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Standard 6 : Growth and Westward Expansion
Cluster Standards

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  • SS.5.A.6.1 : Describe the causes and effects of the Louisiana Purchase.
  • SS.5.A.6.2 : Identify roles and contributions of significant people during the period of westward expansion.
  • SS.5.A.6.3 : Examine 19th century advancements (canals, roads, steamboats, flat boats, overland wagons, Pony Express, railroads) in transportation and communication.
  • SS.5.A.6.4 : Explain the importance of the explorations west of the Mississippi River.
  • SS.5.A.6.5 : Identify the causes and effects of the War of 1812.
  • SS.5.A.6.6 : Explain how westward expansion affected Native Americans.
  • SS.5.A.6.7 : Discuss the concept of Manifest Destiny.
  • SS.5.A.6.8 : Describe the causes and effects of the Missouri Compromise.
  • SS.5.A.6.9 : Describe the hardships of settlers along the overland trails to the west.
Cluster Information
Number:
SS.5.A.6
Title:
Growth and Westward Expansion
Type:
Standard
Subject:
Social Studies
Grade:
5
Strand
American History
Cluster Access Points

This cluster includes the following Access Points.

  • SS.5.A.6.AP.1 : Recognize that the Louisiana Purchase made the United States twice its original size.
  • SS.5.A.6.AP.2 : Recognize significant people in the westward expansion of the United States.
  • SS.5.A.6.AP.3 : Identify an advancement with transportation and communication in America during the 1800s.
  • SS.5.A.6.AP.4 : Recognize significant exploration achievements west of the Mississippi River.
  • SS.5.A.6.AP.5 : Recognize that America fought England in the War of 1812.
  • SS.5.A.6.AP.6 : Recognize the westward expansion impacted Native Americans.
  • SS.5.A.6.AP.7 : Identify Manifest Destiny with westward expansion.
  • SS.5.A.6.AP.8 : Identify one cause and one effect of the Missouri Compromise.
  • SS.5.A.6.AP.9 : Identify hardships settlers faced as they moved west.
Cluster Resources

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Lesson Plans
  • The Seal, Bill, Song, and Proclamation: Recognizing Symbols of the United States : In this lesson plan, students will explain how the Great Seal, Bill of Rights, Star-Spangled Banner, and Emancipation Proclamation represent the United States. Students will create their own symbols to represent themselves.

  • To Oregon by Wagon: Students work in teams to plan the contents of a covered wagon for a family relocating from Missouri to Oregon. Students must calculate the weight and cost of the wagon by adding, subtracting, and multiplying with decimals.