Native American/ Westward Expansion Inquiry

Enter your FIRST and LAST NAME Choose your class period 1st 2nd 6th 7th Activity: Explore the spatial patterns of Native American lands in 1819 and the decrease in size of those lands through the current Native American reservations.Learning Outcomes: Students will analyze Native American land areas to evaluate land area change over time. Use the Education Map to help you navigate the spatial patterns of Native American Lands over time. You will use this map for sections I., II. and III. I. Ask: What did Native American lands look like in the early 1800s?In 1819, Native American lands were two-thirds of the area of the United States today. Click the Content button. Make sure Native American Land in 1819 is checked.Use the Measure tool to measure the area of the large contiguous tribal lands.To use the measuring tool:Choose the Measure tool, and then click Area.Click the map and release the mouse button.Drag the pointer and click to draw the first side of the area.Move the pointer and click to add more sides.Double-click to finish drawing the area. How many square miles (approximately) were measured? 1 million sq. miles 2 million sq. miles 3 million sq. miles II. Acquire: Why were settlers moving west? Click Basemap, and then choose Terrain with Labels.Click Content and Turn on the Overland Historic Trails layer.In 1843, John Louis O’Sullivan wrote, “Other nations have tried to check ... the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multi- plying millions.” America, the still young nation, was moving west. Why were settlers moving west? Sort the ideas into Reasons that settlers possibly moved west. Place items that do not belong in the Non-Reasons column. Reasons land acquisition natural resources Non-Reasons religion freedom jobs III. Explore: What happens when different cultures collide?In the 1990s, Mary Brave Bird wrote of Native American lands, “The land is sacred. These words are at the core of our being. The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. Take our land away and we die. That is, the Indian in us dies.” Turn on the Battle Sites layer. Click each battle site, and briefly look at the causes of each battle. How close were the battle sites to the Overland Historic Trails? Considering the Bird and O’Sullivan quotes, why did these clashes and battles occur? Click Content.Clear all layers on the map.Check the box for Native American Reservations in 2015.What do you observe? Talk with your partner. IV. Analyze: American Progress This painting by John Gast was done in 1872. It is called "American Progress." American Progress visually portrays the process of American westward expansion. Study the image and do the following:1) Circle each kind of transportation you see the settlers using2) Put a box around the group of miners3) Draw an arrow pointing to the farmers4) Look at the woman in the sky. What is her role in this scene? Add a speech bubble and have her explain what she is doing.5) Find the Native Americans. Think of two words to describe the Native Americans’ emotions. Type these words on the photo. Click here to watch a flocabulary video and complete the quiz. The Invasion of America Between 1776 and 1887, the United States seized over 1.5 billion acres from America’s indigenous people by treaty and executive order. The Invasion of America Interactive Map shows how by mapping every treaty and executive order during that period. It also contains present-day federal Indian reservations. Click here to view V. Act: Now think about everything you have seen and read in this lesson.What was the “cost” of America’s pursuit of Manifest Destiny?