Lesson Ideas

1800 - 1850

Louisiana Purchase Quilt
- Activity that can easily be converted to various other units - samples given
Louisiana Purchase Play
- A three-act play about the purchase of Louisiana
Lafitte Clip Art
- A color sheet of Jean Lafitte
Cotton Gin
- Eli Whitney's Cotton gin - story and worksheet
Gold Rush of 1848
- California Gold Rush - story and worksheet
Keelboat
- MIssissippi River boat traffic - make a paper keelboat
Oregon Trail
- The Oregon Trail - story and worksheet
In 1802 What's out there?
- Before Lewis and Clark, what's out west and who cares?
What if map
- What if Lewis and Clark never went on their trip, what would the U.S. lokk like today?
Just who were Lewis and Clark
- Map and questions - a quick lesson filler
Star Spangled Banner
- Francis Scott Key - story and worksheet
Map Work Sheet
- Ethnic settlement in Louisiana, circia 1800
Battlefield Map Work Sheet
- Battle of New Orleans "Battle Field" Map, circa 1815
Battle of New Orleans Song
- Words to song by Johnny Horton
Pirate Study
- Neat study unit on pirates of all kinds
Louisiana's original counties
- Printable map worksheet on our "counties" in 1805
Louisiana's counties - 1805
- Answers to above worksheet.
Louisiana's Statehood Parishes
- Printable map worksheet for 1812 parishes.
The Isle of Orleans
- Printable map worksheet for the Isl;e of Orleans.
Three Flags - Twenty Days
- Printable map worksheet for Nov-Dec 1803.

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