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__Link to South America Geography Quiz__ ** My partner was......... Nikhil Mehta **
 * ~ Year ||~  ||~ Which area? Size? (be specific) ||~   ||~ Name & how was the territory gained. ||~   ||~ Peaceful or Non-Peaceful ||
 * 1853 ||  || Small strip of land in southern Arizona ||   || Gadsden Purchase: Purchased from Mexico for $10 million ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1803 ||  || Western Areas of America- the middle ||   || Louisiana Purchace: Bought from the French for $15million ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1818 ||  || Top of the Western Area near Canada ||   || Red River Basin: Gained through a Treaty from the British ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1819 ||  || Florida - the southern peninsula ||   || Florida: Spain removed the Native Americans and then the Americans fought with Spain to gain control of the area. ||   || Non-peaceful ||
 * 1845 ||  || Texas area in the mid-west ||   || Texas Annotation: Mexicans and Americans went to war ||   || Non-peaceful ||
 * 1846 ||  || North Eastern land near Canada ||   || Oregon Country: Agreed to divide the land ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1867 ||  || North Western America next to Canada ||   || Alaska purchase: With an all night negotiation session with Russian diplomats Alaska was purchased by William H. Seward for 7.2 million dollars. ||   || Peaceful ||

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= __Unit 2 - Assignment 10__ =

> Well, before starting this unit I knew quite little about Columbus, other than that he discovered America and we celebrate that through the American holiday. In the middle of the unit I was almost positive that I thought he was a cruel, horrible person. But when I was assigned to defend him in the mock trial, my perspective changed. Even though Columbus did some disturbing things, and change the history of the world, he still completed some amazing deeds. He wasn't such a horrible person as everyone made him out to be- I have quite mixed feelings. > Columbus basically opened up the ways to a new life. He was an adventurer, and without him the Americas would not be the same as it is today. > I think it is VERY good to learn the different perspectives about people who we think are heroes because in this way, we have more knowledge. We know both good and evil things Columbus completed. > I will use the idea of perspective as I continue learning history this year and in highschool if our teachers teach us about a man, or person that did good/bad things, I will [during my free time] research both sides of the story. It'll give me a better understanding, and I can show my teachers that I am putting the extra effort into class. = __Unit 2 - Assignment 2__ =
 * 1) **Did your views of Columbus change during our study of Columbus? Why or Why not?**
 * 1) **What is the most persuasive argument that supports your current perspective about Columbus?**
 * 1) **Do you think it's important to learn different perspectives about people who we think are heroes? Why or Why not?**
 * 1) **How do you think you will use the idea of perspective as you continue learning history this year and in high school?**

> I didn't know that the Southeast used clay for there houses. > I think I worked well with my partner, and worked efficiently enough to finish first, with no mistakes. > I think that if I did another project like think I would take more time, even if my partner and I didn't get anything wrong, perhaps we could have gotten a better understanding had we taken more time. > I think I did this assingment because it gave us a better understanding about how the Native Americans lived. We put ourselves in their perspective while writing the journal entries, and that would belong under the competency of Teamwork, because I worked VERY well with Jae Sung.
 * 1) **Explain** **one thing that you found most interesting or surprising while doing this assignment?**
 * 1) **Explain** **one thing you think you did well in this assignment?**
 * 1) **Explain one thing you think you need to improve if you were to do another assignment like this?**
 * 1) **Why do you think you did this assignment and how did it help you develop one of the competencies?**

= __Unit 1 - Assignment 2__ = Now that you are finished with your poster, I would like you to reflect on this project. Please answer the following questions clearly **on your wiki page**. > I found putting events on the timeline of my life the most interesting. It's nice to see the world events that also happened during those times. > I think I did well on organizing my timeline. I put "world events" and "personal events" on two different timelines, so you can see the difference between the two without clumping. > I think I could have improved on coloring my map. It has lack of "pizzaz". Each continent's title's are colored, but not the continents themselves. > This project probably falls in the competency of communication because I had to talk to my parent's about events that happened earlier on in my life, and that I had to do research on the world events that happened during my life.
 * 1) **Explain** one thing that you found most interesting or surprising while doing this project?
 * 1) **Explain** one thing you think you did well in this project?
 * 1) **Explain** one thing you think you need to improve if you were to do another project like this?
 * 1) Which one of the competencies (Teamwork, Use of Technology, Communication, Problem Solving, Use of Numbers and Data) do you think you worked on during this project? Why do you think so?