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4. Read the article. Instruct students to circle the names of rivers and underline the ways that different nations used rivers and waterways. a. Invite students to identify the boundaries of the Iroquois. b. Have them identify the British and French claims. c. Ask students: Where are the overlaps? (areas in the Appalachian Mountains and parts of Canada) 5. Ask students to share what they have circled and the important facts that they underlined with a neighbor. 6. As a class, ask students to share the names of the rivers they circled. a. Write “Iroquois Confederacy,” “Britain,” and “France” on the board, and ask students to provide reasons and evidence from the text to support their conclusions as to why each nation wanted to control the waterways and the Mississippi River. List the reasons under each heading. b. Following the discussion, instruct students to organize their thinking by completing the graphic organizer Struggle to Control a Continent. 7. Using the map “French Indian War Claims,” from related media, give students the following instructions: a. Use your finger to trace the course of the Mississippi River from New Orleans northward and then east on the Ohio River to Fort Duquesne. b. Return to New Orleans. c. Trace the Mississippi River northward until the Missouri River comes in from the west. d. Trace the Missouri into the interior of the continent. e. Go to Fort Duquesne at the Forks of the Ohio. f. Trace the Ohio River west until it meets the Missouri and the Mississippi. g. Trace the Missouri River. 8. Explain and demonstrate the concept that “Whoever controls the Mississippi controls the continent.” Article Assessment Questions: 1. What rivers came together to create the Ohio River? a. the Monongahela and Allegheny b. the Mississippi and Missouri
c. the French Creek and Oil Creek d. the Pittsburgh and Duquesne 2. What was the land surrounding the Forks of the Ohio called? a. the Adams Country b. the Ashland Country c. the Crawford Country d. the Ohio Country 3. What geographic barrier kept the British to the sea coast at first? a. the Mississippi River
b. the Appalachian Mountains c. the Blue Ridge Mountains d. the Shenandoah Mountains
Materials Needed: Chalk/whiteboard markers
Clash of Empires | Week 17
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