Today's Agenda

Content Standards: HS.UH.I.CO.1
Explain the impact of U.S. expansion at home and abroad between 1877-1929.

​Learning Target:
I can describe the changes that took place as Americans moved west from 1860-1920.

Critical Vocabulary: Pacific Railway Act, Union Pacific, Central Pacific, Promontory Point, Homestead Act, Exodusters, Comstock Lode, Long Drives, “Range Wars,” Concentration Policy, Indian Appropriations Act, Buffalo Soldiers, Sand Creek Massacre, Red River War, George Armstrong Custer, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Battle of Little Bighorn,Geronimo, Ghost Dance, Wounded Knee Massacre, Helen Hunt Jackson, A Century of Dishonor, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Dawes Severalty Act of 1887, Frederick Jackson Turner, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History”

Today's Agenda:

1. Background Question: What was life like for the Sioux Indians before they came into contact with American settlers?
2. Citizenship Question: How many U.S. Senators are there? 
   A. 25 
   B. 50 
   C. 100 
   D. 435
3. Collaborative Learning: Native Americans Under Siege Activity
4. Independent Learning: Native Americans Writing Assignment
   
5. Reflection Question: How did the Concentration Policy and Indian Appropriations Act impact Native Americans?