Grade 2 Read-Aloud

Westward Expansion: Supplemental Guide 2 | Mr. Fulton’s Journey 45

Exercise Materials Details

Westward Expansion Timeline Image Card 6;
Instructional Master 2B-1
(Westward Expansion Timeline);
Instructional Master 2B-2 (Timeline
Image Sheet)

Students will begin to create their own

Westward Expansion Timelines. Have

students add Fulton’s steamboat to their

individual Timelines.

Transportation Brainstorm Transpor tation Brainstorm;
Transportation Image Sheet

Revisit the poster, and add steamboat if it

is not already there.

Westward Expansion Quilt Instructional Master 2B-3 Write the main topic, important details,
and an example sentence on the board.

Advance Preparation

For What Have We Already Learned?, make a copy of Instructional

Master 2A-1 for each student. Refer to it as Response Card 1 for

this domain; it shows images related to the Oregon Trail.

Create a poster-size, class Westward Expansion Map using a large

U.S. map. Mark off the Oregon Trail with red sticker dots, using

Instructional Master 2A-2 as a guide. Keep this map on display

throughout this domain.

Make a copy of Instructional Master 2A-2 for each student. This

will be their Westward Expansion Map. Help students locate the

Oregon Trail on the map’s legend and color it in red. Then have

students color the Oregon Trail red on their map.

Make a copy of Instructional Master 2B-1 (Westward Expansion

Timeline) for each student. Students will create their own Timelines

as you fi ll in the class Timeline. Students may depict each event by

labeling or drawing pictures. Instructional Master 2B-2 (Timeline

Image Sheet) is available for students to cut out images and paste

them onto their Timelines.

Make a copy of Instructional Master 2B-3 for each student. This

will be the “quilt” square for Fulton’s steamboat.