Manifest Destiny- American Progress Analysis

1. Using the Painting, entitled American Progress, please list and describe 5 subjects/objects from the painting and exemplify Westward Expansion. Credit will be given for only subjects/objects that are clearly explained, including the significance of the subject/object chosen and the historical connection made. 

2..    Inquiry.  Write a question that is left unanswered by this painting.

3.    After you have read some more information on the painting, review your answers to the questions in #2 and explain something that you learned from the readings.

4.    Who was the artist?  For whom was the artist working?  Do you think that the artist has a message beyond simply documenting the moment?  If so, what might the message have been?

http://picturinghistory.gc.cuny.edu/item.php?item_id=180 Help with 3 and 4
http://www.csub.edu/~gsantos../img0061.html 3 and 4
http://www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/west/gastap.htm 3 and 4

* Feel free to pull up a bigger picture to use for analysis.

Eye Witness to the Old West

Eye Witness to History

Click on the Link above. Pick one article to read. Once you have read it do the following.

A. Write a paragraph summary that discusses at least three things you learned from the article.

B. Why did you choose this article? 

C. What might be a second article that sounds interesting to you?