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U.S. History Unit 4 Project: The New Republic (Chapters 11-13) Time Period = 1800-1860 **
 * Unit Theme = Expansion

**Unit 4 Project Workspace Period 5**

__ **Directions** __**:** This document serves many purposes. 1. Place your **name** in one of the available spots. We will use this list in class to determine the order of presentations. 2. Record your **preliminary** **project topic** //. // 3. Replace your preliminary topic with a narrowed **research question/issue.** Let others know precisely what you are researching 4. Replace your research question/issue with a **learning** **objective** for your presentation. What //sp////ecifically// do you want your audience to be able to do after hearing your presentation. 5. List the type of **visual aid** that you will be using during your presentation. 6. I also need to know the title of your project and the type of higher level thinking you have chosen.

Visual Aid ** || ok || **Topic:** Slave Codes slave codes OK || **Topic:** The California Gold Rush, Life of a 49er ok || **Topic:** Dorothea Dix ok || **Topic:** **Title:** Erie Canal: Clinton's Big Ditch OK || **Topic:** Texas Revolution: How crucial **//was//** the Battle of the Alamo? OK || **Topic:** The Steam Engine, basic functions and parts OK || **Topic:** Transportation Revolution OK || **Topic:** John Brown OK || **Topic:** Samuel F.B. Morse OK || **Topic:** The Industrial Revolution OK || **Topic:** The Mexican-American War OK || **Topic:** The Underground Railraod OK || **Topic:** harriet tubman ok || **Topic:** Manifest Destiny ok || **Topic:** Nat Turner's Rebellion OK || **Topic:** Chinatown, San Francisco (The Beginning) ok || **Topic:** Irish Potato Famine OK || **Topic:** Daguerrotypes OK || **Topic:** The Oregon Trail = **Period 5 Thinkspace:** =
 * **Student Name** || **Step 1:** Preliminary Topic
 * Step 2:** Research Question/Issue
 * Step 3:** Objective(s) for the presentation
 * Step 4:** Add trigger words for higher level thinking tasks ||= ** Type of
 * 1 Jessica Houllion
 * Title:** Slave Codes: The Affected Lives
 * Objective:** Students should have the ability to list one negative effect that African Americans had due to
 * Trigger Word (analysis): Classify**
 * Trigger Word (evaluation): Prepare** || Poster ||
 * 2 Jillian Linkowski
 * Title:** The California Gold Rush: A Day in the Life of a 49er
 * Objective:** To summarize the day to day life of a 49er
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Group
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** Choose || poster ||
 * 3 Brianna Stoebe
 * Title:** Dorothea Dix: A Fight for the Mental
 * Objective:** The students should be able to name what Dorothea Dix was trying to improve.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Dissect
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** Develop || Artwork ||
 * 4 Matthew Stevens
 * Objective:** For Students to be able to identify where the erie canal headed and started
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** identify
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** ? || poster ||
 * 5 Alex Kurland
 * Title:** "Remember the Alamo": The Fury and Effect of Defeat
 * Objective:** To determine positive and negative effects of the Texans' defeat at the Alamo had on the resistance.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Examine
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** Speculate (Had Texans won, how would it have differed?) || Poster ||
 * 6 Liam McFadden
 * Title:** Harnessing Steam: Powering American through the Industrial Revolution
 * Objective:** Students should be able to name each part of a steam engine and explain their basic functions.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Dissect
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** Compile (creating a "guide" to steam engines) || PowerPoint ||
 * 7 Zack Bahm
 * Title:** The Transportation Revolution: Moving the Nation
 * Objective:** List three transportation units that were invented during the Tranportation Revolution.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Analyze
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** Imagine || Poster ||
 * 8 Allie Zwirn
 * Title:** John Brown: The Death of Slavery
 * Objective:** To be able to list two important things John Brown did or planned to do during his lifetime.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Sequence
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** Decide or Conclude || Timeline ||
 * 9 Patrick Freas
 * Title:** Samuel F.B. Morse: The Invention of the Telegraph
 * Objective:** List two ways that the invention of the telegraph changed communication.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Analyze
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** Invent || Poster ||
 * 10 Abby Haslett
 * Title:** The Industrial Revolution: Expanding Effects
 * Objective:** The students should be able to list two effects from the Industrial Revolution.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Analyze
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** Evaluate || PowerPoint ||
 * 11 Kristen Topoleski
 * Title:** The Mexican-American War: Expanding the States
 * Objective:** List why there was a war and what happened during the war.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Identify
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** Determine || PowerPoint ||
 * 12 Eric Lopato || **Topic:** Morse Code
 * Title:** Morse Code: Communication Redesigned
 * Objective:** List significant uses of Morse Code.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** ?
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** ? || PowerPoint ||
 * 13 || **Topic:** ?
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 * 14. Becca Welsh
 * Title:** The Underground Railroad: A Journey to Freedom
 * Objective:** To be able to list at least three main parts of the Underground Railroad.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Identify
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** Determine || Powerpoint ||
 * 15 Megan Spicuzza || **Topic:** Woman's Rights
 * Title:** Woman's Rights: What They Wanted and What They Did Not Get
 * Objective:** To explain what women's rights they had and which they did not or had accomplished over time
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Analyze
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** conclude || powerpoint ||
 * 16 jim wotring
 * Title:** Harriet Tubman, Black Savior
 * Objective:** to give several facts about Harriet Tubman
 * Trigger Word (analysis):**
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** ? || Powerpoint ||
 * 17 || **Topic:** ?
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 * Trigger Word (analysis):** ?
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** ? ||  ||
 * 18 || **Topic:** ?
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 * Trigger Word (analysis):** ?
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 * 19 Timothy Tran || **Topic:** Mormon Trail
 * Title:** Mormon Trail: A Religion Trip
 * Objective:** Generate where the Mormon Trail begins and ends.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Calculate
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** Generate || Map ||
 * 20 John Sulecki
 * Title:** Manifest Destiny: The Expansion Westward
 * Objective:** To be able to know what the term "Manifest Destiny" means.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Examine
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** Evaluate || poster ||
 * 21 Aaron Ruben
 * Title: Nat Turner: The Slave's Prophet**
 * Objective: Be able to describe his revolt, why he did it, and what happened after death.**
 * Trigger Word (analysis): Identify**
 * Trigger Word (evaluation): Imagine** ||  ||
 * 22 Katy Wahl
 * Title:** Golden Beginnings: The Story of Chinatown
 * Objective:** To inform classmates about Chinatown's early years via Smartboard and Backchannel (please?)
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Identify
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** Examine || PowerPoint ||
 * 23 Sarah Taube
 * Title:** Irish Potato Famine: The Mighty Patato Isn't so Mighty Anymore.
 * Objective:** ?
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** ?
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** ? || Power Point ||
 * 24 Carly Tashman
 * Title:** Daguerreotypes: The Revolutionary Breakthrough in Photography
 * Objective:** Students should be able to list what daguerreotype plates are made out of.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** ?
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** ? || powerpointe ||
 * 25 Dan Walsh
 * Title:** The Oregon Trail: Life of a Pioneer
 * Objective:** Be able to list three things that a Pioneer brang on the journey to Oregon
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Dissect
 * Trigger Word (evaluation):** Determine || PowerPoint ||

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