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A More Perfect Union · Activity 6 — Map of a Growing Nation. One map, one glow at a time — or print it and use a pencil, both count.

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Social Studies · Activity 6

Map of a Growing Nation

This unit happened somewhere. One region glows at a time — name it, and your answer stays on the map. By the end, the map you built is the map the whole argument happened on.

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No score is kept. No points, no streak, no ranking — the only number anyone writes down is the one your teacher writes down, standing next to you.

Show me one first

This one is nobody's answer — it is only here to show the moves before you touch yours. Watching it is instruction, never a trial, and it counts toward nothing.

The map glows on one block of land. Before reading any choice, say WHERE it is: middle of the country, top to bottom.
Now match direction to deal: France sold the MIDDLE. Mexico lost the SOUTHWEST. Britain shared the NORTHWEST.
A middle-of-the-map glow with an 1803 price tag is the Louisiana Purchase, every time.

Now number 1 is yours. The hint button is there the whole time, and using it is part of the lesson.

Word bank: the original thirteen states · the Louisiana Purchase · Florida · Texas · the Oregon Country · the Mexican Cession · the Mississippi River · the Erie Canal · the Missouri Compromise line · Washington, D.C. · Fort Sumter · Philadelphia. Write the right name after each clue.

  1. 1Clue: bought from France in 1803 — it doubled the country — name the place.
  2. 2Clue: the Atlantic coast states where the country began — name the place.
  3. 3Clue: divided peacefully with Britain in 1846 — name the place.
  4. 4Clue: won from Mexico in 1848 — California and the Southwest — name the place.
  5. 5Clue: an independent republic that joined the Union in 1845 — name the place.
  6. 6Clue: the great river highway down the middle of the country — name the place.
  7. 7Clue: the hand-dug waterway linking the Great Lakes to New York, 1825 — name the place.
  8. 8Clue: the capital city, built new for the new government — name the place.
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There is no right answer here. It only tells your teacher where to start next time.

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One probe row, built from what happened on this screen. Nothing is sent anywhere — copy it into the Goal Builder yourself, or print this page. Independent means answered with no hints; supported means answered after a hint. Both are real evidence and neither is a grade.

Date
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Skill
Locate and name the lands, waterways, and places of the growing nation
Measure
Trials (x of y)
Independent
0 of 8
Supported
0 of 8
Hints used
0
Confidence
—

Places 1–5 are how the land grew (the five great blocks); 6–8 are rivers, canals, and places. Set 1 names what glows; Set 2 reverses it (the glow is given, the student picks the story); Set 3 mixes harder clues. The map is deliberately simple — shapes, not exact borders — and says so on its face.

Three doors on this page: Show me one first is a worked example and counts toward nothing; the eight items are the walk; and a finished set opens One more, if you want it — a stretch with two tries and the thinking shown warmly either way. Whether each door was used rides along when a probe row is copied or sent — as information, never as a score.

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