Manifest Destiny / Westward Expansion Newspaper
For Unit 5, you will be working in a group to create a “classic” newspaper portraying the important events and key figures of Manifest Destiny /Westward Expansion 1830s – 1880s.
You will utilize a variety of resources for your research: textbooks, media center books, media center database, and primary source documents to creatively design a newspaper.
GROUP COMPONENT
The textbook research portion may be completed as a group and is labeled “topic research.” Any page not labeled “topic research” will be completed through class notes, video segments, map activities or part of classwork. Your group will be graded on their ability to work collaboratively to design a creative project incorporating the elements of a newspaper.
The key to your groups’ success will be the ability to work collaboratively, delegate responsibilities, and work efficiently and creatively. I will be meeting with groups and individuals to conference 1-2 times per week to check on your progress.
INDIVIDUAL COMPONENT
Utilizing TWO document analysis worksheets, you will be responsible for analyzing and interpreting TWO primary source documents.
In addition, you are to contribute TWO written articles. The first article must be about an important Westward Expansion key figure or event. This article must include the 5 W’s: Who, What, When, Where, and Why, plus How. The article must have a headline, introductory paragraph, 3 DETAILED paragraphs, and a closing paragraph.
The second writing piece is your choice. Some possible choices: interview, advice column, journal entry, comic strip, editorial, obituary, advertisement, or ______.
Both writing pieces must include at least two illustrations. The illustrations can be historical photographs, historical maps, or drawings. Each illustration must have a caption sentence.
You will have limited time in the computer lab. As result, your articles should be drafted before going to the lab. Articles will be graded individually and will not affect the overall group grade. However, all articles must be merged into ONE newspaper.
Brainstorm when Planning your Newspaper
__Topics for Newspaper Articles __Title for your newspaper
__Who will write which articles? X2 __How will you organize your paper?
__What will the layout look like? __ Historical Figure Interviews?
__ What historical events should you include?
POSSIBLE IDEAS TO INCLUDE
__Interviews __advertisements __journals __summaries __Maps __Diagrams __pictures __illustrations __Weather __Gold rush __Trail Artifacts __Advice column __Wanted Poster __Obituary __Comic Strip __Crossword Puzzle __editorial cartoon __Classified Ads __Advertisement/Want Ads
GROUP RESPONSIBILITIES
__Texas Revolution __Gold Rush __Railroads Transform Nation
__Miners /Ranchers Cowhands __History Alive: Reading Notes 16 __History Alive: Reading Notes 24
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES
ARTICLE 1 Title:Article follow 5 Ws and H format
Headline / 2 Pictures/illustrations with detailed caption / introductory paragraph/ 3 detailed paragraphs / closing
Creative / Organized / Relates to topic / Layout /
Capitalization / Punctuation Spelling / Rough Draft / 25 24 23 22
21 20 18 16 15
12 10 8 0
ARTICLE 2 Title:
Creative / Detailed / Organized / Relates to topic / Layout /
Capitalization / Punctuation Spelling / 25 24 23 22
21 20 18 16 15
12 10 8 0
PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENT ANALYSIS #1 / 10 9 8 7 6
5 4 3 2 1 0
PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENT ANALYSIS #2 / 10 9 8 7 6
5 4 3 2 1 0
Complete TWO map pages:
Map 23 Exploration West Map 25 American Expands West Map 34 Railroads Transform the West Map 36 Mining the Raw Materials / 5 4 3 2 1 0
