The West: Won or Lost?

Culminating Assessment:

Students will brainstorm in small groups the major topics of our study that should be included in a children’s book. Once each group has a brainstormed list, a scribe will list them all on the board and then together the class will group the topics into a working storyline. A storyboard will be created that tells the complete story from each point of view. Student groups will be assigned as each group creates one of the pages. The final product will be put together in book format and will examine the events through the eyes of the easterners, the settlers, and the Native Americans. After each group has had an opportunity to finish, we will discuss why the perspectives of these three groups was so drastically different as a way to review what we have studied. An exploration of why these perspectives were so different will allow us then to transition to late 19th and 20th century topics.