Critique this 60-second video with your Pair Share partner:

What facts are consistent with the facts you've learned about the Louisiana Purchase?

What facts are oversimplified in this video?

What harm might come from oversimplifying history?

Activity 7: What can we learn from this map of U.S. Territorial Acquisitions?

What do you notice about the Louisiana Purchase? How many states or parts of states does it include?

Notice that the eastern border of the Louisiana Territory is the Mississippi River. Why would this be valuable land?

Use the Map Analysis Worksheet to help you learn more.

Then add to your K-W-L chart using a different color pen or pencil, or font color: What questions were answered? What additional facts did you learn? What new questions arise?

Click to download a PDF of this map of U.S. Territorial Acquisitions.

Activity 8: Creative/critical thinking: What if France had not sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803? How might history have been different?

Think, Pair, Share

Assessment:

Use your K-W-L chart to help you take the Louisiana Purchase Quiz. It should take less than 10 minutes.

Then answer the Louisiana Purchase short essay question, What is the Louisiana Purchase and why was it important to the United States?