Westward Webquest (825 kb)

Use the table below the complete the chart on the back of the activity. You may use the internet or your textbook to complete this assignment.

Letter from the Underground Railroad (PDF, 78 kb)

Choose one of the characters provided — or create one of your own — and write a five-paragraph letter using the language of the Underground Railroad from your character’s perspective.

Feel free to incorporate any of the videos we’ve watched, songs of the era, or local sites that were crucial to the Underground Railroad. You are also encouraged do additional research to help develop your letter.

This is an optional assignment worth 40 points.  Your score cannot lower your grade.  If your score is lower than your present average, it will not count against your grade.

It’s due no later than Friday, April 30.

• Michael Burry
• Henry Paulson
• Timothy Geithner
• Alan Greenspan
• Chris Cox
• American consumers

Middle East map packet (PDF, 109 kb)

Find above the map packet distributed April 22.  It’s due Monday, April 26.

Here’s your assignment.  You have the whole period to answer this single question:

When the economy melted down in late 2008, what happened?

This relates to the in-class map activity of April 22-23.

Underground Railroad worksheet (PDF, 36 kb)

Dred Scott A-Z reading assignment (PDF, 67 kb)

Read the Dred Scott article.

Summarize the article using the form that follows. Write one complete sentence starting with that letter.  In each box, you may summarize the article or one specific fact.

You must write 20 sentences starting with 20 different letters.

Any grammatically correct sentences beyond the 20 assigned will bring one bonus point each.  If you’re stumped, think like Yoda — flexible syntax is your friend.

Geopolitical project packet (PDF, 115 kb)

Useful links:
Blank maps (link)
CIA Factbook (link)
‘An Open Door to the Arab World’ (link)
University of Texas Map Project: Middle East (link)
Historical maps of the Middle East (link)
Culture 4.0 historical map site (link)