Forest resources and the abundance of fish and fur-bearing animals stimulated Learning Targets: the growth of industries in the Northeast. I can analyze how the availability of natural resources contributed to the geographic and economic expansion of the United States. The soil and climate of Virginia was conducive for growing tobacco. Although I can explain how geographic and economic expansion sometimes England originally settled Virginia to discover gold and silver and to trade with resulted in unintended environmental consequences. Indians for fur, the cultivation of tobacco helped make the colony prosper. . Likewise, rice became an important crop in South Carolina, although originally it was thought to be an area for growing sugarcane. Cotton became a primary crop in the South. Intensive cotton cultivation, however, drained southern soils of essential nutrients and helped force the westward expansion of plantation agriculture. Expansion westward encouraged the building of canals and railroads, in turn influenced further western migration. The stagnant waters of the canals often caused diseases and sparks from railroad engines sometimes caused prairie fires. The new settlers in the West affected the environment by destroying native vegetation to cultivate land for farming and by carving up the open plains with barbed-wire fences to protect cropland from animals. Content Vocabulary Academic Vocabulary natural resources analyze economic availability expansion contributed environmental unintended consequences explain geographic Formative Assessments Summative Assessments Resources Enrichment Strategies Integrations Intervention Strategies Eight Social Studies Theme U.S. Studies from 1492 to 1877: Exploration Through Reconstruction Strand Geography Human Systems Pacing
Learning Targets: I can analyze how the availability of natural resources contributed to the geographic and economic expansion of the United States. I can explain how geographic and economic expansion sometimes resulted in unintended environmental consequences. . Forest resources and the abundance of fish and fur-bearing animals stimulated the growth of industries in the Northeast. The soil and climate of Virginia was conducive for growing tobacco. Although England originally settled Virginia to discover gold and silver and to trade with Indians for fur, the cultivation of tobacco helped make the colony prosper. Likewise, rice became an important crop in South Carolina, although originally it was thought to be an area for growing sugarcane. Cotton became a primary crop in the South. Intensive cotton cultivation, however, drained southern soils of essential nutrients and helped force the westward expansion of plantation agriculture. Expansion westward encouraged the building of canals and railroads, in turn influenced further western migration. The stagnant waters of the canals often caused diseases and sparks from railroad engines sometimes caused prairie fires. The new settlers in the West affected the environment by destroying native vegetation to cultivate land for farming and by carving up the open plains with barbed-wire fences to protect cropland from animals. Content Vocabulary natural resources economic expansion environmental consequences geographic Academic Vocabulary analyze availability contributed unintended explain Formative Assessments Summative Assessments Resources Enrichment Strategies Integrations Intervention Strategies Eight Social Studies Theme U.S. Studies from 1492 to 1877: Exploration Through Reconstruction Strand Geography Human Systems Pacing
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