Wednesday, 10/16 – 3 rd /4 th Periods Only Due to PSAT Schedule If you were to walk onto a Native American reservation today, what would you expect to see regarding the lives of the Native Americans?

Tuesday, 10/15 Please lease hand-in your blue warm-up sheet from last week and pick-up a pink sheet for this week. Return to your group table and take out your group’s notes from Thursday and your personal note sheet. Answer the following: If time travel were possible, which group would you rather be part of and why?

You will rotate clockwise in order to learn about the other groups and to teach about your group. Don’t Forget Your Vocabulary Words! If traveling with a partner you are to stay together!

Closer - Tuesday, 10/15 Write the word DIVERSITY vertically on your closer box for today (it may help to rotate the sheet). Write a word or short phrase for each letter that relates to Unit 3. Be creative! DIVERSITYDIVERSITY

Thursday, 10/10 Please sit at your group table. Do not touch the paperwork on the table. Answer the following question for warm-up: In your opinion, what are the three most important facts that other students need to learn about regarding your group and their role in the settling the West?

You will rotate clockwise in order to learn about the other groups and to teach about your group. If traveling with a partner you are to stay together!

CLOSER Thursday 10/10 Explain which diverse group you think had it the easiest and which group had it the toughest out West.

Wednesday, 10/09 Please sit with your group again Answer the following questions for warm-up: What has been the most interesting or unusual fact you have learned about your group? Please explain!

Before you leave today... Save your project under My Documents with a logical name. I will not hunt for your project! Save it to your thumb drive if you are planning on continuing to work on this at home. Be sure to send me your final project by tomorrow! Print a copy of your Power Point so that you have a hard copy of it.

Tuesday, 10/08 Please sit with your group again. The seating may be slightly different from Monday. Answer the following questions for warm-up: How did your research go yesterday? What is your goal for researching today?

Monday, 10/07 Please hand-in your yellow warm-up sheet from last week and pick-up a blue sheet for this week. Sit with your group and await further instructions before “leaping” to the library today!

Friday, 10/04 Please pick-up a Push/Pull Note Sheet and drop-off your completed map w/ questions. Think of three reasons why you may have been pushed to go West.

Howdy Partner! Use the vocabulary from Talkin’ Like a Cowboy to write a postcard to your Mama ‘bout ridin’ the range on your Closer section for today! CLOSER - Fri., 10/04

When someone says, “ The West, ” I think about... C omplete the above statement with as many ideas as you can consider! Thursday, 10/03

Based on our discussion in class today, how has your perception of the West changed or been enhanced? w/ Articles – Thurs., 10/03

Thursday, 10/03 Here are some clues for the words you are unscrambling... Who’s out west?

Previous Semester’s Slides Pull from these to modify for the current semester

Outline your answer as if this were a question on your test: How does a diverse population impact the American West? ( Diverse means made up of distinct qualities and/or characteristics) Tuesday, 3/12

What was the disease that most impacted the settlers? Cholera Cholera is an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The infection is often mild or without symptoms, but sometimes it can be severe. Approximately one in 20 infected persons has severe disease characterized by profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps. In these persons, rapid loss of body fluids leads to dehydration and shock. Without treatment, death can occur within hours. How does a person get cholera? A person may get cholera by drinking water or eating food contaminated with the cholera bacterium. In an epidemic, the source of the contamination is usually the feces of an infected person. The disease can spread rapidly in areas with inadequate treatment of sewage and drinking water.

What were two types of accidents often resulting in death? Falling under the wheels of the wagons Accidental shootings – many people owning guns for the first time

What differences do you notice?

Closer - Tuesday, 3/12 Write the words WESTWARD EXPANSION vertically on a blank sheet of paper. Write a word or short phrase for each letter that relates to Unit 3. Be creative with how you use the letter X! Staple this sheet to your closer sheet.

When you finish the test... Make sure your name and test version are on your answer sheet. Bring everything up to the desk. Work on the closer: WESTWARD EXPANSION w/ one word or short phrase for each letter. Work on the word search and logic puzzle that you pick up at the desk.

Closer: Wed., 10/16 – 3 rd /4 th Periods Only Due to PSAT Schedule What surprised or impacted you the most when watching, “Children of the Plains?”

Friday, 3/08 Please drop-off your map/questions and pick- up a packet. Read through the packet – note examples of assimilation or historical events on your warm- up sheet.

Closer - Friday, 3/08 Please note the following on your closer worksheet 3 Things that you have learned about the Native Americans. 2 Things that you already knew about the Native Americans. 1 Question regarding Native Americans that you still have.

Video Clip Question Please pick-up an informational packet and read the first page to answer the question below: Why do the Plains Native Americans value the buffalo and how is it expressed within their culture? Thursday 3/07

Closing Question for 3/07 If you were a Native American on the Plains in the late 1800s how might you have reacted to these changes?

Wednesday, 3/06 - Assembly Please take out your Push/Pull notes and Homestead/Morrill Land Grant homework from yesterday, so that we can get started reviewing this material ASAP!

Thursday 2/28 Please pick-up the two worksheets, “Westward Expansion Timeline Project” worksheet and “Research Guide”.