Westward Expansion Assignment
Main Points for the Project
- Pre-contact
- Contact
- Expansion
Group Topics
- French and Indian War
- Daniel Boone and Opening Kentucky
- Beginning of West of Mississippi
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Trail of Tears
- Oregon Trail
- Santa Fe trail
Research Questions
- Where were the tribes living?
- How did they live?
- Why did contact between Native Americans and European-Americans occur?
- What did contact look like?
- If there was conflict, what caused the conflict?
- What was the outcome of the conflict?
- Whose way of life changed?