Frederick Jackson Turner wrote an important paper about the importance of the West to the development of the nation. Though historians in recent years have questioned some of his conclusions, his pap

Frederick Jackson Turner wrote an important paper about the importance of the West to the development of the nation.  Though historians in recent years have questioned some of his conclusions, his paper was deeply influential, and it still is.  You can find Turner’s paper on the Internet (link)     https://www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-archives/historical-archives/the-significance-of-the-frontier-in-american-history

In this assignment, you will be creating a Snapchat story (including at least five snaps) portraying what Turner argued; basically, imagine you are Turner, using Snapchat to make your argument.  Use images you find online to illustrate each of his points, along with appropriate captions.  Then, use Screen Record to make a video of your story and works cited (I used Notes on my phone to create the works cited page, by copy-and-pasting the Internet links into a note).

Remember, this is an Internet assignment, and I expect you to use the Internet to do research.  I also expect you to cite your sources when you use them; the works cited page is not optional.  Ordinarily, it would not be a good idea to use history.com or Wikipedia or the like, but they actually can be an acceptable source for images, so this time you may use them.

Here is an example a member of our department created.  You'll notice they did not include any video or audio; however, you can if you like. https://utpb.instructure.com/courses/17991/assignments/215156?module_item_id=366942#

If you have never used Snapchat, here

https://youtu.be/G3bucX4W-Wk

Minimize Video is a crash course.

If you've never used Screen Recording, it is a feature of smartphones.  How to do it differs between different kinds of smartphones (iPhones, Androids, etc), so your best bet is just to google how to do it.  There are many online tutorials.

Rubric PowerPoint PowerPoint Criteria Ratings Pts This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Following Instructions Does it answer the question? Does it cite sources properly? Is it the right number and type of slides? 

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Artistry Are the slides easy to read? Do they make sense? Do they avoid excessive ugliness?

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Mechanics Are the grammar, word choice, spelling, punctuation, etc. acceptable?