Unit 6:  Louisiana Becomes a State

Activity 2:  The Louisiana Purchase (GLEs:  58, 65, 66, 72, 73, 75, 78)

 

CC:  Initially, have students trace and label on an outline map outline the major waterways of the continental interior including the Mississippi and its tributaries.

 

Web Sites:

Free online maps

http://www.netstate.com/states/maps/la_maps.htm

http://geography.about.com/library/blank/blxusa.htm

 

CC:  Provide students with a basic graphic organizer that examines cause and effects that may have influenced negotiations between the representatives of France and the United States.

 

Use MS Word to create a graphic organizer that examines the cause and effects influencing negotiations.

Word template - "Chain Reactions"

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