Unit+4+Project-Period+8


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

**Unit 4 Project Workspace** **Period 8**

__**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.

**Step 2:** Research Question/Issue **Step 3:** Objective(s) for the presentation **Step 4:** Add trigger words for higher level thinking tasks ||= ** Type of Visual Aid ** || 1) Outline the characteristics of New Harmony that made it considered a "utopian" society 2) conclude why New Harmony was or was not successful. 1) Examine the Legend of the Drinking Gourd 2) Conclude whether or not it was accurate. 1) Determine what the idea of Manifest Destiny is 2)Describe how Manifest Destiny impacted the United States 3) Compare the pros and cons of believing in Manifest Destiny 1) Judge how the Compromise and Slave Act of 1850 delay the civil war 2) Determine how this helped or hindered the United States. 1) Explain who Harriet Tubman was and her importance in the underground rail road. 2) Justify their decision on whether they would follow Harriet Tubman or stay as a slave. 1) Determine the causes of the Great Hunger 2) Examine the effects of it to both Ireland and the United States. 1)Tell why the Chinese Immigration occured during the California Gold Rush. 2) Examine what they did during their stay. 1) Examine the effects of the Irish Immigration 2) Tell why the Immigration was necessary to both the United States and Ireland 1) Examine the hardships, routes, and necessities of the traIl 2) Tell why pioneers decided take the dangerous path ahead. 1) Determine the causes and main battles of the Mexican-American War. 2) Compare its effects on the United States and Mexico. 2. conclude why the telegraph was so important. 2: Determine if Adams and Clay were corrupt. 1) Compare Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Lucretia Mott. 2) Tell why these women were so important in the Women's Rights Movement. (2) Determine the effects of the Gold Rush
 * **Student Name** || **Step 1:** Preliminary Topic
 * 1 Marie Erickson || **Title**: New Harmony: A Real-Life Utopian Society
 * Objectives**:
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** outline
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** conclude || Lesson Plan (with Game Show) ||
 * 2 Hannah Brem || **Title**: Following Freedom :The Legend of the Drinking Gourd
 * Objectives**:
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** examine
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** conclude || Prezi ||
 * 3 ||  ||   ||
 * 4 Anthony Petrolias || **Title**: The Industrial Revolution: Shaping us for Today
 * Objective**: Examine how the Industrial Revolution led to Urbanization in America
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Examine
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** Evaluate || PPT ||
 * 5 Emma Buerger || **Title**: Forever Changing: The Journey of Public Education in America
 * Objective**: Compare education in Massachusetts during the 1800's to education today in Mt. Lebanon.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Compare
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** Tell why || Website ||
 * 6 Caroline Ingalls || **Title**: Westward Bound: Manifest Destiny
 * Objectives**:
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Compare
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** Determine || Prezi ||
 * 7. Renee Cline || **Title**: The Compromise and Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: The precursor to the Civil War
 * Objectives**:
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Judge
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** Detect ||  ||
 * 8 Sadie Saxton || **Title**: The Underground Railroad: The "Road" More or Less Traveled?
 * Objectives**:
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Compare
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** Decide and Justify || Prezi ||
 * 9 Joe Swindal || **Title:** The Great Hunger: A Famine Brings Change
 * Objectives:**
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Determine
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** Examine || Prezi ||
 * 10. John Manning || **Title**: Chinese Immigration: A New Life in "Gum Shan"
 * Objective**:
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** examine
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** Tell why || Prezi ||
 * 11. Denis Pesacreta || **Title**: A Sea of Green: The Irish Immigration
 * Objective**: The Student will be able to
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** examine
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** Tell why || PPT ||
 * 12.Christian Vietmeier || **Title**: The Oregon Trail: A Path of Hope and Suffering
 * Objectives**:
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Examine
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** Tell Why || Prezi ||
 * 13 Anthony Gaughan || **Title**: Let us Go West! : The Harsh Conflict Between the U.S. and Mexico
 * Objectives**:
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Compare
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** Determine || Prezi ||
 * 14 Stephen Tragesser || **Title**: Nat Turner Rebellion: Fate Decided by an Eclipse
 * Objective**: The student will be able to explain key facts of Nat Turner's Rebellion, as well as determine what some of his visions could have meant.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Explain
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** Determine || PowerPoint ||
 * 15 Caroline Glickert || **Title**: More than Dots and Dashes: Morse Code and the Telegraph
 * Objective**: 1. Compare communication before and after the telegraph and
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** compare
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** conclude || Prezi ||
 * 16 Ian Harris || **Title**: Corrupt Insiders and Opposing Beliefs: The Story Behind the Creation of Two New Parties
 * Objective**: 1: Investigate why the two parties formed
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Investigate
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** Determine || PPT ||
 * 17 Meghan Wells || **Title**: The Fights for Rights: Women in the Women's Rights Movement
 * Objectives**:
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Compare
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** Tell why || Poster ||
 * 18 Preston Chamberlin || **Title**: The Gold Rush: The Race for The Riches
 * Objective**:(1) Explain why the Gold Rush occured
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** ?
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** ? ||  ||
 * 19 Joey Lowen || ======**Title:**The Erie Canal:The United States Expands Westward======

**Trigger Word (synthesis):** explain
|| PowerPoint ||
 * 20 Jordan Davis || **Title**: The Santa Fe Trail: A Good Choice or Bad
 * Objective**: Examine why the Santa Fe Trail was important in trade and travel and determine whether this was good trail to use.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Examine
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** Determine || Prezi ||
 * 21 Julian Auer || **Title**: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: The Donner Party
 * Objective**: Identify the leaders, mistakes, and key events in the time that the Donner Party was on its journey.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** ?
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** ? || PPT ||
 * 22 ||  ||   ||
 * 23 Tasha Mwanakalando || **Title**: Resistance to Slavery: For the love of liberty
 * Objective**: Name the leader of this Revolt and determine the cause/ effect of the Revolt.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** Name
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** Determine || PPT ||
 * 24 Owen Chamberlin || **Title**: The Election of 1860: A Chance for Change
 * Objective**: Determine why Abraham was elected, life as president, and the effects his presidency had on America
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** ?
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** ? ||  ||
 * 25 Ethan Dewit || **Title**:Child for Hire: To Young for Work
 * Objective**: The student will be able to analize child labor in the 1800's. They will then be able to decide wether child labor could be a good thing, or is undoutedly a bad thing.
 * Trigger Word (analysis):** analize
 * Trigger Word (synthesis):** Debate || ppt ||
 * 26 ||  ||   ||