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 * __Assignment 2: Westward Expansion__**
 * ~ 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 ||  || A stretch of land from the Mississippi river to the Mexican gulf ||   || America bought the land from France for $15 million. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1818 ||  || Oregon territory ||   || America and Britain signed a treaty to jointly occupy the land, but the treaty only lasted till 1846. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1819 ||  || Florida ||   || Neither Spain, nor America wanted war, so they signed a treaty in 1819. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1845 ||  || New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming (Texas) ||   || The Republic of Texas asked to be part of the United States in 1845, and right after Texas became a state Mexico declared war. ||   || Peaceful/ Non-Peaceful ||
 * 1846 ||  || A portion of land between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains in the northwest ||   || Britain did not want to go to war with the USA so in 1846, the two countries reached an agreement to divide the land roughly in half. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1848 ||  || The boundary of Texas ||   || Mexico and USA fought for over a year, and then signed a treaty that gave USA land for $15 million. ||   || Peaceful/ Non-Peaceful ||
 * My partner was Jawad**

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 * __ Assignment 10 Reflection __**


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

Yes, definitely. I used to be sure that Columbus was a hero because he discovered America and all, but this year, when I read that article about how Columbus is really more of a villain that a hero, I was left flabbergasted. I had no idea that crimes such as killing babies for dog food, and testing sword sharpness on natives were going on right under Columbus’s nose. In fact, the article even suggests that Columbus personally committed some of these crimes.


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

Columbus was inhuman. I don’t know how else I could put it. He murdered newborn babies, enslaved girls aged no less than the age of 10 to sexual slavery, and treated the natives who once lived in North America brutally. I don’t know how anyone could look at him as a hero.


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

Yes. If we hadn’t studied Columbus, I would have gone on thinking Christopher Columbus was a hero for the rest of my life, and that is unacceptable to me. Studying Columbus in class made me rethink my perspective on other people I consider heroes. It made me realize that, although I believe these people are heroes and have done amazing things in life, there could be dirty secrets behind the ways they used to acquire greatness.


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

Well, first of all, I’ll always find two sources for whatever I’m researching, because when we read the two articles about Columbus, one said that he was a hero, and one told us hidden facts about Columbus that no one had ever bothered to think about. I think what we did in class will help me consider what other people are saying, as well as what I have to say, because I realize now that everyone’s perspective matters.

= = = __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**.

I found it really interesting that while some tribes only ate sea meat, like fish and seals, other tribes in different regions ate only meat like deer, moose and bear. It made me think that if these people switched places, they would have a lot of trouble adjusting to each others lifestyles because the kind of food that was available in each area was so different. I think me and my partner did a really good job at staying focused, because we tried not to waste time and do things efficiently. For example, when we were supposed to do Placard C, we found that the previous groups were not finished with it, so we just moved on to Placard D instead of waiting till the other people were done. Afterwards, we came back to C and finished it.
 * 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 would try to stay open minded and consider all the options, because when we doing one of the placards, we accidently got the wrong region, so when we went to the page with the information, we realized our mistake and had to do the whole thing again. This also slowed us down a bit.
 * Explain one thing you think you need to improve if you were to do another assignment like this?**

I think we did this assignment to learn about the tribes, but more importantly, to learn the skill of problem solving. Problem solving is one of the most important competencies because we will have to use it a LOT in life. We already face a lot of problems in middle school, and when we grow up, we're going to face even bigger crises.
 * Why do you think you did this assignment and how did it help you develop one of the competencies?**

=__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**. ===

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I thought it was interesting how we had to use the scale to describe how far away the countries that we visited are from our home country ======

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** 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? ** ======

Use of Technology and Use of Numbers and Data.
Use of Numbers and Data because we had to calculate distances from different countries to our home country. Use of Technology because we had to use the internet to find world events, and we had to use the Atlas books to make our map and find countries.