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Docsteach: The Settlement of the American West Lesson PlanDocsteach: The Settlement of the American West Lesson Plan
Publisher
US National Archives
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6th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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Lexile Measures
1060L
Lesson Plan

Docsteach: The Settlement of the American West

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Students will analyze primary sources with an eye for cause-and-effect relationships.They will identify the roles of government policy and technological improvements in the settlement of the West, and explain their impact on Native Americans.

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Concepts

historical research, primary sources, westward expansion

Additional Tags

docsteach, expanding west, impact on native americans, native american encounters, settlement of the american west, settling the west, documents, native american encounter

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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