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| Westward Expansion Newspaper Activity |
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| Mrs. Tator, Mrs. Krajeski, and Mr. Patsky's 7th Grade English/Social Studies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This assignment is to make you more aware of westaward expansion in the United States in the early to mid 1800's. Many different groups were moving west trying to achieve our Manifest Destiny! The early 1800's were a time period in U.S. history of exploration of the new Louisiana Territory, developing relations with the Native Americans, movement of Native Americans off their land, converting Native Americans into different religions, and the excavating of gold by the 49er's. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| You will have 4 Double Periods to complete the newspaper task. Please click on this link to view where you will be located during the different designated times for working on the project. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Below you will find links from different time periods of westaward expansion starting with the Lewis and Clark Expeditions up to the Gold Rush in the 1850's. Please choose one of the topics and that will be your main topic for your newspaper. Please make sure you click on the links for Rubric, Databases, and Schedule to make sure you adhere to the guidelines for the newspaper project. If you have any questions please see Mrs. Tator, Mrs. Krajeski, Mr. Patsky or Ms. Bayzon. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lewis and Clark Expedition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Missionaries Move West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The Gold Rush | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GALE DATABASE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GROLIER ONLINE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student Resource Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AMERICAN HISTORY ONLINE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bibliography/Citation Information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pictures from: Eyewitness to History.com , NOAA Celebrates 200 Years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Web Page created by Debbie Tator March 27th, 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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