Course Glossary

Territorial Growth

Time to TravelTravel during the first half of the 1800s was a complex undertaking. The Manifest Destiny Tour Company has asked you to prepare a creative travel brochure for its company. Currently, the company provides two different tours. The first is the Lewis and Clark Expedition Tour; the second is the Texas Land to Grow Cotton Tour. You will need to create a visually appealing brochure, with graphics, that helps explain one of the two tours.

Your brochure can start with a mission statement for the Manifest Destiny Tour Company, which explains the concept of Manifest Destiny, or your brochure can start with a motivation statement that the company uses to attract people wanting to take the tour. Your travel brochure should include the following information for each tour:

  • The purpose or reason why the tour is operating;
  • Statements motivating someone to take the tour;
  • What kind of people might be going on the tour;
  • Description of the tour guide(s);
  • Information on the length of the tour;
  • All possible risks the tour might encounter;
  • The method by which the tour would travel; and
  • At least one image that portrays what a tour participant can expect to see.

Remember, your job depends on your ability to attract people to the tours, so be creative! Your brochure should be attractive and well-organized. Before you begin, access the Manifest Destiny Travel Brochure Checklist to make sure that you include all of the items required for full credit. You may need to use resources outside of this course to complete this assignment. If so, please submit a Works Cited document. If you need assistance, visit the Developmental Module for information on citing any resources that you used.

Options to create your brochure include the following:

  • Hand-draw the assignment and then take a picture of it for submission to the assignment’s dropbox.
  • Hand-draw the assignment and then scan it for submission to the assignment’s dropbox.
  • Create a new file in a paint or graphics program and utilize the software to create the advertisement. You can then submit your work to the assignment’s dropbox.
  • Use a mobile or computer-based application to create the advertisement. Then, email or export the final product for submission to the assignment’s dropbox.

Assignment IconOnce you have completed your Manifest Destiny Travel Brochure, please submit your work to the dropbox.