US - Mexican War

1. Students completed a timeline of events preceding the US-Mexican war.Selected dates: 1803, 1804-1806, 1810,1819, 1821,1822,1823,1835,1845, 1846.
   
2. Students took notes comparing differing versions of Westward Expansion and contact with Native Americans.
   
3. Students made posters with information from Zinn Ch. 8.
   
4. Began watching clips from Ken Burn's The West.