Manifest Destiny - Lesson

KS4 Lesson for Edexcel GCSE History module: The American West c.1835-c.1895, introducing Manifest Destiny and its impact on Western Expansion.
Accessible for all ability groups and the resources are easily differentiated for more and less academically able students.

This lesson includes…

• A video clip starter (with accompanying questions) to recap an introduction to American Settlement and Western Expansion.
• Focus on the concept of Manifest Destiny, with students writing their own definitions that will be easier to remember and understand at a later date
• Source analysis resource of Manifest Destiny
• Second source analysis resource of Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion, for more academically able students or students who need challenging further.
• Article Analysis Resource to help dissect concept of Manifest Destiny.
• Tweet Plenary Resource for summarising and consolidating lesson.