Students will analze the song "Don't drink the water" by the Dave Matthews Band. The song is about U.S. expansion and the price the Native Americans paid for manifest destiny. This lesson includes a copy of the song, a teacher copy of the song with discussion questions, background information about the song, a lesson plan, and additional worksheets that can be used to supplement the lesson or other lessons in the Westward Expansion unit.

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10 years of teaching at the middle school level. I have been teaching 8th grade social studies for 6 years, I taught English Language Arts for 3 years at the 7th and 8th grade levels.
