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__New Government and Expansion Assignment 3__

Mexico for $10 million ||< Peaceful ||
 * ~ Year ||~ Which area (N,S,E,W)? Size? (be specific) ||~ Name & how the territory was gained. ||~ Peaceful or Non-Peaceful ||
 * 1803 || A huge piece of land with the measurement of 828,000 sq mi. From the North of America to the Southeast, from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian Border (State of Louisiana). || Louisiana Purchase: Purchased from France for $15 million. || Peaceful ||
 * 1818 || A small part of land in the north, to the Canadian border. || Red River Basin: Britain and America agreed to jointly occupy this land. || Peaceful ||
 * 1819 || A strip of land in the southeast corner of the United States of America. || Florida: Spain ceded this territory to America but received $5 million for damages for claims against Spain. || Peaceful ||
 * 1845 || In the south of America at the Mexican border.It included the state of Texas as well as portions of New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming. || Texas Annexation: Texas wanted to become part of the United States but Mexico didn't want that so they went to war. || Non-peaceful ||
 * 1846 ||  || Oregon Country: || Peaceful ||
 * = 1853 ||= Small strip of land in southern USA ||= Gadsden Purchase: Purchased from
 * = 1853 ||= Small strip of land in southern USA ||= Gadsden Purchase: Purchased from
 * My partner was Mi Hyun. **
 * My partner was Mi Hyun. **
 * My partner was Mi Hyun. **

__New Government & Expansion Assignment 2__

Here is my tweet for Fidel Castro (Cuban Revolution).



Here is my tweet for Muammar Gaddafi (Libyan Revolution).

__Settlement and Colonization Assignment 8__


 * Forced migration and/or relocation means that the people who were living in a specific area were taken by force to another area or country to live and/or work. They were forced to move. An example of forced relocation from US history would be that some of the Native Americans were taken from Northern areas of America to the western. Forced assimilation is the act of pressuring a group of people to forgetting their culture and language and to take up new traditions, languages, cultures and customs. An example from US history is that the Americans forced the Native Americans to be more ‘civilized’, changing their attire, ways of life and language. Cultural genocide means the killing of people with the same cultural heritage and/or background. An example of cultural genocide from US history is that in 1890, the Sioux were massacred by the US military. Manifest destiny is when the United States thought that they should expand their civilization and tradition throughout the whole continent. An example of manifest destiny in US History would be during 1843 when they tried to do this, and they tried to expand.

__Settlement and Colonization Assignment 5__


 * Sources:**
 * //Roots// notes and movie
 * Assignment 3 (see below)
 * Assignment 4 (see below)
 * General knowledge from class

Total points for each diary entry: 10
 * Directions:** Using your own knowledge, your notes from the movie //Roots//, and assignments 3 and 4 (see below), write diary entries **from the perspective of the person named** in the title. Some sources, will not be used for some diary entries. For each entry, you must....
 * explain your thoughts and feelings about what is happening to you and around you
 * express realistic emotions and opinions about what is happening
 * write 7-10 sentences for each entry.
 * Assessment:**
 * You explain your thoughts and feelings about what is happening to you and around you--> 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 points
 * You express realistic emotions and opinions about what is happening--> 1 or 2 or 3 points
 * You wrote 7-10 sentences for the diary entry--> 0 or 1 point
 * spelling and grammar--> 1 or 2 points


 * Diary- Kunta Kinte (born in 1750) **

1. Entry One- May 1763, an ordinary day in his life

2. Entry Two- August 1765, the end of manhood training

3. Entry Three- Dec. 1767, first month on the slave ship


 * Diary- Mr. Slater OR Captain Davies (the Captain of the Slave Ship) (choose one) **

