Westward Expansion Timeline
5th grade westward expansion timeline worksheet: place eight events from 1803 to 1869 and answer four questions. Answer key included.
5th Grade Westward Expansion Worksheets
5th grade westward expansion worksheets: the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, the Oregon Trail, the Gold Rush and the transcontinental railroad, with a timeline, map work, a reading and a check.
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Westward Expansion worksheets to download
Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark
5th grade Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark worksheet: read a fact box and answer eight questions, with Sacagawea and York. Key included.
Trails West Map
5th grade Trails West map worksheet: read the Oregon, California and Santa Fe trails, find start and end points and use the scale bar. Answer key.
Why Move West? Push and Pull
5th grade push and pull worksheet on moving west: sort ten reasons into two columns, then write a pioneer's diary entry for 1850. Key included.
Life on the Oregon Trail Reading
5th grade Oregon Trail reading passage with nine questions on wagons, dangers, landmarks and trade with Native peoples. Answer key included.
Westward Expansion Check
5th grade westward expansion check: five multiple choice questions, an event-ordering task and a short answer on pioneer challenges. Key included.
Curriculum objectives covered
“Place events from westward expansion in the right order on a timeline.”
“Find the time between two events and link events as cause and effect.”
“Find key facts about the Louisiana Purchase in a short text.”
“Describe the roles of Sacagawea and York on the Lewis and Clark expedition.”
D2.Geo.2.3-5
“Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.”
“Sort reasons for moving west into push factors and pull factors.”
“Write from the point of view of a pioneer family using details from the time.”
RI.5.1
“Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.”
L.5.4a
“Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.”
“Recall key people, places and events of westward expansion.”
“Put events from westward expansion in chronological order.”
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