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Standard 5-2

5-2 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the continued westward expansion of the United States.

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

Highway 81 Video Questions | From the Sky

Document

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

While viewing the Highway 81 Garden From the Sky video, keep students engaged with these video questions.

Highway 81 | From the Sky

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

There are over 41,000 miles of road in South Carolina. Like veins in a body’s circulatory system, they connect the busy cities and small towns to each other, each serving a vital role throughout our...

American Progress Perspectives

Lesson

Grades: 5

This is an arts integrated lesson with Social Studies and Visual Arts. After learning about Manifest Destiny and the subgroups affected with expanding west, students will create a painting of John...

Surviving the West: Westward Expansion Blogs

Lesson

Grades: 5

Students will take the point of view of a group in the west and create a blog about their experiences settling the west.

Crane | Eye Wonder

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The Eye Wonder team learns how cranes are used. D.V. speaks with a worker from Buchner Steel at a construction site about heavy lifting cranes and their parts.