4. Entry One- August 1767, on the ship on the way to Africa

5. Entry Two- Dec. 1767, first month on the ship back to America


 * = **Who** ||= **Date** || **Diary Entry** ||
 * = Kunte Kinte ||= May 1763 || 1. Today was an eventful day. I woke up early, had my breakfast and Mother told me to go and take care of the goats. As I walked towards the goats, my friend joined me and we both herded them. We were talking about how our manhood training would be any day now. So intrigued in the conversation, none of us noticed the leopard that had creeped up on the female sheep and was feeding on her. I yelled and threw rocks at the leopard using my slingshot but the damage had already been done. The female sheep was dead. My sadness was replaced with fear as I knew that father would be very mad. But, I had to man up and go and tell him. I could not be a coward. So I took the remains of the poor sheep and took them to father. He was very mad and he told me to go and do my job. My day was full of regret and I was angry at myself for not taking care of the sheep better. The entire day I was hungry because I had to skip lunch but when I came back, Mother had made dinner and I ate hungrily and went to bed. Today was a tiresome day. ||
 * = Kunte Kinte ||= Dec. 1767 || 3. I have been on this large canoe for about a month now and it is hell. Allah help us. The white man give us very little food and the food itself is tasteless. Whenever I eat the white man's food, my stomach goes up. Wrestler tells me that I need to eat the food or else I will not survive. So I force the food down my throat. Where we sleep and stay all day is too horrible to describe. The "beds" are made of wood and is very hard. It is very difficult to sleep comfortably, we never do. Many of us are crowded together and cramped up together on the wooden boards and we are very uncomfortable. It is always hot and we are always sweaty.We vomit on ourselves and feel very sick all the time. Several times, the white man has asked us to go up to the sunlight and jump around for them. Once, while we were jumping around, the white men poured stinging, burning water on us to clean us up. Our cuts and wounds stung and we were in a lot of pain. They seem to have no mercy for us. If one of us die, they simply get rid of us. I feel like this is never going to end but Allah is on our side. Allah will hear my prayers. Allah will save us. ||
 * = Captain Davies ||= Aug. 1767 || 4. I am on my way to Africa right now and I am having a little bit of trouble negotiating with Mr. Slater. He is being very arrogant and tells me things to torture the slaves with thumbscrews and to get all the slaves to exercise and to do their work properly. I feel like I am going to have an okay time with the slaves but Mr. Slater is having a little hard time. I am not very keen on torturing the slaves but I do not mind. I do not think that I agree with Mr. Slater completely but he definitely has a point. If the slaves refuse to work, then we might have to use force to make them work. I do not think that it will be very hard to take care of the slaves but since this is my first time on a slave ship, Mr. Slater has a little bit more knowledge then I do on this topic. Even though this is my first time, I think that I can manage it well with Mr. Slater by my side. Well, I will just have to wait and see what I can do. This may or may not go very well. ||
 * = Mr. Slater ||= Dec. 1767 || 5. Well today was a normal day on the ship. The monkeys were being annoying as usual, throwing up here and there. I ought to have used the thumbscrews on them but I decided not to. I told them to dance but all they can do is jump up and down like animals. Every time we ask them to come up deck and dance, the deck where they sleep reeks! The slaves are actually useless. Except that we need them to work so we make them dance because the little rascals need to be fit. We need women for the slaves but Captain Davies seems to be misinterpreting my ideas. I think that I told him the dogs needed their off time and their pleasure but I could sense a hint of uncertainty in his tone of voice. I don't get why the Captain does not understand but as his first mate, I need to see to it that the men get what they need. Saying that, I captured many African women for the men. That will do them good. Now, I must rest for tomorrow to deal with the ungodly things. ||

__Your World Assignment 2__


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

The thing that I found was most interesting in this project is how I could compare the events in my life to each other. It seems like it was just yesterday that some of these events took place but I could see the difference between them. I also found some of the world events surprising because they happened such a long time ago, and I also didn't know that I could manage my time so well to get the project done in such a little amount of time.

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

I think that one thing that I did well in this project is that I managed my time well and worked efficiently to get my work done on time. I worked well and worked thoroughly and neatly to get the project looking good. I colored neatly and I think that overall, the presentation was good. And I think Mr. Tabbara thought that too :D.

> > I would probably try to plan my time better, and figure out what needs to be done first, what second and so on. I would also think about what colors I would use and maybe try to use a certain color scheme to make my project look good. > > > > Some of the life skills that I have acknowledged and practiced during this project certainly include time management, and creative thinking. My time management skills were practiced because I had a due date, and in that time frame, I had to make sure that I would get everything done on time and maybe even have time left over. I had to plan what I was going to do and when I was going to do it and eventually, I did end up finishing before the due date. I practiced my creative thinking because I had to think about several factors such as 'what happened in my life?' and 'what events are considered world events?' and even though that didn't require any extensive thinking, I still had to be creative and to think outside the box.
 * 1) **Explain** one thing you think you need to improve if you were to do another project like this?
 * 1) Name at least **two life skills** you think you practiced during this project. How did you practice these life skills during this project? Be specific.