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1.a Watch this YouTube Video.

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Create a one-pager about Manifest Destiny based on the information in the video. Remember that a one-pager consists of pictures, symbols, color, and text.

Include and answer the following prompts in your one-pager:

1. The definition of "Manifest Destiny" and the impacts of the belief in Manifest Destiny.

2. Who coined the phrase "Manifest Destiny," and what did he believe it represented?

3. Describe the perspective of the painting "American Progress" by John Gast.

4. What groups of people were negatively impacted by westward expansion during the time of Manifest Destiny?

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Read through the task cards and collect information from them to complete the Territory Acquisition Map Activity in Step 4.

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Use the following instructions and the instructional video to complete the Territory Acquisition Map Activity:

1. Color and label the territories using the information on the task cards. Make each territory a different color. For territories that have a dot on them, you are not required to label them in this step.

2. Cut out the territories on the thick, black lines.

3. Arrange your territories on a piece of blue construction paper.

4. Fold on the thin, dotted lines.

5. Applying glue to the back of the territory above the fold using a glue stick. This should create a hinge/flap for you to write under. Territories with dots on them will be glued down entirely.

6. Label the remaining territories with dots on the blue paper using the task cards.

7. Label the Pacific Ocean, Mexico, Canada, and the Atlantic Ocean on the blue paper.

8. Write "U.S. Territorial Acquisitions (1783-1853)" on your blue paper.

9. Finally, write two facts from the task card under each territory.

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Follow along and read Turning Points in U.S. History California Gold Rush.

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1. Cut out the pieces for the storyboard.

2. Using the information from the book, place the events in order on the storyboard and glue them down. Be sure to add the characters and setting.

3. Label the title of the storyboard "Turning Points in U.S. History: California Gold Rush.

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Follow along and read the book California Gold Rush! in the video.

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After reading the book, answer the following questions on the reading ticket:

1. On January 24, 1848, who found gold at Sutter's Mill?

1. Wild Bill Hickok

2. John Sutter

3. James Marshall

2. From 1848 to 1855, about ____________ people took part in the California Gold Rush.

1. 3,000

2. 30,000

3. 300,000

3. In the 1840s, California was still part of _______________.

1. Mexico

2. United States

3. Spain

4. Which of these is NOT a way that miners came to California?

1. By covered wagon

2. By airplane

3. By ship

5. What nickname was given to the thousands of men who rushed to California in 1849?

1. Gold Bugs

2. Forty-Niners

3. Loonies

6. When the Gold Rush ended, and many miners left, the boomtowns became _________.

1. Ghost towns

2. Even more crowded

3. Very popular

7. What type of mining used high-powered hoses to spray water into mines?

1. Panning

2. Rocker box

3. Hydraulic mining

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Use the information from the books to complete the Gold Rush Newspaper.

Include the following information in your article:

1. A biography profile of an influential person during the period concerning the California gold rush.

2. An advertisement for a form of transportation that people used to get to California in search of gold.

3. An advertisement from the perspective of a store owner in a boomtown.

4. One paragraph about the cause and effects of the California gold rush.

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Watch the video for background information about the Transcontinental Railroad.

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The Transcontinental Railroad: The History of American Westward

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Watch this video about the Oregon Trail.

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Watch this video for how to set up and play the Oregon Trail Board Game.

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Read the passage and glue a copy inside in the middle panel of your mini-lapbook.

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1. Read The Big Four: Builders of the Transcontinental Railroad.

2. Write 3 facts about each person under their picture on "The Big Four" mini-flap book.

3. Draw a picture or symbol or something that represents them or reminds you of their role in the project.

4. Glue the mini-flap book inside the middle panel of the lap book.

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The Big Four - Transcontinental Railroad

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1. Using the provided resources, fill in the train timeline.

2. Color the locomotive engine.

3. Glue the last car in the train to one of inside flaps of the lapbook.

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1. Finding information from the video, write 2 social impacts of the Transcontinental Railroad inside the Impacts tab.

2. Finding information from the video, write 2 economic impacts of the Transcontinental Railroad inside the Impacts tab.

3. Glue the Impacts tap to one the flaps inside the lap book.

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1. Using information from the videos, write the geographical conditions the Central Pacific Railroad Company faced inside the tab with their logo.

2. Using information from the videos, write the geographical conditions the Union Pacific Railroad faced inside the tab with their logo.

3. Glue each tab to a flap inside the lap book.

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1. Use the maps provided to label the following places on the map:

1. Sacramento

2. San Francisco

3. Promontory Summit

4. Cheyenne

5. Omaha

2. Color the Union Pacific Railroad portion blue.

3. Color the Central Pacific Railroad Company portion red.

4. Color the meeting point or "Golden Spike" yellow.

5. Glue the map to the back of the lap book.

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After you play the Oregon Trail Board Game, please complete the reflection.

1. Did you survive the trip and make it to Oregon City, Oregon?

2. What were some of the challenges that made the journey difficult and dangerous?

3. What do you think was the most difficult part about the trip on the Oregon Trail?

4. Based on your experience playing the game, do you think it would have been easy or pleasant to travel on the Oregon Trail? Explain why or why not.