Take 5 minutes to do final preparations for your mini- drama! Warm Up: Take 5 minutes to do final preparations for your mini- drama!
What groups of people traveled west? Why did they make the journey? Today’s Question: What groups of people traveled west? Why did they make the journey?
Agenda: Perform mini-dramas Continue listening: To Stay Alive…!
Cowboys/Vaqueros
African American Pioneers
Chinese Americans
Frontier Women
Forty Niners
Acrostic Poem On the left side of your notebook, create an illustrated acrostic poem using the word westerners that summarizes various aspects of life in the west. Your poem should include references to each of the groups you heard about in the mini- dramas.