48 Westward Expansion: Supplemental Guide 2A | Mr. Fulton’s Journey
Purpose for Listening
Share the title of today’s read-aloud. Remind students that they
learned the word journey in yesterday’s lesson. Ask for volunteers
to give the meaning of journey. Remind students that a journey is a
trip or travel from one place to another.
Tell students that an inventor named Robert Fulton had a very
important invention that changed the way people traveled from
one place to another during westward expansion. Tell students to
listen carefully to determine the main topic of the read-aloud and
to learn about this invention that changed the way people traveled
during westward expansion.