Grade 2 Read-Aloud

20 Westward Expansion: Supplemental Guide 1 | Going West

Note: Introducing the Read-Aloud and Extensions may have

activity options that exceed the time allocated for that part of

the lesson. To remain within the time periods allocated for each

portion of the lesson, you will need to make conscious choices

about which activities to include based on the needs of your

students.

Exercise Materials Details

Introducing the Read-Aloud (10 minutes)

What Do We Know? Image Cards 1–4; Instructional

Master 1A-1 (Class Westward

Expansion Timeline); chart paper,

markers

Use the timeline to review prior important

events in U.S. history.

U.S. Map Help students locate the areas of

the thirteen English colonies and the

Louisiana Purchase on the map.

Domain Introduction U.S. Map Show the area west of the Mississippi

River.

Instructional Master 1A-2

(Transportation Brainstorm Image

Sheet); chart paper, markers

Create a Transportation Brainstorm that

will be used throughout this domain.

Essential Background

Information or Terms

U.S. Map Help students locate the compass rose,

and explain what the cardinal directions

are. Help students locate the West Coast

of the United States.

Image Cards 14 (Paul Bunyan), 15

(Pecos Bill)

Review these tall tale characters with

students.

Image 1A-2 Introduce the phrase wagon train.

Vocabular y Preview: Settled/

Settlers, Journey

Image 1A-3

Purpose for Listening