The third supporting question, “how and why was the territorial capital relocated?” helps students use primary sources to unwrap the context of the time and topic being examined. The territorial capital was located in Yankton from 1861 to 1883.
Complete the following task using the sources provided to build a context of the time period and topic being examined.
Formative Performance Task 3
Write a summary about why the territorial capital was moved from Yankton to Bismarck. Try to answer some of the following questions about the sources you found:
- What types of sources are they (letters, photos, maps, diaries, etc.)?
- What is going on in these sources? What kind of information do they contain?
- Who created each of these sources?
- Who was the intended audience for each source?
- Why were these sources created?
- When were the sources created?
How do we know? What else can you find?
Featured Sources 3
For this section, students will be required to find sources themselves. Using school and public library resources, and the internet, they will need to search for newspapers, periodicals, journals, books, interviews, photographs, and other primary and secondary sources to find evidence to support their arguments and claims.