About This Lesson
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: HOW DID PRINT AND VISUAL CULTURE PROPEL PUBLIC OPINION TOWARD EXPANSION UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF MANIFEST DESTINY?
Objective: To have students analyze secondary source evidence provided by a historian’s new interpretation of the influence of Cartographer William Clark’s influence on the doctrine of Manifest Destiny.
Citations:
Kastor, Peter J. (2011) William Clark’s World: Describing America in An Age of Unknowns. New Haven: Yale University Press (Pgs. 14-24, 146-159, 208, 220, 221, 224, 256, 261
VIDEO: Drone 3D Mapping and Analysis (Skyris Imaging) (1:25 mins)
Homework Website:
National Geographic Mapmaker http://www.mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org
Rubrics for AP Histories (Historical Thinking Skills)
