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Red Flower Goes West

Links to LOC Resources: Mining Town 1 Mining Town 2 Methods of Mining Ferry Pioneer Camp. Red Flower Goes West. Objective: Students will examine and compare Western Expansion Era images with the text.

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Red Flower Goes West

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  1. Links to LOC Resources: Mining Town 1 Mining Town 2 Methods of Mining Ferry Pioneer Camp Red Flower Goes West Objective: Students will examine and compare Western Expansion Era images with the text. Book Summary: A family travels west across America to California during the Western Expansion and Gold Rush Era. Setting: Across America during the era of Western expansion of the United States (1848-1865). Author: Ann Turner Illustrator: Dennis Nolan Red Flower Goes West Hyperion Books for Children; 1999

  2. Why Go West? Describe how this picture represents the idea of Manifest Destiny. What in the picture shows this specifically?

  3. What did pioneers travel with? You and your family are moving West in the California Gold Rush. Create a list of items that you would need to take with you in your covered wagon. Remember that there is limited space and that the journey is very long!

  4. What challenges did pioneer families face? The book depicts a pioneer family fording across a river. In a simulated journal, write as though you were in the covered wagon with them. What do you see? What are some other challenges you meet while traveling?

  5. Standards • NCSS • The study of people, places, and environments enables us to understand the relationship between human populations and the physical world. • South Carolina • Standard 4-5.2 • The student will be able to explain the motives for the exploration in the West and the push for westward expansion, including the concept of manifest destiny, economic opportunities in trade, and the availability of rich land.

  6. Resources • http://www.loc.gov/index.html • http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?ammem/awhbib:@field(NUMBER+@band(ppmsca+09855)):displayType=1:m856sd=ppmsca:m856sf=09855 • http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/psbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(p13262)) • http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?ammem/detr:@field(NUMBER+@band(det+4a26249)):displayType=1:m856sd=det:m856sf=4a26249

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