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Activity
Smarter Balanced

Growth and Expansion of America

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Despite the difficulty of travel, the US expanded significantly between the 1800s and the early 1900s. To prepare for a performance task assessment on the rapid expansion of the US in the 1800s, class members engage in a write-pair-share...
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Article
Mount Holyoke College

Department of International Relations: John L. O'sullivan on Manifest Destiny

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpt of text of John L. O'Sullivan's 1839 article advocating manifest destiny.