American West L11 – The Transcontinental Railroad

This lesson contains:
An introduction to the America Civil War. Students learn about the two sides and why they were fighting, then apply this to a consolidation gap fill which can be stuck in their books.
A discussion of the railway project to connect East and West. There is a YouTube video and students write the reasons the railroad was built.
A task to stick a map of the railroad into their books and annotate from the board the facts about each railroad company and the difficulties they faced on each side.
An activity to determine the consequences of the railroad on the Indians, the farmers and settlers, and the U.S. economy. This is a worksheet that can be colour-coded and stuck in.
 
Attachments
1 x Powerpoint Presentation
3 x Publisher Files