Scrapbook of Early America
Name:
My Section:
Per:
Date Due: March 17th
Using Chapter 11, “Growth & Expansion,” you will create a scrapbook of a trip across one section of the U.S. in the
early 1800’s (either the Northeast, the South, or the West). The content of your scrapbook will include terms, people,
events, places, and images of the growth and expansion of your section of America from 1790-1840. You may
create your scrapbook using construction paper, Google Slides, or an actual scrapbook (you must provide).
Use the chart below lists the requirements for your scrapbook. Each page/slide will have images with descriptions
and/or a brief journal entry (summary) of what you saw, what you did, and who you met during your trip. All
requirements and questions will be covered in your scrapbook.
**THE SCRAPBOOK WILL COUNT AS A TEST GRADE.**
This is worth 40 points!
(You will work in small groups of around 3-4.)
On each page/slide of the scrapbook, the following needs to be included:
✓ A Title (What is this page about?)
✓ Images that fit the topic requirements & questions AND a short description of each image
AND/OR
✓ A 3-4 sentence journal entry (summary) of what you saw, what you did, and who you met there
Topicopic
What to include
(Title Page)
(in ALL
scrapbooks)
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Northeast
(choice 1)
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South
(choice 2)
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Title of scrapbook
Drawing or picture that represents
your section of Early America in 17901840
Main aspects of the economy
Major geographic features
List/map of states & territories
Major modes of transportation
Important people (include one major
political figure who represents the
area and its beliefs)
Glossary of important vocabulary for
your region/section
Main aspects of economy
● Major geographic features
● List/map of states & territories
● Major modes of transportation
● Important people (include one
major political figure who represents
the area and its beliefs)
● Glossary of important vocabulary
Guiding Questions to Answer
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Why are you taking this trip?
What do you hope to learn?
What was daily city life like?
Who helped the Industrial Revolution
take hold in the U.S.? How?
How did the idea of free enterprise
affect people and the economy in the
Northeast?
What was life like for free residents in
the South?
● What was life like for slaves?
How did technology help plantation
farmers in the South?
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West
(choice 3)
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Nationalism
vs.
Sectionalism
(in ALL
scrapbooks)
Leader of
the Western
Hemisphere
(in ALL
scrapbooks)
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(Final page)
Our Route
(in ALL
scrapbooks)
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for your region/section
Main aspects of economy
● Major geographic features
● List/map of states & territories
● Major modes of transportation
● Important people (include one
major political figure who represents
the area and its beliefs)
● Glossary of important vocabulary
for your region/section
● Define “Era of Good Feelings”
● Define Henry Clay’s American
System
● Define sectionalism
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Write a newspaper headline for the
o Convention of 1818
o Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819
Discuss the importance of the Monroe
Doctrine
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Create a map of the “route” of your
travels, include stops at major cities
Discuss the most important things you
learned in your travels
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How did people in the West travel?
What were the origins of the settlers
in particular areas of the west?
What geographic feature did people
tend to settle near? Why?
● What made nationalism run high?
● How would improvements in
transportation help increase
nationalism?
● How did you see nationalism in
your travels?
● How did sectionalism bring an
end to the “Era of Good Feelings?”
● How did you see sectionalism in
your travels?
How did each treaty affect Westward
Expansion?
How did people in your travels react
to the adding of land to the U.S.?
What did people in your area think of
America’s leadership in the world?
What do you think the future holds
for America? (take an Early American
perspective - who doesn’t know the
future like you)
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SCRAPBOOK RUBRIC
Name: ______________________ Period: ___________________ Section: ______________________
Group Members: _____________________________________________________________________
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CATEGORY
Pictures/Images Pictures/images go
Journal Entries
(Summaries)
9
8
7-0
with the topic and
have excellent
identification on each
page.
Pictures/images go
with the topic and
have adequate
identification on each
page.
Some
pictures/images go
with the topic and
have little
identification on each
page.
Some
pictures/images go
with the topic but
have no identification
on each page.
Student accurately
provides summary
for each of the
topics. Summaries
shows student has
excellent knowledge
of each topic
Student accurately
provides summary
for each of the
topics. Summaries
shows student has
adequate knowledge
of each topic
Student summaries
are missing some
facts or do not
adequately
summarize each
topic
Student summaries
are missing key facts
and do not
adequately
summarize each
topic
Attractiveness & The scrapbook has The scrapbook has The scrapbook is
attractive formatting adequate formatting somewhat wellOrganization
Writing Vocabulary
and well-organized
information.
and well-organized
information.
organized
information.
Student correctly
uses and defines
several new
vocabulary words
within the scrapbook
Student correctly
uses and defines a
few new vocabulary
words within the
scrapbook
Student correctly
uses and defines a
1-2 new vocabulary
words within the
scrapbook
The scrapbook\'s
formatting and
organization of
material are
confusing to the
reader.
Student does not
utilize new
vocabulary words at
all within scrapbook
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