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=G.R.A.S.P.S= //( Feel free to copy and paste what you have on your wiki page for Dr. Grace for the GRASPS portion.)// =Understanding(s)= //Apply.// //Students will be able to adapt their understanding of the Age of Expansion and Interaction to the future and the rest of history// //•Knowledge of the age of expansion and interaction will help them make informed decisions about the past and future.// //•Interpretations of the age of expansion and interaction will vary and know how evidence is used to support different interpretations.// //•The age of expansion and interaction motivated the current political make-up of the world.// =Introduction= //How Far does your family go back? Students will take on the role of researchers at the Smithsonian. The desired result of the project is to show students how they are connected to history and that they are a living part of history. History is happening all around them!//
 * Goal || //Map out family tree of age of expansion and interaction.// ||
 * Role || //Historian working for the Smithsonian Institute//. ||
 * Audience || //Smithsonian museum entrants.// ||
 * Setting || //Researchers at the Smithsonian.// ||
 * Presentation || SketchUp Tree ||
 * Standards || MLR ||

=Task= Students will take on the role of a historian working for the Smithsonian Institute to map out a genome of a select group of individuals of historic importance from the years 600ad- 1450ad. Historians are encouraged to have fun with the project and inject their own families into the tree and design their own family’s role in history. The tree must span at least 100 years and display an understanding of how these people are inherently connected to the current world.

=Conclusion= //(Tie everything the participants have done back to the Goal. Why did they go through all of this? Tie the scenario to the real world. Remind them of the "Big Idea" that they were supposed to gain from this, just in case they didn't make the connection on their own. Don't get preachy. If you ask a question here, it has to be rhetorical. No work or assignments should be included. Short is good.)// //The whole "point" of the project where students will be creating their family tree with GoogleSketchUp is to teach students that they are already involved and have a stake in history whether they thought they were interested or not. If they have an interest in what is happening around them or what happened to them in the past they have an interest in history. This is designed to teach this lesson to them.//