1. Take 5 minutes to do final preparations for your mini- drama!
Warm Up:
Take 5 minutes to do final preparations for your mini- drama!

2. 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?

3. Agenda:
Perform mini-dramas
Continue listening: To Stay Alive…!

4. Cowboys/Vaqueros

5. African American Pioneers

6. Chinese Americans

7. Frontier Women

8. Forty Niners

9. 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.