Westward Expansion Bundle | 4 Video Lessons & Activities

This bundle teaches the story of Westward Expansion through engaging videos with full lesson plans. All four lessons go with videos like this one- Manifest Destiny & The Mexican-American War! In the first lesson, students learn about the Trail of Tears and how the hunger for land led to Indian tribes like the Cherokee being pushed off their ancestral lands. It covers President Jackson, the Indian Removal Act, and the tragedy of the trail itself. Lesson two is on the Battle of the Alamo and Texas Revolution. It teaches how American immigration to Texas and the tyrannical policies of Santa Anna as well as the desire to keep slaves led the revolution and the amazing stand-off at the Alamo. Then they learn about how the Mexican-American War fulfilled America's Manifest Destiny under President Polk's expansionist policies. Lastly, they learn about the amazing story of the Gold Rush and how it changed the nation and the 49ers who migrated there! State standards and major themes in US