Frontiers

Review Sheet for Westward Expansion Quest

Review Sheet for U.S. Imperialism Quest

Click here to be taken to presentations for the Frontiers Unit Click here to be taken to presentations for the U.S. Imperialism Unit Click here to be taken to Yellow Journalism Work

Trail of Tears Enhanced Video You will watch this video and then have an on-line conversation about the question at the end: Does the Constitution require one branch to support the decisions of another? media type="custom" key="15833588"

Presentations media type="custom" key="13752454" Click here to be taken to the Lewis and Clark PBS simulation, which serves a follow up to our class discussion/presentation Lewis and Clark "Into the Unknown" simulation

media type="custom" key="13833412" Wordle Word Cloud of President James Madison's War Message to Congress (June 1, 1812) (to see the "cloud" full sized, click on the image and then scroll down to see it.)

media type="custom" key="13837786" Why the United States went to war with England in 1812 (C Period)

Why the United States went to war with England in 1812 (G Period)

Why the United States went to war with England in 1812 (F Period)

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Follow the steps below for our look at Yellow Journalism (adapted from [])

As you watch the video below, answer the questions that pop up during the video in your notebook: media type="custom" key="18560580" If you feel as if you need to watch the video again, please go ahead.

"Yellow Journalism" is the type of journalism that relies on sensationalism and lurid exaggeration to attract readers

Look at both of the following examples of "Yellow Journalism" and answer the questions that follow: Example #1 Example #2

1. What is most noticable about the example? 2. What is the example showing? What is the example representing? 3. How is this media making people feel? 4. How would this influence or change people's minds?

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Now, take a few minutes to research William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer (you will be assigned one of them) and be prepared to share the information that you found with us the next time we meet.

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C Period - United States Diplomacy and the World Graphic Organizer

F Period - United States Diplomacy and the World Graphic Organizer G Period - United States Diplomacy and the World Graphic Organizer

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