1. Do Now: Analyze the painting
Westward Expansion
Learning Target: I can analyze primary sources to investigate why the United Sates believed in Westward Expansion.
Do Now: Analyze the painting

2. With your group answer the following:
Learning Target: I can analyze primary sources to investigate why the people of the United States moved Westward.
Moving Westward
Textbook page
The year is 1844, and you live on a small rocky farm in Massachusetts. Your family has decided to move to Oregon to gain cheap, fertile land. Your father says this move will make your family better off and give you a better future.
With your group answer the following:
What might you gain or lose by going west?
What do you think daily life on the trail west might be like?
What might be the greatest obstacles that you face?
What items do you think might have been a necessity to make the journey?

3. Westward Expansion
Do Now: Observe the painting “American Progress” and answer the following questions:
What do you see in the painting?
What direction is the woman heading?
What does she represent? How is this symbolized in the painting?
What message is trying to be told in the painting?

4. American Progress: What message is trying to be told in the painting?

5. John O’Sullivan Journalist
Created the “United States Magazine” and “Democratic Review”
First to coin the term “Manifest Destiny”
With you group look up the words manifest and destiny and create a definition for Manifest Destiny
What does John O’Sullivan mean by Manifest Destiny?

6. What does Manifest Destiny Mean?
Clear and obvious
Destiny
events are sure to happen
Manifest Destiny
suggested that expansion was not only good for the United States, but bound to happen. Believed that they had the support of god to colonize the west

7. John O’ Sullivan, “The Great Nation of Futurity”
“America is destined for better deeds. We have no interest in the scenes of antiquity, only as lessons of avoidance of nearly all their examples. The expansive future is our arena, and for our history. We are entering on its untrodden space, with the truths of God in our minds, beneficent objects in our hearts, and with a clear conscience unsullied by the past. We are the nation of human progress, and who will, what can, set limits to our onward march? Providence is with us, and no earthly power can. We point to the everlasting truth on the first page of our national declaration, and we proclaim to the millions of other lands, that "the gates of hell" -- the powers of aristocracy and monarchy -- "shall not prevail against it." Who, then, can doubt that our country is destined to be the great nation of futurity?”

8. John O’Sullivan’s Manifest Destiny
Independently read the excerpt
Highlight and annotate
With your group, create a definition of the word manifest destiny.
Answer the following questions:
According to the text what does John O’Sullivan think America stands for? ***ACE RESPONSE***
According to the text what is America’s goal/mission?

9. Ace Response Question 1
O’Sullivan thinks Americas stands for success and greatness. In the text it states “ Who then, can doubt that our country is destined to be the great nation of futurity?(O’Sullivan)” This shows that O’Sullivan is confident in the capabilities of the United States. Due to the past success of the United States with inventions and creations as he refers to as “human progress” he feels they will continue to grow and succeed.

10. Ace Response 2
According to the text America’s goal is to full fill their “Manifest Destiny” and expand to the west. In the text it states “ We are the nation of human progress, and who will, what can, set limits to our onward march?(O’Sullivan)” This shows that O’Sullivan feels that the U.S. should expand or “march” to the west and that no other country or group can stop them. O’Sullivan also uses a confident tone to show that the U.S. will be successful in the future.

11. Peer Edit Rubric: Read your partners answer and follow the rubric below to give them a grade
4- question is restated and clear answer is given, evidence supports answer, answer is fully explained. Evidence citation is correct
3- question may not be restated, one part of answer, answer/evidence/citing of evidence/explanation is incorrect or not complete
2- question is not restated multiple parts of answer, answer/evidence/citing of evidence/explanation is incorrect or not complete
1- question is not restated, answer is not given, evidence does not support answer, answer is not explained in full detail.

12. Do Now: What is Manifest Destiny? Review Reconstruction Test
Learning Target: I can analyze primary sources to understand the concept of Manifest Destiny.
Do Now:
What is Manifest Destiny?
Review Reconstruction Test

13. Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny suggested that expansion was not only good for the United States, but bound to happen. Believed that they had the support of god to colonize/expand to the west

15. Reconstruction Exam Overall next steps Explaining answers
Explaining meaning of the documents instead of just copying the evidence from the document
Using details/ not evidence to support your answer
Document Response Example
Short Response Example

16. Peer Edit Rubric: Read your partners answer and follow the rubric below to give them a grade
4- question is restated and clear answer is given, evidence supports answer, answer is fully explained. Evidence citation is correct
3- question may not be restated, one part of answer, answer/evidence/citing of evidence/explanation is incorrect or not complete
2- question is not restated multiple parts of answer, answer/evidence/citing of evidence/explanation is incorrect or not complete
1- question is not restated, answer is not given, evidence does not support answer, answer is not explained in full detail.

17. Homework Sign Test and Return Extra Credit current events article
2 paragraph summary
article of your choice
10 points
Due next Monday

18. Activity
In groups read the documents on Manifest Destiny, read and annotate the primary sources, write the authors claims and explanation of the text
Explain whether or not you agree or disagree with your claims, why?