Learn to Find Evidence to Support Points Made by a Speaker
in Two Movies about the Oregon/California Trail

Grade 4 Common Core Standard for Speaking and Listening
3. Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker or media source provides to support particular points.


Activity One
This is a teacher-guided activity to be
completed in a whole group setting.

A. Use this Activity Page One .

B. Use this movie: Getting There.

C. Teacher records student responses
on this Google Form.

Activity Two
This is an independent activity
to be completed by students in the
computer lab following Activity One.

A. Use this Activity Page Two.

B. Use this movie: Life on the Trail.

C. Students record their responses
on this Google Form.

 

Gold Rush Activity for Finding Evidence