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Pbs Teachers: Moving West, Natural Disasters Lesson PlanPbs Teachers: Moving West, Natural Disasters Lesson Plan
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PBS
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5th - 9th
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Social Studies & History
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Lexile Measures
1050L
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Pbs Teachers: Moving West, Natural Disasters

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Assign reasons from Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to explain pioneers' migration to and return from the American plains in the 1800s. Research, write and produce a newspaper dedicated to a natural disaster such as the 19th-century drought.

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Concepts

droughts, natural disasters, westward expansion, manifest destiny

Additional Tags

physiological needs, american west, maslow's hierarchy of needs, new perspectives on the west, ohio g.hs.16, pbs, weta, abraham maslow, natural hazards

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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