Westward+Movement

=__Expository Writing__= While writing these research reports, the students are working on their expository writing skills. The purpose of an expository text is to inform, explain or describe to the reader the subject which the author is writing about. These are not pieces which include the authors opinion but rather they present details about a specific subject. If you would like more information about expository writing please click on the link below. []

Our students are learning to write research reports. Each student has been assigned a topic on the Westward Movement.

1. Shakera: Indian American Family Life 2. Barry: Indian American Arts and Crafts 3. Sheriah: Wagon Train (Trail) 4. Camille: The Alaskan Purchase 5. Gabrielle: The Battle (siege) of the Alamo 6. Zandiyah: The Great Plains 7. Marcus: Indian American Government 8. Diego: The Oregon Trail 9. Tyler: The Homestead Act 10. Jacorey: Indian American Trade 11. Xavier: The Kansas-Nebraska Act 12. Alex G.: The Santa Fe Trail 13. Jeremy: The Louisiana Purchase 14. Kinsey: The Mexican War 15. Caven: Indians of the Northwest Coast 16: Alex M.:Indian American Warfare 17. Christian: Lewis and Clark Expeditions 18. Claribell: Indians of the Plains. 19. Lakhalia: Western Frontier Life- Life on the Frontier 20. Alex T.: Western Frontier Life- Law and Order
 * Indian American Family Life
 * Native American Beads
 * Wagons and Wagon Trail
 * Wagon Train
 * The Alaskan Purchase, 1867
 * The Alaskan Purchase
 * Battle of the Alamo
 * Battle of the Alamo
 * The Great Plains
 * History of the Great Plains
 * Lakota Sioux Tribe Example
 * Navajo Tribe Example
 * The Oregon Trail
 * The Oregon Trail: Introduction
 * The Oregon Trail on Kids Info Bits, This resource describes the route.
 * The Homestead Act: National Archives
 * The Homestead Act: Library of Congress
 * Fur Trade
 * The Kansas-Nebraska Act
 * The Kansas-Nebraska Act
 * @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%E2%80%93Nebraska_Act
 * The Santa Fe Trail
 * The Santa Fe Trail
 * The Louisiana Purchase
 * The Louisiana Purchase
 * The Mexican/American War
 * The Mexican/American War
 * Northwest Coastal Indians
 * Warfare
 * Lewis and Clark
 * Lewis and Clark Expeditions
 * Indians of the Plains
 * Plains Indians
 * Types of Life Styles
 * Life on the Frontier
 * Law and Order

Grade Level Content Expectations

 * **Writing Genre Grade 5 Standard 4:** The student will use the writing process to produce and present a research project; use a variety of resources to gather and organize relevant information into central ideas and supporting details for a teacher-approved narrowed focus question and hypothesis.