Consequences Positive & Negative of Westward Expansion

Guilt and/or Innocence: The Consequences of Manifest Destiny

4/17/2014

Documents for Research prior to completing the Blog
(writing your verdict)

Little House on the Prarie

Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s. The show is an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling auto-biographical series of Little House books. Below is the pilot of the series entitled “A New Home”.

Part I

Part II

Part III

We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee

Copy of the Readers Theater: "The Trial of Mr. Charles Ingalls"

PDF copy: The Trial of Mr. Charles Ingals

VERDICT

On completion of your research, post your verdict & RATIONALE in the comments box below. Your verdict, should follow a basic format: 1) Indicate whether or not you believe Mr. Charles Ingalls Wilder was not guilty OR guilty of "recklessly and intentionally entering and trespassing on Indian land" (you must be decisive juries do not render a verdict of maybe). 2) Provide multiple rationales to support your verdict. Your online verdict must be posted by April 29th (the completion date of our study of "The West").

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Assignment

1. Participate in the Readers Theater entitled "The Trial of Mr. Charles Ingalls" Copies are available on line if you miss class or have forgotten the testimonies provided.
2. On completion review your notes and assignments on pages 55-73 in your Conflict workbook.
3. Watch the three part pilot of the film series "Little House on the Prairie" (1 hr) based on the auto-biographical novel of the same name by Laura Ingals Wilder, AND the episode of Wounded Knee from "We Shall Remain" produced by PBS (45 min).
4. When finished with your research address the blog question posted on the bottom left below.

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