Lesson Plan for Buffalo Bill Virtual Website

 Objective:       The students will be able to see how the westward

                                 expansion took  off at the Mississippi, how the Indians

                                 played a role in civilization,  how the  river was a mode

                                 of transportation with the steamboat,  and how a city

                                 grew out of the need of Upper Mississippi River Pilots. 

Skills:                 Students will look through the interviews and create a

                                 written analysis. 

                                 Students will write three paragraphs, with

                                 expectations to have a quiz to be taken at a later date.

Completion:   Students will be given this assignment over night and

                                 be expected to have the written analysis turned in the

                                 next day.  This lesson will work in conjunction with a

                                 unit on Westward Expansion.

Needs:              Students will need to have access to a computer, pen

                                 and paper.

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Standards:

     14.C.4   Describe the meaning of par­ticipatory citizenship (e.g., volunteerism, voting) at all levels of government and society in the United States.

     14.F.4a    Determine the historical events and processes that brought about changes in United States political ideas and traditions (e.g., the New Deal, Civil War). 

     15.A.5a  Explain the impact of various deter­minants of economic growth (e.g., investments in human/physical capital, research and development, technological change) on the economy.

    15.A.5b  Analyze the impact of economic growth.

     15.B.4b   Analyze the impact of current events (e.g., weather/natural disasters, wars) on consumer prices.

     15.D.5c  Explain how technology has affected trade in the areas of transportation, communi­cation, finance and manufacturing.

     16.A.5a  Analyze historical and contemporary developments using methods of historical inquiry (pose questions, collect and analyze data, make and support inferences with evidence, report findings).

     16.B.5b (US)  Analyze how United States political history has been influenced by the nation’s economic, social and environmental history.

     16.C.4b (US)  Analyze the impact of westward expansion on the United States economy.

     16.E.5a (US)  Analyze positive and negative aspects of human effects on the environment in the United States including damming rivers, fencing prairies and building cities.

     16.E.5a (W)  Analyze how technological and scientific developments have affected human productivity, human comfort and the environment.

     17.A.5  Demonstrate how maps, other geographic instruments and technologies are used to solve spatial problems (e.g., land use, ecological concerns).

     17.C.4a   Explain the ability of modern tech­nology to alter geographic features and the impacts of these modifications on human activities.

     17.D.5   Analyze the historical development of a current issue involving the interaction of people and geographic factors (e.g., mass transportation, changes in agricultural sub­sidies, flood control).