Extra Credit Western Films Due December 1st

Students were learning about the settling of the West, and I told them I would post some extra-credit opportunities. Here are the movies, and they are allowed to write up and submit for extra credit but for only up to two films. 

Here's the list:

• True Grit 2010
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
• High Noon 1952
• Dances with Wolves 1990
• The Searchers 1958

I had to make a choice---there were so many great Westerns out there.  For each film, you will need to write a paragraph answering the following questions if applicable.

What is the main conflict or main conflicts?

What is the main mission of the main characters?

How is the conflict resolved?

What examples of violence are in the film?

What are some things in the film that show life in the old west? (horses, wagons, sod houses, food)

October 27th through November 17th

We are having very busy weeks in social studies.

We have been learning about immigration:

Students learned about Minik, and eskimo boy who was taken from his home in Greenland to America.

They read the picture book the Arrival by Sean Tan.  They also looked at and made observations of Jane Addams Hull House maps that featured the many different groups that lived around Hull House in Chicago.

We also discussed assimilation for immigrants.  Students also looked at and made observations about the Orphan Trains that sent many children out of the crowded American cities into the country.

Students are also writing an inclass essay about treatment of African Americans in the Post Civil War South and the great migration of blacks to the Northern states.

November 13-17th will be about the settlement of the West.