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**Subject(s):** Social Studies
 * Grade level:** 5th grade [[image:Wagon_Picture.jpg width="317" height="197" align="right"]]

**Strand 1:** American History **Concept 5:** Westward Expansion 1800-1860 **PO 3:** Identify major westward migration routes of the 19th Century.
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**Essential Question:** Why do we explore?

**Brief Overview of Project:** The students will explore the fascinating American Westward Expansion, including influences of Presidents, explorers, routes, and economic factors.