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Here are the teacher pack items for Rising Conflicts in the West:
Overview: In this experience, students investigate the reasons for the rising tension in the West by evaluating cause-and-effect relationships from multiple perspectives. First, students evaluate a painting and use their background knowledge to discuss how it might be connected to the results of the French and Indian War. Next, students explore the reasons colonists believed they were entitled to move west, and discuss British and colonists’ perspectives on westward expansion. Then, they identify the causes and results of Pontiac’s War and discuss the effects of the Proclamation of 1763. Finally, students are invited to evaluate Pontiac’s call to war as recorded by a Frenchman to discuss Pontiac’s message and how people understand it differently because of who recorded it. Estimated Duration: 45 - 60 minutes Vocabulary Words and Definitions: Objectives:
After the French and Indian War and the Treaty of Paris, the western frontier became a region of uncertainty and shifting control. Life in this region was shaped by change, movement, and competing interests. In this lesson, you will learn how westward expansion after the French and Indian War led to continuing conflicts and increased tension between Britain, the colonies, and the Indigenous groups living in the region.
Objectives:
Circle a part of the image that surprises you, square something that helps you understand what is happening, and star something that raises a question for you.
Invite a few students to share their annotations or choose two or three exemplar answers to discuss with the whole class. Use this moment to ask students how the image might connect to the events and effects of the French and Indian War. Students are not expected to arrive at correct or complete answers. The goal is to encourage them to make connections and draw conclusions. Encourage students to make predictions about why tensions were increasing in the West by their background knowledge. Don’t feel the need to over-teach or correct all misconceptions at this point of the experience. Students will dig deeper throughout the next scenes.
