Author(s): Yolanda Abel & Carmen Martinez
E-mail Address: xxxx@mail.sandi.net
School: Balboa
Grade Level: 5th
Principal Currlcular Areas Addressed: Social Studies, Language Arts, Humanities
TPFS Section: Thursday @ Brooklyn
Westward movement of the United States predicated upon the notion that it was the "destiny" of the United States to extend its borders from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. This was used as a justification for taking over the territories belonging to the Native Americans
This project will cover the Westward Movement of the United States from the early l800's to the start of the Civil War.
Learning Goals:
What kinds of things do you hope your students will learn? You might want to put objectives in the form of a bulleted list like this:
Student will learn...
Learner Task:
Students will write narratives from the point of view of Native Americans, Mexicans, African slaves etc.
Students will keep a diary of events political events occurring from the point of view of Native American, Mexican, African slaves etc.
Students reflect on the the after effects ----how the lives of these groups have changed throughout the course of history and how they way they live today is a direct result of Manifgest Destiny.
Students will reflect on how their lives would be different today if there was no Manifest Destiny. What would the United States of American look like today if there was no Manifest Destiny.,
The culiminating task in this project might be...Students will present a play entitled "Ghosts from the Past"
Resources:
What websites have you already identified that might be useful? What books, tapes and other offline resources do you know about?
Resources for this project idea might include....
When you're done
drafting your idea, erase all the green text prompts, and save the
file under an appropriate name like tide-investigation.html. Your
instructor or one of the mentors will collect it for you and it will
be posted on the symposium website in a day or two.