Analyze Manifest Destiny as a CONTESTED IDEOLOGY using Gast's 'American Progress' painting as a primary source examined critically
Exercise Difficulty 5 ~15 min hist.g4.s.ex_33

Single Story Many Stories Write

Prompt

Apply Adichie 'Danger of a Single Story / Many Stories' frame to Manifest Destiny ideology. Write 4 paragraphs: (1) the SINGLE STORY (Gast painting + 1950s textbook); (2) Cherokee Memorial 1829 as Many-Stories counter-source; (3) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Article IX as Many-Stories counter-source; (4) Stanford CSP Chinese-railroad-worker oral histories as Many-Stories counter-source.

M-4-S-HIS-EX33-A Chart
Adichie single-story/many-stories writing scaffold with template paragraph 1-4 + sentence frames + reminder to cite spec

Adichie single-story/many-stories writing scaffold with template paragraph 1-4 + sentence frames + reminder to cite specific primary sources from prior lessons.

How it's presented
mode writing prompt audio ID audio.g4s.ex 33.stem
Answer criteria
type rubric
rubric
4 paragraphs with explicit Adichie frame + 3 distinct counter-sources each elaborated
Hints
  1. Single Story = one perspective dominating
  2. Many Stories = primary sources from other perspectives
Misconceptions to watch
  • Missing Adichie frame
  • Generic counter-source references
Used in lessons