SS+8H-Natasha


 * Welcome to Natasha's 8th grade social studies wiki page!**



South America Quiz - my partner was Fiona South America Geo Quiz part 2


 * ~ 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 that goes from the Mississipi River to the Rocky Mountains from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border. ||   || Louisiana Purchase: Americans bought it from the French for 15 million dollars. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1818 ||  || Part of today's states of Minnesota and Dakota. ||   || Red River Basin: The United States received the land because of the treaty of Ghent. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1819 ||  || The location of the border between the United States and Spanish territory. Also known as today's state of Florida ||   || Florida: They signed a treaty called the Adam Onis Treaty. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1845 ||  || They fought over what is now known as Texas. ||   || Texas Annexation: Americans fought against the Mexican government because they were mad that they were limiting the amount of slaves. They soon became an independent state and later joined the united States. ||   || Non- Peaceful ||
 * 1846 ||  || Portion of land between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains ||   || Oregon Country: The United States and Britain decided to make an agreement to divide the territory ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1848: ||  || Mexican boundaries ||   || Mexican Cession: A treaty was signed allowing Mexicans to become U.S citizens and keep all of their property. ||   || Peaceful ||


 * My partner was Fiona Handloegten**

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Ivan Von Poopinpants - search in Africa map media type="custom" key="12483438" align="center"

**Map 3 - Notable Cities**

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** Map 2 - Physical Europe ** media type="custom" key="12166490" align="center"

**Map 1 - Political Europe**

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**Map 3 - Cities** media type="custom" key="11589102"

**Map 2 - Physical Features **

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**Map 1 - Political **

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 * __Assignment 10 - Reflection__**

Did your views of Columbus change during our study of Columbus? Why or Why not? They did change because at first when I found out about him I thought he was a hero, but when I learnt more about Columbus and read the articles online and found about the sex slaves and what he did for punishments to the Natives really changed my perspective on him. I thought that all of the stuff he had done was disgusting and he appeared to be a really bad guy.

What is the most persuasive argument that supports your current perspective about Columbus? The most persuasive argument that supported my perspective on Columbus was that he was a bad person because of all of the stuff we learnt about for example the slavery, mining for gold and even what happened to the young girls aged 9-10. It really shows how he was bad, and this is what persuaded me a lot to make that decision.

Do you think it's important to learn different perspectives about people who we think are heroes? Why or Why not?I think it is important as you may believe a lot of the things you hear about your hero but a lot of the stuff you could be hearing could be false or changed to make your hero appear to be greater than they actually are. If you knew and learn more about your hero and their background it could also be what makes you decide whether you think your hero is truly a hero or actually a hidden villain!

How do you think you will use the idea of perspective as you continue learning history this year and in high school? I think it would make me think twice about first thoughts on new people I learn about and that you should maybe research further on more information about anyone you learn about as some parts may not be entirely true. I also wouldn't stick to the information I am given and only use that as i should also learn more about both sides of the story as we learnt in the trial that the story was a lot different to what we thought about at first! It would also make me learn more about many important figures and help me to improve my skills on perspective and research!

__Unit 2 - 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**.

One thing that I found most interesting in this assignment was looking at the clothing of the Native Americans and how a big majority of them were made from deer skin or buffalo skin!
 * Explain** one thing that you found most interesting or surprising while doing this assignment?


 * Explain** one thing you think you did well in this assignment? I think that I worked out what the areas on the cards were pretty well and quite quickly, and I only slightly struggled on one of the cards.


 * Explain** one thing you think you need to improve if you were to do another assignment like this? I need to improve on concentrating a bit more as one of the areas took me a bit longer than the rest.

Why do you think you did this assignment and how did it help you develop one of the competencies? I think we did this assignment to help your investigation skills which will help you when your older, and its also to learn more about Native Americans and how they lived and got there. It developed my problem solving skills and teamwork as I worked together with Ariyana to find out which region each card goes with, which is problem solving.


 * __Unit 1 - Assignment 2__**


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

It was interesting to find out about events that happened each year that I forgot about or didn't know. For example I forgot about Michael Jackson!

I think my presentation was quite good and quite colourful which was what I was aiming for.
 * Explain** one thing you think you did well in this project?

I would need to improve on organising space more as my timeline is a little bit squished.
 * Explain** one thing you think you need to improve if you were to do another project like this?

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 think I worked on Use of Technology because most of the information I needed to get was on the internet, so I used technology to find out most of my work!