Bighorn.ppt
Lesson 24 – Life of Native Americans Summary.ppt
Lesson 25 – Life of African Americans Summary.ppt
Lesson 26 – Life of Settler Summary.ppt
The history learning outcomes are:
- To investigate how America began so that I am able to place the rest of the story into context.
- To investigate the different theories behind why America expanded so that I can evaluate which ones are most objective.
- To investigate how slavery affected the growth of America so that I can evaluate how important it was overall.
- To investigate the impact of white settlement upon the indigenous people so that I can evaluate what drove them out.
- To investigate how the Native Americans lived so that I can evaluate what changed as the American West developed.
- To work why people went west so that I can begin to explain the huge migration that was beginning to take place.
- To investigate the journey of the early settlers so that I can evaluate what their biggest problems might have been.
- To work why and how the Mormons went west so that I can explain how successful they were, overall.
- To understand the impact of the California & the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush of 1849 so that I can explain how they shaped the growth of America.
- To understand the causes of the American Civil War so that I can evaluate the impact that it had on the way that America developed.
- To understand how life changed for African Americans as the Civil War progressed so that I can measure their impact.
- To understand the causes of the American Civil War so that I can evaluate the impact that it had on the way that America developed.
- To understand how reconstruction was managed so that I can evaluate whether or not life improved for all groups of people in America.
- To understand how the railroads helped America to expand so that I can explain the increase in migrants West after the 1860s.
- To understand how cattle ranching developed across the Plains so that I can explain the key turning points in the journey.
- To investigate how homesteaders were able to overcome problems on the Plains so that I can evaluate how successful they were.
- To investigate how homesteaders were able to overcome problems on the Plains so that I can evaluate how successful they were.
- To understand how the battle for the Plains progressed so that I can begin to explain how the story of the American West ends.
- To understand how the battle for the Plains progressed so that I can begin to explain how the story of the American West ends.
- To understand how different groups of people’s lives had changed over the previous 100 years in America.
The history key terms covered include but are not limited to:
Supreme Court Constitution Congress President
Expansion Government Pioneer Unsettled
Expansion Cotton Gin Compromise Plantation
Settlement Civilise Culture Indigenous
Nomadic Tipi Buffalo Sioux
Push Pull Manifest Destiny
Migrants Tension Obstacles
Mormon Persecute Polygamy
Claim Jumping Law & Order Mining
Abolition Union Confederacy
Limited War Total War Contraband
Reconstruction Assassination Radical
Opportunity Migrants Speculators
Long Drive Reservations stereotype
Homesteader Propaganda Isolation
Conflict Revenge Negotiate
Conflict Reservations Extermination
Civil Rights Social Economic
Corporations Philanthropist Immigrant
