The Library of the Westward Expansion Set 2: Take Your Students West on a Voyage of Discovery

By reading about the history of our nation’s expansion after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, students will learn about the following themes that form the framework for history standards:
- Readers will understand the U.S. territorial expansion from 1803 to 1861 and how it affected the nation’s relations with Native Americans. - Students will learn how increasing immigration to the West changed American lives and led to regional tensions. - They will also understand that with this rapid immigration came changes in cultural, religious, and social patterns. - Readers will learn how new social patterns, conflicts, and ideas of national unity developed amid growing cultural diversity.