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Sweet Betsy from Pike

John A. Stone, before 1858 As you listen, point out features in the painting that the song mentions. Sweet Betsy from Pike.

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Sweet Betsy from Pike

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  1. John A. Stone, before 1858 As you listen, point out features in the painting that the song mentions. Sweet Betsy from Pike

  2. Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way, an oil painting on canvas by Emanuel Leutze from about 1861, is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.

  3. 1800 – 1850 • Thousands followed the cry “Westward Ho!” • Western frontier – lure of new land, new opportunities, a new start Westward Ho!

  4. 3 scene mini-drama • 6 groups of western settlers • Explorers • Californios • Mountain men • Missionaries • Pioneer women • Mormons Activity

  5. Director Script Manager Props Manager Stage Manager Roles

  6. Learn about your group • Look at picture, review reading material • Brainstorm ideas and create 3 sceneboards • Scene 1: Why the group moved west • Scene 2: Hardships the group faced • Scene 3: Legacies the group left • Write the script • Prepare materials • Rehearse Steps

  7. Image 1: Explorers Image 2: Californios Image 3: Mountain Men Image 4: Missionaries Image 5: Pioneer Women Image 6: Mormon Pioneers Mini Drama Images

  8. Image 1: Explorers Lewis and Clark at Three Forks. Edgar S. Paxson. Courtesy of the Montana Historical Society.

  9. Image 2: Californios Hacendado y Su Mayordomo (“The Landowner and His Foreman”)

  10. Image 3: Mountain Men Frederic Remington (1861–1909), The Mountain Man, 1903

  11. Image 4: Pioneer Missionaries

  12. Image 5: Pioneer Women Emigrants Crossing the Plains. Hand Colored steel engraving by Henry Bryan Hall after a drawing by Felix Octavius Carr Darley. Published by D. Appleton & Company, 1869.

  13. Image 6: Mormon Pioneers

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