Ch+11+Expanding+West

Chapters 8-11 **Expanding West** Chapter 11 1800-1855 Chapter 11 Sections: Section 1 Trails to the West Section 2 The Texas Revolution Section 3 The Mexican-American War Section 4 The California Gold Rush
 * New Republic Unit 1800-1860**

Activities:
Vocabulary list

Movie clips:
[|Ken Burns, Stephen Ives, The West (to 1806)] [|North to Alaska-about the gold rush] [|Westward - American History in HD] [|Westward Expansion - California Gold Rush] (5 min) [|The Gold Rush] (12 min) [|The Presidents of the United States: Episode 2: James Polk begins 27:41 into the clip] [|Westward Expansion - Oregon Trail] [|Settler's Life] [|More Movies from Mr. Clobes' Classroom]

Web Sites:
[|Westward Expansion (edtech teacher)] [|New perspectives on the west] [|The Westward Movement] [|Explorers, Trappers and Traders] [|Online Resources for Westward Expansion research from Fairfields Schools] [|The Alamo] [|Texas Revolution] [|Texas Revolution from schools.com] [|Texas Revolution] [|Battle of San Jacinto] [|Gold Rush of 1849 History Channel (skip the adds)] [|The Gold Rush] [|The California Gold Rush, 1849 and many other topics] [|History of the Gold Rush]

Music
[|Yellow Rose of Texas] [|Ballad of Davy Crockett]

**Review for the Expanding West or the Westward Movement Unit Test (chapters 8-11)**
Review the Power Point presentations for each chapter; they are from the textbook company and cover all the basics.

Quick review document