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= = =Welcome to the spectacular wiki of George Gerardi! = = = ==


 * ~ 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 ||  || Land from the M. River to the Rocky Mtns. and from the Gulf of Mex. to the Canadian Border ||   || Louisiana Purchase: Purchased from French minister for $15 million ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1818 ||  || Land of Minnesota and North Dakota ||   || Red River Basin: Signed the Convention treaty of 1818 with Great Britain ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1819 ||  || Florida ||   || Florida: Signed the Adam-Onís Treaty with the Spanish ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1845 ||  || Southwest land of America including Texas ||   || Texas Annexation: Fought The Mexican Army For It ||   || Non-Peaceful ||
 * 1846 ||  || Portion of land between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains ||   || Oregon Country: Reached An Agreement To Divide The Territory With Great Britain ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1848 ||  || Large land in the American southeast ||   || Mexican Cession: Signed The Treaty Of Guadalupe-Hidalgo With Mexico ||   || Peaceful ||

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__Assignment 10- Reflection__
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 * __Step 2__**
 * Directions:** Whether you think Christopher Columbus is a hero or villain, or guilty or not guilty of crimes against humanity, what is known is that when he landed in the New World in 1492, the world changed forever. Please answer the following reflection questions __**on your wiki page**__ clearly and with details.

1. Did your views of Columbus change during our study of Columbus? Why or Why not?

My views of Columbus did change during this study of him. It was because I learned that Columbus is more than meets the eye from all the information I took during this unit. I learned that he really was a cruel, vile, heartless and downright evil man who started slave trading around the world.

2. What is the most persuasive argument that supports your current perspective about Columbus?

The argument is that he was or wasn't responsible for starting the Columbian Trade, the most terrifying time for the natives of the world. Some thought he started it by beating and/or killing many natives of the New world and taking some natives with him back to Spain. I think this is the one because this argument was a big issue in the unit I was studying so I got to learn a lot about the real story of Columbus's journey to the New World where he took the first native slaves from to Spain.

3. Do you think it's important to learn different perspectives about people who we think are heroes? Why or Why not?

I do think it is important to learn different perspectives about heroes. I think that because there might be another side of the story of a hero we do not know. It could be an evil, vile, vicious, bloody, horrifying, terrifying, horrible and sick side of a hero we do not want to repeat to anyone ever.

4. How do you think you will use the idea of perspective as you continue learning history this year and in high school?

I'll use it when my middle or high school class and I perform another trial about another two-sided hero of this mysterious history we have. It could also be useful when I need to write a report on a person in history and want to know every perspective of him/her of every person he/she has ever known. = __Assignment 2__ = Now that you are finished with your Native American artifact investigation, I would like you to reflect on this assignment. Please answer the following questions clearly **on your wiki page**.

1. **Explain** one thing that you found most interesting or surprising while doing this assignment?

I found very interesting that we had to write a journal entry in the view of a person who lived in each region of the U.S.A. For example, when I had to write a journal entry in the view of a person who lived in the Great Plains, I wrote the entry in the view of a kid about to ride his first buffalo on a mountain.

2. **Explain** one thing you think you did well in this assignment?

I decided where each letter of the pictures went in a really good way. For example, when I was deciding where the letter A went, I looked at the textbook maps to find the right answer.

3. **Explain** one thing you think you need to improve if you were to do another assignment like this?

I should have wrote more in my journal entries. For example, I didn't write as much as I needed to in my journal entry about California. So next time, I will write the right amount in it.

4. Why do you think you did this assignment and how did it help you develop one of the competencies?

I did it to help me get more knowledge about the Native American tribes in America, It helped me develop in Problem Solving by helping me solve the problems/questions that I had about the Native Americans. =__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**.

1. **Explain** one thing that you found most interesting or surprising while doing this project?

I found that we had find world events that happened the same years as our personal events very interesting. For example, Cartoonist Charles Schulz died the same year I went to my first school.

2. **Explain** one thing you think you did well in this project?

I found major events that I thought were really good. For example, I thought my getting glasses event in 2010 was really good because it was a very major event in my life.

3. **Explain** one thing you think you need to improve if you were to do another project like this?

I would write my continent labels a little smaller next time. For example, I wrote my North America label way too big so I couldn't put all the states I visited in it on it. So next time, I will make that label smaller.

4. 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?

I worked on Communication because I was communicating where I lived, traveled and touched and major events of my life in an artistic kind of way.