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This lesson plan aims to teach students about the role of newspapers in advancing Westward expansion in the US and connecting it to present-day migration trends. Students will learn about how newspapers promoted and exaggerated stories of moving West during the 19th century. They will analyze newspaper articles about growth in Denver and create their own fictional newspaper front page encouraging or discouraging migration to the city. The lesson incorporates standards on American democracy, history, and connects past events to the present through a discussion of gentrification.
This lesson plan aims to teach students about the role of newspapers in advancing Westward expansion in the US and connecting it to present-day migration trends. Students will learn about how newspapers promoted and exaggerated stories of moving West during the 19th century. They will analyze newspaper articles about growth in Denver and create their own fictional newspaper front page encouraging or discouraging migration to the city. The lesson incorporates standards on American democracy, history, and connects past events to the present through a discussion of gentrification.
This lesson plan aims to teach students about the role of newspapers in advancing Westward expansion in the US and connecting it to present-day migration trends. Students will learn about how newspapers promoted and exaggerated stories of moving West during the 19th century. They will analyze newspaper articles about growth in Denver and create their own fictional newspaper front page encouraging or discouraging migration to the city. The lesson incorporates standards on American democracy, history, and connects past events to the present through a discussion of gentrification.
Date: 3-3-16 Lesson/Activity Title: Newspapers and Westward Expansion Standards Addressed: 5.4.2.a: Identify political principles of American democracy and how the Constitution and Bill of Rights reflect and preserve these principles. 3.1.2.a: Compare past and present situations and events. ________________________________________________________________________ Purpose: To understand the role of newspapers in advancing Westward expansion and connect westward expansion to present day migration trends. Learning Objective(s): Students can make connections between newspapers role in the Revolutionary War and its role in the Westward Expansion. Students will understand the difference between hard news, sensational news, advocacy news and advertorial news. Students can make connections between Westward Expansion and displacement to present-day gentrification. Your Goals for Learners: Students will draw upon last years study of Colorado and last units study of the Revolutionary War to understand ideas presented today. Through inquiry-based discussion and hands-on application, students will understand the power of newspapers in history and current affairs. Your Learning Principles: Time Travel and World Exploration carries more significant weight when connected to the lives of students, the present day and background knowledge. Teacher Quality Standards for this Lesson: Quality Standards 1 & 3. Setting: Whole group setting in the beginning and break-out choice activities for the second half. Materials and preparation: A brief video history of newspapers. Blank 11 x 17 paper for front page creation, Prezi to guide discussion, Denver Post article on Denver #1 place to live, and a Westword article on gentrification.
Introduction: Q&A discussion bringing in their background knowledge of newspapers
and the revolutionary war. A quick KWL chart re: newspapers role in democracy. 10 minutes. Activity Procedure: After the introduction, I will do a brief stretch and breath break. We will watch a video introducing the history of newspapers. Ill Introduce Westward Expansion with the discussion around the famous quote penned by a journalist: Go West, young man! Ill introduce the concept of manifest destiny, a term also introduced by a journalist. The discussion will be guided by a series of newspaper clips promoting the expansion west highlighting the difference between stories that promote, exaggerate, tell a story and relay facts. Introduce the telegraph. We will then dissect together two stories today about Denver and its growth. Students will then make their own front page, either encouraging or discouraging migration to Denver using their choice of styles: hard news, sensational news, advocacy news, or advertorial. Differentiation: Most of my curriculum unit is designed for 5th grade students. Since this will be a whole group lesson, Ill scaffold some of the concepts by defining terms, and where applicable, encouraging 3rd and 4th graders to drive the discussion. I will also create groups with equal distribution of grades. Assessment (Evidence of students meeting the Learning Objective): Observation of discussion and final front pages created from the activity. Extensions: Ive included two other lesson plans for my newspaper curriculum as part of a comprehensive 10-lesson unit. For TTWE, the expansions are endless. Newspapers could easily thread through the whole year for this particular topic. The next lesson would naturally be a continuation of Yellow Journalism and its role in the Spanish/American War.