Social Studies - 5th Grade
Educational Links

Standard 4

Students will understand that the 19th century was a time of incredible change for the United States, including geographic expansion, constitutional crisis, and economic growth.

Objective 1

Investigate the significant events during America's expansion and the roles people played.

• Bryce Canyon National Park: Hoodoos Cast Their Spell
  By looking at Bryce Canyon National Park: Hoodoos Cast Their Spell, students explore why and how the geological wonders of Utah's Bryce Canyon were set aside for public enjoyment in the early 20th century. Students describe the formations that deterred settlement and encouraged tourism in Bryce Canyon and examine how it was used by settlers, scientists, government agencies, and tourists.
• Exhibit: The Louisiana Purchase
  This exhibit from the National Archives shows the original documents and includes Napoleon Bonaparte's signature.
• Go West: Imagining the Oregon Trail
  After this lesson, students will have learned about the pioneer experience on the Oregon Trail,compared and contrasted modern-day travel experiences with travel experiences of the 19th century, and synthesized historical data through creative writing.
• Heritage Gateways
  This is the official Utah sesquicentennial web site for K-12 education. It features information about the Mormon Pioneer Trail as well as interaction with the modern-day pioneers on the trail during the 1997 summer months
• History in Quilts
  Throughout history, women and sometimes men have used the art of quilting for many diverse purposes: to keep warm, to decorate their homes, to express their political views, to remember a loved one. Heighten your students' awareness of how quilts have reflected and continue to reflect the lives of the people who create them, and of how quilts record the cultural history of a particular place and time. This theme of History in Quilts contains two separate lessons that can stand alone or be taught in conjunction with one another.
• Interactive Lewis and Clark
  Check out all the things you can learn about the Lewis and Clark expedition including: maps, biographies, animals, video, and activities.
• PBS- The West
  Learn about the different groups of people involved in the movement west and what happened to them.
• Teaching With Documents: The Homestead Act of 1862
  Learn about The Homestead Act of 1862 from copies of the original documents.
• The Great American Bison
  A lesson plan that helps students understand the impact of the Transcontinental Railroad on American bison herds. Compare and contrast differing perspectives. Upcycle found objects into artwork.
• The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad
  Analyzing archival material such as photos, documents, and posters, students can truly appreciate the phenomenon of the Transcontinental Railroad. They can begin to answer some important questions: Why was the Transcontinental Railroad built? How did it affect Native Americans? Other minorities? How was the environment affected? What were the advantages of railroad travel? Who used the railroads, and why? Who built the railroad?
• The Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation
  This National Park Service lesson plan commemorates the removal of the Cherokee and the paths that 17 Cherokee detachments followed westward. It also promotes a greater awareness of the Trail's legacy and the effects of the United States' policy of American Indian removal not only on the Cherokee, but also on other tribes, primarily the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole.
• The Trail of Tears Association
  The Trail of Tears Association (TOTA) is a non-profit, membership organization formed to support the creation, development, and interpretation of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. Designated as a national historic trail by Congress in 1987, the Trail commemorates the forced removal of the Cherokee people from their homelands in the southeastern United States to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in 1838 - 1839.
• Trails of Hope: Overland Diaries and Letters
  Trails of Hope: Overland Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869 is a collection of the original writings of 49 voyagers on the Mormon, California, Oregon, and Montana trails who wrote while traveling on the trail. The collection also includes interactive maps of the area traveled by these pioneers.
• Webquest: Exploring Western Expansion
  Learn about actual hardships from letters of the people involved in western expansion.

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