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.