EQ: What was life really like in the west? Engage: Vocabulary forty-niners vaquero missionary reservation Mormons Oregon Trail Santa Fe Trail Explore: Lure of the West Endless Labor on the Farm Traders and Fortune Seekers Rushing Toward Riches Claiming Native Tribal Lands A New Wave of Immigrants The Mormon Trail to Salt Lake City Expanding Into the Southwest The Struggle for Freedom in the West Opportunities, Gender, and Challenges in the West Explain: What was life like for farmers? What events attracted settlers to New Mexico and California What was life like for a miner ..read more

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   EQ: How have religious and ethnic differences influenced life in Southwest Asia and North Africa? Engage: Palestine Rick Steves Explore: Christianity Islam Explain: How did Christianity become the world's largest religion? How did Islam become the dominant religion in the region? Evaluate: Vocabulary Sahara Giza Black Sea Fertile Crescent Sumer ..read more

   EQ: How have religious and ethnic differences influenced life in Southwest Asia and North Africa? Engage: The Best of Israel Rick Steves Explore: A Crossroads fo the World Judaism Explain: What made Southwest Asia and North Africa and important area for trade? How did Judaism begin? Evaluate: Vocabulary fertile Gaza Strip Nile River Dead Sea Golan Heights ..read more

   EQ: How have religious and ethnic differences influenced life in Southwest Asia and North Africa?  Engage: Iran: Yesterday and Today Rick Steves Vocabulary Arabic Aramaic Hebrew Kurds Berbers Persians Explore: Many Ethnicities and Languages Kurdistand: A Nation without a Country Explain: How do ethnicities and languages unite and divide the region? How have ethnic differences led to conflict in the Kurdish regions of Southwest Asia? Evaluate ..read more

  EQ: Which of these Presidents faced the most challenges? Engage: None  Explore: The Ultimate Guide to the Presidents: A Rocky Transition as America Grows (1824-1849) Apple TV Trail of Tears National Historic Trail National Park Service  Explain: Andrew Jackson easily won the popular vote. Why did he fail to win the presidency? What was Jackson’s approach toward the Native population? Evaluate: Worksheet ..read more

  EQ: What impact did Manifest Destiny have on the growth and development of the Us?  Game Day: Oregon Trail Game ..read more

  Can you decode this hieroglyph?  EQ: How have religious and ethnic differences influenced life in Southwest Asia and North Africa? Engage: Decode the Hieroglyphs Write Your Name in Hieroglyphs Hieroglyphic Typewriter Explore: Egypt: Yesterday and Today Rick Steves (55:02) Geography Now Egypt Geography Now Difference Between Arab Countries Explain: How has Egypt changed since World War II? How does Egypt's past influence their present? Evaluate: Rick Steves Worksheet Ancient Egypt Jeopardy Game  ..read more

 EQ: What impact did Manifest Destiny have on the growth and development of the Us?  Engage: Oregon Trail Game Vocabulary Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Manifest Destiny forty-niners prospect empresario merchant, Gadsden Purchase abolition subsistence farming Santa Fe Trail California Gold Rush Oregon Territory Mormons Oregon Trail Donner Party Explore:  Manifest Destiny The Oregon Country The Republic of Texas The Mexican American War The Southwest Trailblazers Explain: What was Manifest Destiny? How did the US acquire the Oregon Territory? How did the US acquire Texas? Wh ..read more

    EQ: How have political and religious changes influenced the cultures of Russia and Central Asia? Engage:   Americans Try Russian Holiday Food  (6:54) Explore: Religious Life in Central Asia A Revival of Religion Food and Arts Explain: What religious beliefs do the people of Russia and Central Asia have? How has religious practices changed since the fall of the Soviet Union? What food and arts are common in Russia and Central Asia? Vocabulary:  gulags Cold War atheism Warsaw Pact minority diversity pogroms Silk Road cultural diffusion pers ..read more