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People moved West seeking economic opportunities. To understand the challenges faced by migrants and immigrants as they moved West and the impact of this movement on the native peoples of the region, the student will utilize the knowledge and skills s...

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.