Grade 4 Spring — US National Geography and Westward Expansion (1803–1890): Whose Land, Whose Story, Whose Future?

Capstone — Westward Expansion Truth-and-Resilience Storybook (32-page bound, 3-copy Foxfire distribution)

Capstone Westward Expansion Truth-and-Resilience Storybook: a 32-page bound class storybook (1 cover + 8 thread sections + 22 child entries + 1 acknowledgments page). Each child contributes ONE page (MG-18 template): top half hand-drawn or printed image; bottom half 3-paragraph entry with (1) historical event named; (2) primary source cited; (3) 'And the resilience is...' closing sentence (present-day continuity of the relevant community). Foxfire student-as-historian methodology: 3 copies bound and distributed — copy 1 to child's family; copy 2 to school library; copy 3 mailed (with caregiver/admin consent) to ONE relevant cultural office: Cherokee Nation Cultural Resource Center (Tahlequah OK), Choctaw Nation cultural office (Durant OK), Muscogee (Creek) Nation Cultural Center (Okmulgee OK), Seminole Tribe of Florida Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum (Big Cypress FL), Chickasaw Cultural Center (Sulphur OK), Lemhi Shoshone Tribal Office, NMAI, NMAAHC, National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), Chinese American Museum (Los Angeles), or a teacher-selected appropriate office. Vocabulary: capstone, Foxfire methodology, acknowledgment, primary source, resilience, dedication.

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