HELP!?!?! As the writer, you must consider four components: Role of the writer, Audience, Format, and Topic. This “RAFT” assignment will be written from the viewpoint of an American settler or a Native American. The format of your RAFT will be a letter. Letters should be specific and add reasons and detail from this lesson and the exhibits. Detail consists of facts, examples, analogies, and all other appropriate tactics for making your point.
Choose one of the following scenarios for the letter you will submit about Manifest Destiny:
Role American settler in the 19th century (1800s)
Audience Chiefs of the Five Civilized Tribes
Format of your essay Warning letter
Topic Warn the Indians in the Tribes about the God-given right of the settlers to expand westward to the coast.
Role Native American today
Audience United States President
Format of your essay Letter requesting an apology and reparations
Topic Demand reparations and apologies for the consequences of Manifest Destiny
Choose one of the following scenarios for the letter you will submit about Manifest Destiny:
Role American settler in the 19th century (1800s)
Audience Chiefs of the Five Civilized Tribes
Format of your essay Warning letter
Topic Warn the Indians in the Tribes about the God-given right of the settlers to expand westward to the coast.
Role Native American today
Audience United States President
Format of your essay Letter requesting an apology and reparations
Topic Demand reparations and apologies for the consequences of Manifest Destiny