Was It Really About a Pig

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Was It Really About a Pig?

• The San Juan Island Dispute
• (more commonly known as the Pig War)

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Dig Deep CBA

• Washington States Social Studies Classroom-Based
  Assessments (CBAs) were designed by the Office of
  Superintendent of Public Instruction in response
  to RCW 28A.230.09
• The Dig Deep CBA is an opportunity to
  participate in research, gather evidence from
  primary sources, and draw conclusions about a
  historical question
• The following Webquest provides a practice
  experience in developing a product which will
  satisfy CBA requirements. During this practice,
  students will work as members of a group.
  Following the practice, however, students will
  prepare a CBA product on their own

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A Social Studies WebQuest

• Travel back to the days of old, before Washington
  became a state
• The United States and Great Britain have signed
  the Treaty of Washington, setting the northern
  boundary of the United States at the 49th
  Parallel.
• OOPS! The treaty didnt make it clear how the
  boundary would pass through the San Juan Islands!
• A series of events occurs, involving a pig, which
  nearly starts a war to decide who really owns
  the islands.

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Task

• Your task, as a group of four, will be to gather
  historical evidence of the events surrounding the
  Pig War, draw a conclusion from your research,
  and create a timeline of the event.
• You will all work together to create the final
  products of this assignment. Each of you will
  take on ALL of the following roles

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Task (continued)

• Historian One who writes or compiles a
  chronological record of events. (This means
  taking lots of notes!)
• Chronicler A recorder of historical record.
  (In other words, the graphic organizer!)
• Historiographer A person who analyzes and
  evaluates historical information. (You will draw
  conclusions about the evidence you research)
• Archivist Someone who places, stores, or copies
  information into an archive. (Okay, this is a
  fancy way of saying you will put the project
  together in a neat, attractive manner.

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Process (1)

• Research information regarding the San Juan
  Island Dispute, or Pig War. The following
  websites should give you the information you
  need.
• http//www.washingtonwars.net/Pig20War.htm
• http//www.paracompusa.com/SmartScience/Popa/Vol3-
  4.html
• http//www.nps.gov/archive/sajh/Pig_War_new.htm
• http//www.nps.gov/sajh/historyculture/the-pig-war
  .htm
• http//www.pickettsociety.com/pigwar.html
• http//ecv5440.org/PigWar.html

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Process (2)

• For additional research, the following books are
  available in our school library. (Check with 4th
  grade teachers to see if they have these books in
  their classrooms.)
• Washingtons History The People, Land, and
  Events of the Far Northwest
• The Pacific Northwest An Interpretive History
• Discover Historic Washington State
• The Washington Almanac Facts About Washington

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Process (3)

• Develop two or more questions to guide an
  investigation of the time period surrounding the
  Pig War after looking at the above primary
  sources.
• Draw one or more conclusions about the question,
  referencing three or more primary sources

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Process (4)

• Use a graphic organizer to list your facts and
  draw your conclusions. The graphic organizer can
  be found at the following website
• http//my.hrw.com/nsmedia/intgos/html/igo.htm
• Click on Drawing Conclusions from Information
  Chart to find the graphic organizer
• Type your facts and conclusions right on the
  graphic organizer
• Print it, and use it to organize your timeline

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Process (5)

• Create a timeline of 5 or more events and details
  leading up to the Pig War dispute and how it
  ended

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Evaluation This rubric will be used to evaluate
how well your group completed this project
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Conclusion

• Review the rubric with your group
• Evaluate your work based on the rubric and
  expectations
• Are you proud of it?
• Did you do your best?
• Did you learn from it?
• Turn it in!