FeatureCast Reflection

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)

Project Concepts:
We learned about the Louisiana Purchase. We learned about the cost, the area and the explorers. We learned about the states and countries that were involved in this purchase. We learned how and why Sacagewea led Lewis and Clark.
I also learned how the Louisiana Purchase affects all of America today. I also learned that we would never have been able to buy all the land that was purchased now like Thomas Jefferson did in 1803. One of the ways this affects us is that if he hadn't bought that land we would be next to a French Colony and our land would be much smaller.

Challenges:
I didn't really understand the program I was using and it took a lot of time for me to figure out. It didn't look as good as I had hoped it would because I couldn't figure out how to do the things that I wanted to do.

Real World Significance:
This really affects us now and has a real world significance because if we hadn't bought that land America would be a much different place than it is today. We would be bordering a French Colony and instead of spanish as a second language it would French. America would also be much smaller and the population would probably be decreased.