Below, you’ll find all the documents distributed in class pertaining to this unit. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Class documents:

1796 and the Adams presidency (slides only PDF, 412 KB)
1796 and the Adams presidency (complete slideshow PDF w/video, 18.5 MB)
The Louisiana Purchase (PDF, 2.7 MB)
Chapter 10 guided reading packet (PDF, 1.9 MB)
Dueling/Election of 1800 (PDF, 3.2 MB)
Lewis and Clark expedition (PDF, 1.7 MB)
A short history of piracy (PDF, 1.5 MB)
The War of 1812 (slides only PDF, 2.7 MB)
The War of 1812 (complete slideshow PDF w/video, 128 MB)Other documents
Barbary Wars reading (PDF, 13 KB)
Barbary Wars worksheet (PDF, 24 KB)
Impressment play (PDF, 325 KB)
Impressment worksheet (PDF, 24 KB)
Lewis and Clark reading (PDF, 80 kb)
QWA response form (PDF, 28 kb)

Geopolitical project packet (PDF, 64 kb)

Useful links:
Blank maps (link)
CIA Factbook (link)
Historical geography of Europe (link)
Historical maps of Europe (link)
Topographic maps of Europe (link)
Land use and resources in Europe (link)
Culture 4.0 historical map site (link)
Maps of WWII (European theater) (link)

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2. Click Level 1 - TUTORIAL
3. Click Level 4 - ADV. INTERMEDIATE

For week seven, analyze any map of the country you chose for the Europe project.  You may kill two birds with one stone, should you choose a map that you can use for your project.

Here’s the entirety of the video we watched on Friday, broken into five parts:

Part 1 of 5

Part 2 of 5

Part 3 of 5

Part 4 of 5

Part 5 of 5

More info:
John “Prairie Wolf” McPherson’s website (link)

If you’re still searching for the right research topic, here are a few ideas to spur your creativity:

Part 1 | Research: Becoming an expert
The goal is for you to learn as much as you can about one part of the expedition.

Topics of expertise include — but are not limited to — the following:

• Food
• Terrain
• Medicine, illness, and injury
• Forts
• Tools and technology
• Native Americans
• Wildlife
• Botany
• Transportation
• Camp life
• Crew members

Part 2 | Project: Sharing your expertise
Below are a few possibilities for your final product.  Keep in mind that you must conduct historical research and include that research in your project.

• Food
  Create a cookbook or record a cooking show, using ingredients available to the Corps of Discovery.  Go interactive by embedding the food into a virtual map, connecting gastronomy to geography.  Or go in depth by examining the edible…
• Provisions
  Create an interactive, illustrated inventory of the expedition.  Examine and explore the list of what the Corps of Discovery packed for the journey.  What did the equipment do?  Who received the gifts?  How was the food preserved for the expedition?  How long did this stuff last?
• Wildlife, terrain, botany
  Make an interactive map that shows where they encountered new (and delicious) species on the journey.  Use journal entries and illustrations for animals they discovered, and modern photos for comparison.  Research historical uses of plants as practiced by the Corps.
• Medicine, illness, and injury
  Using the journals, compare medical treatment of injury and illness to the methods used today.
• Lodging
  Create a scale model of Fort Clatsop, Fort Mandan, or Camp Dubois.  Include photos documenting your progress.  Research how the Corps built their lodgings in the early 19th Century.
• Corps
  Make Corps of Discovery trading cards for each member of the expedition, with biographical data on the reverse; or research one member and write a biographical play or comic book about your subject.
• Then and now
  Using CamStudio (or similar screencasting software) and Google Earth, follow the Lewis and Clark trail, narrated with journal entries or an informational voice-over.
• Native Americans
  Research one or more tribes encountered by the expedition.  Make a travel brochure (like you did for the Colonial travel agency) about the tribe’s/tribes’ resources, climate, and way of life.
• Transportation
  Build a scale model of one of the types of boats used by the Corps.  Document your progress with a Photo Story or a video.
• Scenario
  Just how creative are you?

  Imagine that the Corps of Discovery found themselves stuck in the American wilderness and had to create a permanent settlement.  What stopped them?  Where did they stop, and why?
  
  You’ve studied American settlements (Jamestown, Plymouth) and the Corps of Discovery.  What kind of rules and laws would they have instituted?  How would American history have changed as a result?

For extra credit, take a virtual field trip around the world.  You’ll use your knowledge of the globe and your ability to find information from various sources to complete this assignment.

There are 15 questions below.

Annswer up to ten for one-half bonus point each.

Each additional question you answer correctly in class gets you one additional bonus point.

If you do this outside of class, your bonus opportunity is capped at three points.

Grab a sheet of paper, number to 20, and let’s hit the road.

Write the name of the song… (more…)

Historical logo analysis (link)

For today’s assignment, you’re going on a scavenger hunt focusing on elevation.  This assignment is worth 25 points.

If you answer all 30 questions correctly before the end of class, you get five bonus points.

You must answer all 30 correctly to get any bonus points.

Number 1-30 on a piece of composition paper, and answer the following questions:

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Below find the worksheet, the video we watched, and the official site of PBS American Experience: Alaska Pipeline.

The PBS site is loaded with supplemental material that you might find interesting.

Trans Alaskan Pipeline System worksheet (PDF, 345 kb)
PBS American Experience: Alaska Pipeline (60 min video)
PBS movie official site (link)