What is the message of the song "I Will Go West!"? How is it different from that of "Clementine"?
What are the speaker's motives for moving his family out West?
"I Will Go West!" is written from the perspective of a white settler. How were experiences moving and working out West similar or different for other groups?

Choose three of the groups listed below and describe how their experience was similar to or different from the experience described in the song. (Refer to the interactive in the lesson for information on each group.)
Forty-niners
Miners
Californios
Chinese immigrants
African Americans
Native Americans