INCORPORATING THE WEST
Aim: How did U.S. policymakers seek to stimulate the economy and integrate the trans-Mississippi west into the nation, and how did this affect people living there?
Bell Ringer: Chapter 16 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ta1FF9IKSo (15 min) / highlight a partner's Chapter 16 IDs to ensure that they covered the needed information.
Agenda:
1. Concept Map:
A. The Homestead Act (and Homesteaders)
B. Morrill Act
C. Comstock Lode (silver deposits, Hydraulic Mining) and Timber Industries
* Students could be expected to respond to questions about environmental issues relating to the mining and timber industries that emerged in the late nineteenth century, and in particular how debates and policies regarding the use of these natural resources have changed over time.
D. Bison in the West
E. Cattle Ranchers (long drive, barbed wire)
*The life of a cowboy is romanticized today, but primary sources suggest that this was not an easy life. Using two or more of these songs, make supportable inferences regarding life on the plains.
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/five/songs.htm
F. Blizzard of 1886
G. Steel Plow
H. Exodusters (including African American migration)
*Reflect on the conditions that led the Exodusters to move west. This website includes discussion of why they chose to settle in Kansas.
https://www.nps.gov/home/learn/historyculture/exodusters.htm
I. Women in the West (suffrage in Utah)
Home Learning:
Environmental Challenges (p. 521)
1. Journal 81 - Compare the development of mining, ranching, and farming in the West. How did their environmental consequences differ? (10 min)
2. Journal 82 - What factors led to the creation of the first national parks?
3. Complete your concept map.
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