Grade 2 Read-Aloud

186 Westward Expansion: Supplemental Guide 9 |The Buffalo Hunters

 Lesson Objectives

Core Content Objectives

Students will:

 Explain that westward expansion meant displacement of Native

Americans

 Explain that the development of the railroad ushered in a new

era of mass exodus of the Native Americans from their land

 Describe the effect of diminishing buffalo on the life of Plains

Native Americans

 Explain that the U.S. government forced Native Americans from

their lands

 Identify “iron horse” as the nickname given to the fi rst

locomotive trains in America

Language Arts Objectives

The following language arts objectives are addressed in this

lesson. Objectives aligning with the Common Core State

Standards are noted with the corresponding standard in

parentheses. Refer to the Alignment Chart for additional standards

addressed in all lessons in this domain.

Students will:

 Identify the main topic of “The Buffalo Hunters” by creating a

quilt square (RI.2.2)

 Write simple sentences to represent details or information from

“The Buffalo Hunters” (W.2.2)

 Make personal connections (orally or in writing) to events or

experiences in a read-aloud and/or make connections among

several read-alouds (W.2.8)

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