Last updated: November 7, 2017
Lesson Plan
Old Spanish Trail Road Trip
- Grade Level:
- Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subject:
- Social Studies
- Lesson Duration:
- 90 Minutes
- Thinking Skills:
- Understanding: Understand the main idea of material heard, viewed, or read. Interpret or summarize the ideas in own words.
Objective
We’re off on a grand adventure: a road trip across the famous Old Spanish Trail! The Old Spanish Trail was an arduous 1,200 mile route between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Los Angeles, California, which served traders who loaded their pack mules with woolen goods from Santa Fe each fall and returned from California each spring with goods, mules, and horses. The Old Spanish Trail linked two provinces of Mexico separated by difficult topography and climatic extremes.
Background
This lesson plan has students alayze the impact of the Spanish in settling the West by correctly sorting relevant information on the topic.
See the full lesson plan:
http://www.driven2teach.org/public/lessons/2013/santa-fe/old_spanish_trail-amy_mccomb-rohling.pdf
Preparation
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Materials
Lesson Hook/Preview
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Procedure
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Vocabulary
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Assessment Materials
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