1. Settler’s Survival Guide Project Guidelines
Day 15-19

2. Settler’s Survival Guide
Pick One of the following to work on for March 10th & 11th
Part 1– Motivational Poster
Part 2– Journal Entries
Part 3– Map
Part 4 – Overcoming Hardships

3. Possible Hardship Solutions4 3 2 1
Total
Motivational Poster
Poster states a clear reason for moving west and is supported with appropriate propaganda techniques.
Poster states benefits and reasons for moving west.
Poster gives reasons for moving west, but they may be unclear or inaccurate.
Poster does not contain reasons for moving west.
Journal Entries
2 or more journal entries are clearly written stating hardships and accurate information from first person point of view
2 journal entries are clearly written stating hardships and accurate information from first person point of view
Less than 2 journal entries are written stating hardships and some accurate information
Journal entries are not present or do not contain hardships and/or accurate information
Map
Map clearly marks selected trail, regions traveled along the trail, and important stops along the route.
Map shows selected trail and/or regions traveled and stops along the route.
Map does not clearly mark all of the following: selected trail, regions traveled, and stops along the route.
Map does not mark the following: selected trail, regions traveled, and stops along the route.
Possible Hardship Solutions
A creative plan is developed that thoroughly details technological advances and innovative inventions that can be used to combat hardships.
A plan is developed that shows some technological advances and innovative inventions that can be used to combat hardships.
A plan is developed, but is unclear about how technological advances and innovative inventions can be used to combat hardships.
No plan is developed about how technological advances and innovative inventions can be used to combat hardships.
Grammar and Spelling
Work has
no misspellings
or grammatical
errors
Work
has no more
than two
misspellings
and/or
grammatical
three misspellings
Work has four or
more spelling
errors and/or
grammatical errors

4. Part 1 day 15 Motivational Poster
For this portion of the project you will use your responses to the focus question “Why did people choose to move west?” to create a poster motivating people to move to the west. Make sure to include appropriate content as well as some eye-catching propaganda in order to persuade people to move.
Homework: Finish your motivational poster

5. Part 2 day 16 Journal Entries
For this portion of the project, you will write 1-2 journal entries that describe travels along one of the trails that you have studied. You may use your notes to complete the entries. These two entries should be written in first person and should include both hardships and important stopping points along the trail.
Use notes from Day 15 video.

6. Part 3 Day 17
Map
For this portion of the project, you need to create a map detailing the journey that you have chosen to highlight in this project. Your map should include the regions that you will travel through, as well as show the detailed path and stopping points that you will travel along and through.

7. Part 4 Day 18 Overcoming Hardships
The final portion of this project will highlight possible solutions to the hardships that were initially endured while settlers traveled westward. Your job is to create a plan that shows how new settlers attempting to travel west can work to overcome the hardships endured along the trails. Think about technological advances as well as new discoveries in inventions that may make the journey a little easier. You can choose the format for this portion of the final project. Be creative!

8. Use the final day to finish any of the assignments!