Day 1

Gateway to
the West

Day 2
St. Louis
Trade

Day 3Transportatio
n Timeline

The students
will be
exploring St.
Louis in the
1800s and all it
entails. We will
look at trade,
maps,
geography, and
even see a video
about the
famous St.
Louis Arch and
how it was built.
The students
will work
together in
groups to
answer
questions and
locate St. Louis
on the map.

The students
will continue to
learn about St.
Louis but will
focus more on
trade. The
students will be
reading an
article
discussing how
trade works and
what items are
traded. Students
will then have
the opportunity
to work together
with their
classmates to
create an ad that
describes their
business of
choice, where
they are located,
what they sell,
and what goods
or money they
are interested in
trading for.

This lesson
provides
students with an
opportunity to
learn about
different
transportation
used in the
1800s, focusing
on flatboats,
wagons, steam
engines, and
railroads. The
students will
predict which
mode of
transportation
was invented
first by placing
them all on a
timeline. The
students will
then be put in
groups to
research one of
the modes of
transportation.
Finally, the
students will
create a class
timeline adding
their researched
findings, sharing
with the class.
35 Minutes
Rachel Powers

30-40 minutes
Casey Gavalla

45-50 minutes
Casey Gavalla

Day 4 Oregon Trail

Scavenger
Hunt

Day 5 Transportatio
n then and
now

The students
will complete a
scavenger hunt
learning about
different aspects
of the Oregon
Trail, including
the trail, places
on the trail, and
people on the
trail. They will
also complete a
diary entry as if
they were a
pioneer on the
trail at this time.
The teacher will
put together all
the entries to
form a class
diary of their
experiences on
the Oregon
Trail.

The students
will be
reviewing
different forms
of transportation
that were used
back in the
1800s and
discussing what
kinds we use
now. After
watching a few
videos and
going over the
transportation
chart, students
will get a
chance to create
their own
transportation
play. They will
be encouraged
to act as if they
were living back
in the 1800s
wondering what
transportation
will be like in
the future, or
vice versa.

40 minutes
Rachel Powers

45 minutes
Lindsay Kiker

Day 6- Pony
Express Math
Students will
learn about the
Pony Express,
the riders, and
its importance in
communication
through a short
video and
discussion. The
students will
also learn about
the Pony
Express route
and practice
solving
multiplication
and division
word problems
while working
in small groups.
45 minutes
Jennifer Knerr

Day 7- The
Telegraph
Students will
learn more
about the
telegraph while
working in pairs
to explore a
website on
tablets. Then the
students will
complete a
worksheet in
which they will
decode Morse
code and use
Morse code to
write their own
words. Finally,
students will
work in pairs on
their tablets to
create a Venn
diagram
comparing and
contrasting the
Pony Express
and the
Telegraph.
50 minutes
Jennifer Knerr

Day 8 Struggles of
Immigration

Day 9
Immigration
at Ellis Island

Day 10
Immigration
Data

Day 11
Immigration
in Brazil

Day 12
The Amazon
River

In this lesson
students will put
themselves in an
immigrant's
shoes to try and
found out what
immigration was
like. They will
learn about
some of the
struggles that
immigrants went
through and
how life was for
them. Students
will get a chance
to decide what
they would
bring in their
suitcase if they
had to move to a
new location

This lesson is on
immigration in
the late 1800s
and early 1900s,
the lesson
focuses in on
immigration
through Ellis
Island. Give the
read-aloud
about 15
minutes, and the
Elis Island
interactive tour
20-30 minutes,
the tour should
be exploratory
and may take
longer than 20
minutes
depending on
how technology
works, the
students also
need time to
complete the
KWL chart.

Students will be
presented with
different graphs
of data about
immigration to
the United
States from
1820-2010. The
students will be
given a higher
order question
about the graphs
presented to
them, they will
use the graphs
and be required
to do further
research to
answer the
question.

This lesson
teaches students
about
immigration in
Brazil. Using a
list provided by
the teacher, the
students will
create a timeline
in groups to
learn about who
came to Brazil,
and when they
got there. Once
they are
finished, the
students will
color a
numbered map
to show the
diversity in
Brazil.

This lesson
teaches the
students about
the Amazon
River. In
groups, students
will compare
and contrast the
Amazon River
with the
Mississippi
River using a
Venn diagram.
They will read
an article online,
and use facts
and pictures to
describe both
rivers.

45 minutes
Lindsay Kiker.

45 minutes
Kirsten
Leighton

45 minutes
Kirsten
Leighton

45 minutes
Bradley
Strathmeyer

45 minutes
Bradley
Strathmeyer