US History Unit 2 The West Extra Credit

Extra Credit: Whose Land Is This? - This "webisode" of the PBS series "Freedom: A Story of US" deals with the issue of "Manifest Destiny" and US expansion westward. For extra credit, visit the link below that will take you to the webisode. Follow the link through the entire series and write a minimum 1 page summary of what you learned,  relating it to what was discussed in class.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web08/index.html

Extra Credit: Manifest Destiny - Watch the following "Mr Hughes" video about the ideology of Manifest Destiny and the US spread west. Write a minimum 1 page summary about what you learned, relating it to what was discussed in class.

Extra Credit: Expansion West - At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the size of the United States doubles with the Louisiana Purchase. The Appalachians are no longer the barrier to American migration west; the Mississippi River becomes the country's central artery; and Jefferson's vision of an Empire of Liberty begins to take shape. American historian Stephen Ambrose joins Professors Maier and Miller in examining the consequences of the Louisiana Purchase -- for the North, the South, and the history of the country. For extra credit, follow the link below to the website and watch the streaming movie, "Expansion West". If it does not take you directly to the movie, scroll down to #6 and click the "VOD" button on the right. Watch the movie and write a minimum 1 page summary about what you learned, relating it to what was discussed in class. http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1383

Extra Credit: Taming the American West -  Western settlers’ assumptions of an endless, bountiful frontier were tested when they moved to the Great Plains and attempted to cultivate the unfamiliar, arid landscape. This experience led to the rise of populist politics, which championed farmers’ and industrial workers’ critique of political and economic powers. As settlers migrated West and encountered landscapes of spectacular beauty, but faced daunting challenges in farming the arid land. Bitter conflicts also arose between the US and Native Americans and Mexicans over land ownership because the Native Americans and Mexicans had occupied the land for centuries. After years of hardship, citizens became disgruntled with Republican policies and many turned to the Populist Party, whose ideas anticipated the development of the twentieth-century state.If it does not take you directly to the movie, scroll down to #13 and click the "VOD" button on the right. Watch the movie and write a minimum 1 page summary about what you learned, relating it to what was discussed in class. http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=2297

Extra Credit: Deculturalization and Assimilation, Native American Boarding Schools - In 1875 an ambitious experiment was conceived: to teach Native Americans to become imitation white men. With the blessing of Congress, the first school for Indians was established in Carlisle, PA, to continue the "civilizing" mission. By 1902, there were 26 reservation boarding schools. Boarding Schools for Native American children taught them to imitate the white man's image" and adopt his ways in order to become "civilized". What that meant was being striped of their own cultural heritage and traditions. Starting around 1875, this "civilizing" mission lived in a world of two perspectives, those of either "kill the Indian, save man" (meaning a "cultural genocide" to rid them of their ways, cultures, and traditions) or "the only good Indian is a dead Indian" (meaning literal genocide). Focusing on children, and probably having ever intention to "help" them "help themselves", this was an educational experiment by the US government gone terribly wrong. Indian students had their hair cut short, traditional clothes and religious materials destroyed, were forbidden to speak their native languages, had their names changed, and culture beat out of them. They were not allowed to visit home for their first up to five years.Children had their long hair cut off, Watch the following videos which discuss the ways in which Native American children were impacted by the US boarding schools system and write a minimum 1 page summary about what you learned, relating it to what was discussed in class.
Learn more - http://cottam0.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/native-american-boarding-schools/

from Into the West 

from Into the West 

Short bio-doc on boarding schools experiences 

Extra Credit: Unseen Tears The Native American Boarding (Residential) School Experience in Western New York (Full Length Documentary) - Native American families in Western New York and Ontario continue to feel the impact of the Thomas Indian School and the Mohawk Institute. Survivors speak of traumatic separation from their families, abuse, and a systematic assault on their language and culture. Western New York Native American communities are presently attempting to heal the wounds and break the cycle inter-generational trauma resulting from the boarding (residential) school experience. Unseen Tears documents the stories of boarding school survivors, their families, and social service providers. For extra credit, write a minimum 1 page summary about what you learned, relating it to what was discussed in class.

Part 1 - http://youtu.be/ioAzggmes8c

Part 2 - http://youtu.be/9PaqrM1iCf0?list=PLBKAYDq5dhv69hSe0CZWvQBwjsGBGiZTo

Part 3 - http://youtu.be/2d-FbXx-LSk

 Extra Credit: We Shall Remain: The Cherokee Trail of Tears - This PBS five-part television series project shows how Native peoples valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture -- from the Wampanoags of New England in the 1600s who used their alliance with the English to weaken rival tribes, to the bold new leaders of the 1970s who harnessed the momentum of the civil rights movement to forge a pan-Indian identity. We Shall Remain represents an unprecedented collaboration between Native and non-Native filmmakers and involves Native advisors and scholars at all levels of the project. For extra credit, watch the following episode about the Cherokee Trail of Tears and write a minimum 1 page summary about each, relating it to what was discussed in class. Additionally, you may watch any or all of the first four episodes for extra credit by clicking on the link below and scrolling to "episodes" to choose which of the episodes you would like to watch.  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/

Extra Credit: Into the West (TNT mini series) Episodes 1 and 2.  "Into the West" is a Steven Spielberg-produced epic Western mini-series comprised of six two-hour films, each done by a separate director. The series covers the settling of the American west and the growth of the region from 1825 to 1890. As the desire for a better life drives thousands of settlers out west, the native inhabitants of the land see their way of life jeopardized. “Into the West” follows the stories of two families and their struggles as they search for the American dream. For extra credit,write a minimum 1 page summary about what you learned, relating it to what was discussed in class.

Part 1: Wheel To the Stars - http://youtu.be/sAAPvEfYZFY
Part 2: Manifest Destiny - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCnayRFj-2M
Part 3: Dreams and Schemes - http://youtu.be/Q750oxTaBJQ
Part 4: Hell on Wheels - http://youtu.be/u75tDb5v4DE
Part 5: Casualties of War (Carlisle Boarding School @ 50:36) - http://youtu.be/ZdCxTF3o9qs
Part 6: Ghost Dance - http://youtu.be/NgkLtkoy2PU

Episode Overview - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_West_(miniseries)

Extra Credit: The Wounded Knee Massacre - Watch the following videos and for extra credit, write a minimum 1 page summary about what you learned, relating to what was discussed in class.

Extra Credit: Populism - Watch the following video which explains the rise of the Populist party near the end of the 19th century. Write a minimum 1 page summary about what you learned, relating it to what was discussed in class.

Extra Credit: How Water Made L.A. and Hollywood - Watch the following story of the role that the aqueduct system played in the making of Hollywood and Los Angeles. For extra credit, watch the video below and write a minimum 1 page summary of what you learned.

http://youtu.be/NgkLtkoy2PU