Keynotes!



===**What: **Your projects will give us detailed snapshots of events across the period of westward expansion, beginning in the late 1700s and lasting until the early 1900s. The topics and concepts will unearth an understanding of the devastation suffered by Native Americans, of the role of slavery, ideology, and the context and impacts of U.S. wars with Britain and Mexico. ===
 * Visually Representing Westward Expansion [[file:poster assignment.doc]][[file:poster rubric best.odt]] **

===**How: ** Over the next two days you will work on this assignment in class, supplemented by time outside class if necessary. You may choose to work individually, in pairs, or in groups of up to three students. You may choose to represent your topic/concept in a poster or Keynote format. Poster paper and art supplies will be available (however, you are welcome to bring other materials into class to use). You will perform this research on your computers. ===

*Presentation reflects engaged thinking, care, and understanding of topic.
===*All students will self-assess their work on this assignment, using the rubric provided below and through additional reflective comments. The work in your groups must be divided equally and for pairs and groups of three, you will be required to both self-assess //and// assess your peers as well. A template for this will be provided in class on the day of presentations. ===

[[file:Bleeding Kansas.doc]][[file:American Exceptionalism.doc]][[file:Buffalo Soldiers.doc]][[file:Scientific Racism.doc]]
