WALT (What am I Learning Today?):

1.Who went west?

WILF (What am I Looking for?):

All Should To understand who went to the west

Most Could To explain why people went to the west

A Few Might Reach conclusions about motives for going west the role of mountain men in the settlement of the West

RecallRecall

• What do we mean by a frontier?

• Where was the frontier in 1840?

• What are push/pulls?

• Example of push/pulls?

StarterStarter

• How would you define a pioneer?

• How would you explain a ‘trail blazer’?

The early settlers were…The early settlers were…(Map page 9)(Map page 9)

• Mountain Men

• Mormons – a religious group

• Miners

Later on

• Homesteaders - farmers

• Cattlemen

(Copy this into your exercise books)

TaskTask

• Use the yellow books to complete the worksheet ‘Who went west’

• You will have 30 minutes

What impressions do you get What impressions do you get of Mountain Men?of Mountain Men?

TaskTask

• Complete the questions on Mountain Men from the worksheet

HomeworkHomework

• Complete any remaining questions on Mountain Men

• Design an job advert to attract men to come to the west to become Mountain Men. Include what qualities the applicants should have and what a typical day would be like

PlenaryPlenary

• Why did people ‘go west’?

• Were their reasons the same?

• How would you assess the life of a Mountain man?

• Why were they important in the settlement of the West?

• What effect did they have on the lives of Indians?