Westward Expansion Activities Stations Timeline & Map Worksheet Texas Revolution

This is a comprehensive mini-bundle with many options to fit your style and class level.

Key Territorial & Historical Content Covered:

• Louisiana Purchase & Land Above the Purchase

• Florida Purchase (Spanish Cession)

• Texas Revolution & Texas Annexation

• Oregon Country & the Oregon Trail

• Mexican-American War & the Mexican Cession

• Gadsden Purchase & the Southwest Border

What’s Included in This 17-Page US History Mini-Bundle:

• 8 Station Reading Cards: Broken down by territory with clear, student-friendly historical summaries.

• 3-Page Annotated Timeline: A comprehensive text-based narrative connecting each land acquisition.

• Cloze-Note Graphic Organizer & Map Worksheet: Helps students log key facts and shade in geographic boundaries as they learn.

• Interactive Google Map Lesson: A digital version allowing 1:1 classrooms to explore territorial changes online.

• Manifest Destiny Pre-Writing Guide: Includes a provided thesis statement and evidence-citation template for Common Core writing practice.

• Teacher Implementation Guide & Answer Keys: For seamless prep and grading.

Middle School History Skills Covered:

• Geographic Literacy: Mapping territorial borders and identifying physical land shifts.

• Chronological Reasoning: Understanding the sequence of events driving 19th-century US expansion.

• Evidence-Based Writing: Citing historical evidence directly from reading passages to support a thesis.

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***SAVE BIG! You can buy a bundle of Common Core resources, including this product, at the Westward Expansion Notes, Activity, and Resource Bundle.These resources are versatile and Common Core!***

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Instructomania US History lessons are taught with a common theme by using key concepts in each unit. Students analyze the growth and struggles behind the early American growing nation through a key concept lens. The key concepts embedded in our US history activities and worksheets included are geographical expansion and political, economic, and social development. The following key-concept subcategories are the focus in each unit:

• Federalism (political development)
• Republicanism (political development)
• Government (political development)
• Diversity (social development)
• Territorial Expansion (geographic expansion)
• Rights and liberties (political and social development)
• Labor Systems (economic development)
• Differing Economies (economic development)

Through the United States history bundles, students support key concept-based claims with evidence from both secondary and primary source texts.

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