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Featurecast From the Past

Project Purpose:
To understand the difference between Cause/Effect Relationships and Correlations. To understand how and why major events in history are connected and intertwined (think yarn activity!). To research a major event from U.S. history in order to understand why it is significant and how it relates to other major events. To understand features of a feature article and podcast and to be able to create a feature article or podcast about your major event in history.

Project Requirements:
To present the 5Ws of your major event to the class. To write/peer edit/revise a feature article or podcast. To have at least three drafts in your Writing Portfolio. To present a polished version of your feature article or podcast on Media Night, as well as posting it online to our Team Featurecast from the Past web page (made by James).

Concepts Learned:
1. About the Mexican American War
-It was from 1846 to 1848
- President Jamkes K. Polk wanted to expand the country to the west coast
-General Zachary Taylor was pretty much the main leader of the American side.
-8,613 men and officers were on the American side but only about 5,500 were actually fighting
-18,882 mexican on Mexican side
-1.5% of all the deathes were from actual combat and 11% was from diseases

2. Cause and Effect/Corrrelation
Cause/Effect means what caused the event and what was the effect of the event. Example: columbus coming to America was one cause of the war because without him finding the land, there would be no land to fight over

Challenge:
A challenge that I faced when I was working on this project was that a lot of the websites would say different numbers of the deathes caused and how many soldiers were fighting. So what I finally did was I found one website that I though was pretty reliable and stuck with it.

Real World Connection:
The real world connection for this project is that it is all about American history and with out any of these things happening, the world would be different.

Querencia Clipboard

Querencia
A Querencia is a place or time when you feel most comfortable and powerful. Querencias are different for each person. Your Querencia might be on the soccer field. My Querencia is in my room. My room is almost like my own little apartment inside of my house. I like being in my room because it is my room and no one can disturb me. It is a familiar place that I am used to and I am comfortable in. It smells like coconut because that is what my perfume smells like; it looks like a pigsty, but that’s how I like it; and when you’re in my room, you can hear my neighbors playing in the background and birds chirping outside my window.
I go to my room when I am feeling sad, mad or just need to be by myself. When I am sad, I can cry without anyone seeing me; when I’m happy I can jump around and dance like a crazy person and not worry about how I look or what people are thinking of me.
I feel powerful in my Querencia because I control what goes on, where everything is, and who can and can’t come in. I mostly listen to my ipod, watch T.V, do my homework or play with my dog peanut. Peanut is a 5 month old Chihuahua Terrier puppy that I got my birthday over the summer. She likes going in my room because it is calm and peaceful so she can have a nice nap on my lap with out any disturbance.
I can act however I want in my room because no one is watching; I can do what ever I want in my room because it is my room and I have control over it. No one can tell me what to do. That’s why I like being in there. My Querencia is my favorite place to be. My room.