Teacher Notes:

Indian Removal and Westward Expansion


TEACHER TIPS & TOOLS
resources, lessons, and forms to support the implementation of the research models
 
 
TIME FRAME:


recommended time frame for completion

1 week

 Unit:

   Gr 8 Social Studies
Settling the West

Focus:

  

Students will engage in research in order to discover how the treatment of minority impacts the entire nation.

BCPS Content
Curriculum Indicator:

   Analyze the United States' relations with Native Americans, including treaty relations, land acquisition, and the policy of Indian Removal.

BCPS Content Curriculum Indicator

  

Analyze the outcome of territorial disputes through diplomacy or military conflict.

 BCPS
Library Media
Indicators:

  
  • Use research skills in order to evaluate, select, record, and reorganize information.
  • Use reference skills in order to locate information in a variety of sources.

Maryland Media
Learning Outcomes
and Indicators

  
  • Learn and apply reading, research and critical thinking skills to organize, and synthesize information in order to communicate new understanding.
  • Comprehend content in various types of media.
  • Retrieve and manage information

AASL Standards 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
  • Standard 1: The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively.
  • Standard 6: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and strives for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation.
  • Standard 9: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and participates effectively in groups to pursue and generate information.
ISTC NETS for Students

Performance Standards and Indicators:

Grades PreK - 2

Grades 3 - 5

Grades 6 - 8

Grades 9- 12
  • Use content-specific tools, software, and simulations (e.g., environmental probes, graphing calculators, exploratory environments, Web tools) to support learning and research. (3, 5)
  • Collaborate with peers, experts, and others using telecommunications and collaborative tools to investigate curriculum-related problems, issues, and information, and to develop solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (4, 5)
Last update: July, 2003
Created by Kellie Scott Mullins

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