Tell It Again! Read-Aloud Anthology - EngageNY

4. The most famous route for settlers headed west was the
Oregon Trail. (between 1840 and 1860)
5. Three businessmen started the Pony Express to speed up
mail delivery between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento,
California. (1860)
6. Sequoyah finished creating a writing system for the Cherokee
people. (1821)
Map Review (Instructional Master DR-2)
Have students use the Instructional Master (DR-2) to review
various locations from Westward Expansion. Directions: Look
carefully at the map, then use it to answer the following questions:
1. What waterway was built to connect the Hudson River and the
Great Lakes? (the Erie Canal)
2. Where did the Oregon Trail begin? (Missouri; St. Joseph,
Missouri)
3. In 1869, what method of travel connected Omaha, Nebraska
and San Francisco, California? (the transcontinental railroad)
Image Review
Show the Flip Book images from any read-aloud again, and have
students retell the read-aloud using the images.
Domain-Related Trade Book or Student Choice
Materials: Trade book
Read an additional trade book to review a particular person, item,
or event related to westward expansion; refer to the books listed in
the Introduction. You may also choose to have the students select
a read-aloud to be heard again.
Key Vocabulary Brainstorming
Materials: Chart paper
Give students a key domain concept or vocabulary word such as
locomotive. Have them brainstorm everything that comes to mind
when they hear the word, such as tracks, steam, journey, etc.
Record their responses on a piece of chart paper for reference.
Westward Expansion DR | Domain Review 145
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