22 Westward Expansion: Supplemental Guide 1 | Going West
for future lessons. Note: You will also refer to this timeline in the
U.S. Civil War domain.
For the Domain Introduction, create a Transportation Brainstorm
poster. Using Instructional Master 1A-2 (Transportation Brainstorm
Image Sheet), cut out the various forms of transportation in
advance. As the class thinks of a mode of transportation or if one
is introduced in a lesson, add the corresponding image to the
Transportation Brainstorm poster.
Make a copy of Instructional Master 1B-1 for each student. This
will be the “quilt” square for the Oregon Trail.
Find a trade book about westward expansion to read aloud to the
class. Suggestions include Going West, by Jean Van Leeuwen; or
Going West, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Notes to Teacher
The read-aloud for this lesson is lengthy. You may wish to split it
into two parts: from the beginning to Image 1A-7; and from Image
1A-7 to the end.
Throughout this domain, several different forms of transportation
are discussed. You may wish to create a Transportation Brainstorm
poster at the beginning of the domain, adding to it as the class
learns about new or different types of transportation. You may
wish to compare more recent forms of transportation with earlier
forms introduced throughout the domain.
Throughout this domain, as students make a quilt square for
each lesson, you may wish to display all of the squares for that
particular lesson together. For every nine students a 4’x4’ area
of open wall space will give you plenty of room to display all of
the quilt squares from this domain. Alternatively, students may
keep their individual quilt squares and make their own personal
Westward Expansion quilt at the end of this domain.
Instructional Master 1B-2 is provided if you would like to use it as
a center square in the quilt.