Brainpop: Westward Expansion / Manifest Destiny / 5 4 3 2 1 0
History Alive Reading Notes 16 and History Alive Reading Notes 24 / 5 4 3 2 1 0
American History Textbook Reading Notes / 5 4 3 2 1 0
WORK HABITS / GROUP BEHAVIOR / COLLABORATIVE GROUP MEMBER / 10 9 8 7 6
5 4 3 2 1 0
TOTAL POINTS / / 100
Topic Research: Texas Revolution Chapter 13 Section 4
1. Why did Americans want to move to Mexico (Spanish Texas)?
2. How did life change for the Americans in Mexico after Mexico won its independence from Spain?
3. Why were the battles of the Alamo and San Jacinto important to the Texas Revolution?
4. What happen to Texas once it was independent? 5. Define: annex.
6. Why did Congress refuse to annex Texas?
Gold Rush Questions Chapter 13 Section 4
1. How was gold discovered in California? 2. How did people get to California? (3 ways)
3. Why didn’t many forty-niners become rich?
4. How did women and people of different racial, ethnic or national groups contribute to the California Gold Rush?
5. What were some of the effects of the California Gold Rush?
Railroads Transform the Nation CH 19 Section 1:
1. How was the government involved with the construction of the railroad?
2. What role did immigrants play in the construction of the railroad?
3. How did the railroads affect time?
4. How did the railroads affect the economy?
5. How did the railroads change the population of the West?
Miners, Ranchers, Cowhands CH 19 Section 2
1. How did mining affect western settlement during the late 1800s?
2. What caused the rise and decline of the cattle industry?
3. How were the myth and reality of the West different?
4. Who were the buffalo soldiers?
5. What led to the population growth in western cities and the southwest?
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#14—Moving West
_____ 1. If Americans believed in the concept of Manifest Destiny, with which of the following
statements would they agree?
A. It is immoral for a strong power to take land from a weaker one.
B. The Great Plains were given to the Indians by God for their permanent use.
C. It is better to improve the territory already under control than to attempt to expand.
D. It is inevitable that the United States should expand to the Pacific Ocean. †
_____ 2. Which of the following was not a major cause for westward expansion?
A. The desire for gold.
B. The desire to obtain gold.
C. The desire to build industries in an area with cheap labor. †
D. The desire to set up a religious community.
_____ 3. The first citizens of the United States who settled in Texas came for:
A. free land. C. religious reasons. †
B. gold. D. to avoid the Civil War.
_____ 4. A rendezvous gave fur trappers an opportunity to:
A. exchange furs for manufactured goods from the East.
B. catch up on the news from the East.
C. enjoy a few days of socializing.
D. all of the above. †
_____ 5. Which of the following groups did not move west primarily for the purpose of bettering
themselves economically?
A. The Mormons in Utah. C. The settlers in Texas. †
B. The forty-niners. D. The farmers in Oregon.
_____ 6. Which of the following was not true of the California gold rush?
A. Workers on the West Coast dropped whatever they were doing and headed for the mines.
B. The U.S. Army maintained a high degree of control and order in the mining towns. †
C. Prices for lodging and food rose to extreme heights.
D. Vigilante groups maintained what law and order there was.
_____ 7. What major problem that threatened to divide the nation was brought up by westward
expansion?
A. Would the new territories be admitted into the Union?
B. Would the new territories band together and form a separate nation?
C. Would slavery be allowed to spread into the new territories? †
D. Should the national government provide transportation routes to the West?
_____ 8. The leader of the Mormon migration to Utah was:
A. Brigham Young. † C. John Sutter.
B. Joseph Smith. D. Stephen Austin.
MANIFEST DESTINY Rubric
Newspaper shows a superior understanding of the events of the Westward Expansion period (50%) / Newspaper shows a good understanding of the events in the Westward Expansion period (50%) / Newspaper shows a fair understanding of the events in the Westward Expansion period (50%) / Newspaper shows a poor understanding of the events in the Westward Expansion period (50%) / Newspaper shows no understanding of the events in the Westward Expansion period (50%)
Newspaper includes many hand-drawn illustrations with captions that relate to the topic in a superior manner (10%) / Newspaper includes some hand-drawn illustrations with captions that relate to the topic in a superior manner (10%) / Newspaper includes few hand-drawn illustrations with captions that relate to the topic in a superior manner (10%) / Newspaper includes little hand-drawn illustrations with captions that relate to the topic in a superior manner (10%) / Newspaper includes none hand-drawn illustrations with captions that relate to the topic in a superior manner (10%)
Newspaper includes at least two articles from each group member (10%) / Newspaper is missing one article / Newspaper is missing 25% of the articles / Newspaper is missing 50-65% of the articles / Newspaper is missing 70% or more of the articles
All newspaper articles meet the minimum requirements: headline, 3 paragraphs in length (10%) / 90% of the articles meet the minimum requirements / 75% of the articles meet the minimum requirements / 50-75% of the articles meet the minimum requirements / Less than 50% of the articles meet the minimum requirements
Newspaper is very neat and organized (10%) / Newspaper is neat and organized (10%) / Newspaper is somewhat neat and organized (10%) / Newspaper has little neatness and organization (10%) / Newspaper has no neatness and organization (10%)
Newspaper is very easy to read and understand (10%) / Newspaper is easy to read and understand (10%) / Newspaper is somewhat easy to read and understand (10%) / Newspaper is hard to read and understand (10%) / Newspaper is illegible or unintelligible
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