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 * Welcome to the AP English Language and Composition and AP U.S. History Collaboration Homepage **


 * To Edit Your Page:** To edit your group's webpage, you must receive an email invitation from Mr. Gibbons or be provided a code by Mr. Gibbons. When creating your Wikispaces username, please ensure that your username is something that reflects your **actual name**. Do not use something like UKbasketballlover2016. Incorporate your **first** and **last name** into your username.

**The Assignment:** Choose one of the following topics, or propose one of your own. Your objective is to argue that your topic is one of the most important events in American history, if not __the__ most important event. Use credible sources to link significant events back to your topic in order to support your claim. The more significant the events and the more credible the sources, the stronger your argument becomes. Review the assignment guidelines link on the left for more information.

** The Purpose of This Website ** This website is designed as a common location for group members to collaborate on this synthesis essay assignment. Each group's personal page (listed on the left-hand side of this website) will be used to keep track of research and notes. Your group is required to do the following on your webpage:
 * 1) Use the **"Comment"** button to **host discussions** and leave notes for your partner.
 * 2) **Organize** your sources according to relevant **sub-topics**.
 * 3) Post all **researched** sources in APA format.
 * 4) List all **notes** under each source.
 * Notes should include the following:
 * **Paraphrases**: Taking small amounts of text from a source and putting that text into your own words
 * **Summaries:** Taking large amounts of text from a source and in your own words reducing the information down to a paragraph or less
 * **Direct Quotes:** Word-for-word sections of important text


 * Available Topics: **
 * 1) Ale 8 was invented**:**
 * 2) Apollo 11 : **Ashley Ferguson and Mallory Robinson**
 * 3) Terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 : **Alexis Fields and Shayna Jackson**[[image:225px-Abraham_Lincoln_November_1863.jpg align="right"]]
 * 4) The Civil War**:**
 * 5) The American Revolution: **Ally Michels and Jacob Bohman**
 * 6) Assassination of John F. Kennedy**:**
 * 7) Death of Osama bin Laden**:**
 * 8) Vietnam War **: Caity Richardson and Bailey Crase**
 * 9) Manhattan Project : **Sydney Ely and Michael Scroggins**
 * 10) Louisiana Purchase**:**
 * 11) Assassination of Abraham Lincoln**:**
 * 12) Christopher Columbus landed in Guanahani**:**
 * 13) John Smith founded Jamestown Settlement**:**
 * 14) The Province of Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn:
 * 15) The Great Chicago Fire**:**
 * 16) Boston Tea Party**: Nason Bays**
 * 17) Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin: ** Levi Fox and Alex Brock **
 * 18) 1906 San Francisco Earthquake**:**
 * 19) Henry Ford perfects the assembly line **: Brianna Smallwood and Conner McClure**
 * 20) The sinking of the Lusitania : **Sarah Clevenger and Gabe Stillwell**
 * 21) Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic**:**
 * 22) The Great Depression and the New Deal Program : **Shaena Webster and Luke Adkins[[image:MLK.jpg width="382" height="211" align="right"]]**
 * 23) The attack on Pearl Harbor: **Terra Johnson and Jacob Vrolijk**
 * 24) Jonas Salk invents the polio vaccine**:**
 * 25) Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers “I Have a Dream” speech**:**
 * 26) Nixon resigns**:**
 * 27) Space Shuttle Challenger disaster**:**
 * 28) Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire **: Hannah Davis and Trenton Dalton**
 * 29) Eli Whitney mainstreams idea of interchangeable parts**:**
 * 30) Creation of United Nations: **Paige Wells and Grant Mulligan**


 * Proposed Topics:**
 * 1) Voodoo in the American South: ** Genevieve Risner **
 * 2) Civil Rights Movement : ** Shania Young and Destiny Maddox **
 * 3) Nikola Tesla and Modern Technology: ** Sarah Mann **
 * 4) World War I: ** Dylan Strong **
 * 5) American Imperialism ** : Taylor Crisler **
 * 6) Creation of the Constitution ** : Dakota Iseral **
 * 7) World War II ** : Karidyn Hall and Madisyn Ruebusch **
 * 8) President Nixon's War on Drugs ** : Haley Bryan and Kayla Mullins **
 * 9) Invention of the World Wide Web ** : Brendan Mason **
 * 10) Bill Clinton's Presidency ** : True Williams **

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