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Standard 4.3.CE

4.3.CE Analyze the effects of government policies in promoting United States territorial expansion into the west.

Grade(s): 4

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Mapping the Unknown: The Lewis and Clark Expedition and the Changing West

Lesson

Grades: 4

In this lesson, students explore the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a major turning point in U.S. expansion. Through short documentary videos, mapping, source analysis, and role-based debate, they...

Sea to Shining Sea: The Mexican-American War and America’s Push West

Lesson

Grades: 4

Using the History in a Nutshell video on The Mexican-American War, learners analyze causes, key events, and outcomes of the war through mapping, discussion, and role-based inquiry. Students will...

The Mexican American War | History In A Nutshell

Video

Grades: 4 8 Higher Education

President James K. Polk desired to achieve his vision of "Manifest Destiny," and sought to acquire Mexico's northern territories. Mexico had no desire to sell Alta California and Nuevo Mexico to Pres...

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES : Native Americans in SC...Learning about History, Struggles, and Pride in their Heritage

Lesson

Grades: 4, 8

This lesson includes some video interviews of South Carolina's Native American citizens and the life experiences they've encountered, in terms of: -schooling (There were very few opportunities back in...

The Trail of Tears | History In A Nutshell

Video

Grades: 4 5 8 Higher Education

Join our cartoon avatar host as he takes viewers through a brief expose on the events leading up to the forced removal of Native American tribes from the eastern United States. After the American...

Lewis and Clark Expedition Part 4

Episode 4

Video

Grades: 4 8 Higher Education

The final segment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition outlines the journey back to St. Louis, Missouri. Along the way Lewis and Clark split up after the Bitterroot Mountains to explore previously...

Lewis and Clark Expedition Part 3

Episode 3

Video

Grades: 4 8 Higher Education

Part 3 of the Lewis and Clark Expedition chronicles the journey from Fort Mandan to their arrival at the Pacific Ocean. The most challenging portions of the trek west take place here: the portage...

Lewis and Clark Expedition Part 1

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 4 8 Higher Education

Part 1 of the Lewis and Clark Expedition outlines Americans' desire to explore the then unknown west of the early 1800's. President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in...

Lewis and Clark Expedition Map - Teacher Resource | History in a Nutshell

Photo

Grades: 4 8 Higher Education

This map of the Lewis and Clark Expedition documents the entire journey to the Pacific Ocean, and the return journey to St. Louis, Missouri in 1806. Included on this map are notable encounters the...

Palmetto Symbol - South Carolina Regiment | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 22

Photo

Grades: 4 8

The palmetto symbol of the South Carolina regiment's heroic exploits at Cherubusco, Vera Cruz, and Chapultapec became the rallying cry for South Carolinians in general, as well as for veterans of the...

Battle of Cherubusco | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 21

Photo

Grades: 4 8

South Carolinians were among those who most strongly supported the Mexican War, for it promised westward expansion of the nation in territory south of the Missouri Compromise Line of 1820, and thus...

The Chester Volunteers | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 20

Photo

Grades: 4 8

The Chester Volunteers, Captain Robert Mills Dunovants's company of the Palmetto Regiment, were one of the many South Carolina military units who made up the army that fought in the War with Mexico...

Cherokee Reservation, Fort Gibson, Arkansas | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 6

Photo

Grades: 4 8

The Cherokee nation was gradually pushed out of the western Piedmont by the expanding European encroachment on their lands. The Cherokees in South Carolina had been hard hit by the attacks of Andrew...

The Trail of Tears | Periscope

Episode 2

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

The Cherokee are the largest tribe in the United States. They have also suffered some of the greatest losses in history of the United States. At one time, "Cherokee country" stretched from the...

Tradition: The Trail of Tears Singing | Periscope

Episode 12

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Tradition: The Trail of Tears Singing Every year since 1968, the Snowbird Cherokee have held a ceremony called "The Trail of Tears Singing." The ceremony is held in memory of the Cherokee who were...

Map: Trail of Tears National History Trail | Periscope

Episode 6

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Between 1838 and 1839, over 15,000 Cherokee people were forced to march over 800 miles. The Cherokee's dangerous route began in the Appalachian mountains and ended in Oklahoma. Over 4,000 Cherokee...

Chapter 2: The Trail of Tears | Periscope

Episode 5

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

So what became of the once grand Cherokee nation? In 1830, the United States Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. The government of the United States wanted to move Native Americans from land in...

Snowbird Cherokee | Periscope

Episode 1

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

More than likely, you have heard of the Cherokee Indian tribe. Before the 1800s, they were one of the largest tribes in the eastern United States. After the 1800s, the Cherokee people still living in...

Forgotten Founder: Creating Balance | Carolina Stories

Episode 7

Video

Grades: 3 4 5

John Quincy Adams requested the Pinckney Plan from Charles Pinckney, but Pinckney said he didn't have it. He provided the Plan to John Quincy Adams, as best he remembered it. At that time, he retired...

Andrew Jackson | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

Grades: 4 8

General Andrew Jackson was born in Lancaster County, South Carolina in 1767. He fought in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Jackson became a lawyer and moved to Nashville, Tennessee. He was...