Grade 2 Read-Aloud

100 Westward Expansion: Supplemental Guide 5 | The Trail of Tears

Vocabulary Chart for The Trail of Tears

Core Vocabulary words are in bold.

Multiple Meaning Word Activity word is underlined.

Vocabulary Instructional Activity words have an asterisk (*).

Suggested words to pre-teach are in italics.

Type of Words Tier 3

Domain-Specifi c Words

Tier 2

General Academic Words

Tier 1

Everyday-Speech Words

Understanding

Cherokee

Georgia

government

Kentucky

tribes

wagons

encountered*

insisted

miserable

relocate

businesses

carry

corn

died

history

home

sad

war

west

Multiple Meaning

force/forced

journey

supply/supplies

farm

land

long

move

storm

Phrases

Indian Territory

John Ross

Native Americans

President Andrew

Jackson

Trail of Tears

Cognates

se encontró con

insister en

miserable

historia

moverse