Domain 7: Westward Expansion Part 1

Pioneers:  The people who first settled in new areas of the frontier were called pioneers.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Voyage: A voyage is a trip or a journey.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Settled:  To move to a new place and make it your home means to get settled.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Create:  To create is to make something that did not exist before.

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CCSS.RI.1.6

CCSS.RI.1.7

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.2.7

1. Transportation:  Transportation means to tell someone something.

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Back:  The back is the side of something, such as a boat, that is the opposite of the front.

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CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.2.4

1. Wagon train:  A train that carries wagons is called a wagon train.

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1. Canal:  A canal is a waterway used to move things from place to place using boats.

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1. The forced march of the Cherokee from their homes to what was called “Indian Territory” by the U.S. Government is known as the Trail of Tears.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Sequoyah thought that it was important to capture the Cherokee language in writing.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1