1. To determine and analyze the geographic and political forces that influenced control of New Mexico and the southwestern United States; 2. To examine the ways in which different groups asserted political and economic claims to the region; 3. To determine what role their own community played in westward expansion.
Recommended level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
1. Geography and Control of the Southwest
2. Community Connections to Westward Expansion
3. Community Connections to Westward Expansion