Mrs. DePietro

Dr. Weeks School Grade 5

edepie28@scsd.us

Imagine you are an agricultural, American farmer or trapper living west of the Appellation Mountains in America in the late 1700s. You and other farmers in the west produce crops, wool, and other products. It is too expensive and takes too long to send your products over land all the way to the east coast. It is much less expensive and takes much less time to ship your products down the Mississippi River to the Port of New Orleans, out into the Gulf of Mexico, then into Atlantic Ocean up the East Coast to the American States. Unfortunately the territory around the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans is owned and controlled by Spain, then France. What happens when the Port of New Orleans and the “right of deposit” is taken away? How do you ship your products? How will President Jefferson help this situation?

Thomas Jefferson, US President

Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France

1. You will use the AHPPA to explore the problem of shipping rights on and around the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans, how President Jefferson solved the shipping problem for the agricultural farmers and other goods producers, and what the result of his solution was.
2. You will work in a group to create a poster that will identify the chain of events that led to the Louisiana Purchase. Your group will present their poster to the class.

1.You will work in a cooperative group of 5.

2. You and your partners will work together to identify the American History problem that led to the Louisiana Purchase including the time period and the consequences of the problem using the AHPPA.

Step 1: Identify the Problem

Step 2: Gather Evidence of the Problem

Step 3: What are the Causes?

Step 4: Evaluate the Policy

3. Your group will gather information from the Internet, your textbook, and the Louisiana Purchase packet to fill out the worksheets for each step. Don’t forget to cite your resources. Citations

4. Your group will determine the causes of Jefferson wanting to purchase of the Louisiana Territory, and Napoleon’s need to sell the territory. Create a poster that shows these events as a chain of cause and effect events. The poster should include dates, illustrations of events and portraits (drawn or computer pictures) and names of the people/countries involved. The poster will have a title, correct spelling and be neatly written and colored.

5. Each group will present their finished poster to the class.

6. Roles for cooperative groups:

Recorder- 4 students will each record on one of the 4 worksheets.

Researcher- All 5 students will assist in research.

Time Keeper- 1 student will be assigned to keep the group on task.

Poster Recorder- All 5 students will record 2 cause and effect events on the poster.

Presenter- 1 student will be the main presenter and assign roles for the others during the presentation.

This painting depicts the third signing of the Louisiana Treaty in New Orleans, 1803.

AHPPA

Louisiana Purchase

Timeline of Louisiana Purchase

Louisiana Purchase Treaty

Louisiana Purchase Treaty Exhibit

Jefferson Buys Louisiana Territory

Louisiana Purchase 1904 World’s Fair Page

Louisiana Purchase Map

Current US State Map

Performance Statement: LOUISIANA PURCHASE CHAIN OF EVENTS POSTER.

Dimension/Task	Expectations not met 1	Needs Revision 2	Satisfactory 3	Excellent 4
1. Events leading to the Louisiana Purchase	2-3 of the 10 events are on the poster.	Poster contains 4-6 events.	Poster contains 7-9 the events.	Poster contains all of the 10 events.
2. Labels	No important items have labels.	Some important items have labels.	Most important items have labels.	All of the important items have labels.
3. Illustrations: Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte, James Madison, and Robert Livingston.	There are no illustrations of important people involved in Louisiana Purchase.	There is one illustration of an important person involved in the Louisiana Purchase.	There are two-three illustrations of important people involved in the Louisiana purchase.	All four illustrations of the important people involved in the Louisiana Purchase are included.
4. Grammar	Too many grammar and spelling mistakes.	Many grammar and spelling mistakes.	Few grammar and spelling mistakes.	No grammar or spelling mistakes.
5. Neatness	Poster is messy, not, printed or colored nicely.	Poster is somewhat messy, not colored and printed nicely.	Poster is mostly neat, colored and printed nicely.	Poster is very neat, color and printed very neatly.

Social Studies Standards

Standard 1- History of the United States and New York

Key Idea 2- Investigate key turning points in New York States history and explain why these events or developments are significant.

Standard 2- World History

Key Idea 2- Study about major turning points in world history by investigating the causes and other factors that brought about change and the results of these changes.

Standard 3- Geography

Key Idea 1- Draw maps and diagrams that serve as representations of places, physical features, and objects.

Standard 4- Economics

Key Idea 1- Study about how the availability and distribution of resources is important to a nation’s economic growth.

Standard 5- Civics, Citizenship, and Government

Key Idea 2- Understand the United States Constitution and the Constitution of New York State are written plans for organizing the functions of government.

ELA Standards

Standard 1- Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.

Students will gather and interpret information from children’s reference books, magazines, textbooks, electronic bulletin boards, audio and media presentations, oral interviews, and from such forms as charts, graphs, maps, and diagrams.

Students will present information clearly in a variety of oral and written forms such as summaries, paraphrases, brief reports, stories, posters and charts.

Students will use standard English skillfully, applying established rules and conventions for presenting information and making use of a wide range of grammatical constructions and vocabulary to achieve an individual style that communicates effectively.

Standard 3- Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.

Students will analyze, interpret, and evaluate information, ideas, organization and language from academic and nonacademic texts, such as textbooks, public documents, book and movie reviews, and editorials.

Congratulations! You have completed this web quest. Through using the AHPPA you should have learned how the United States and Thomas Jefferson acquired the Louisiana territory, and began the westward expansion. You should have an excellent understanding of the causes and effects that led to the Louisiana Purchase, the important people and counties that were involved. I hope you have enjoyed this web quest.