Students had to create a monument representing the indigenous population or pioneers who experienced Westward Expansion. Students had to include relevant imagery based on primary sources analyzed in class. Their work was used to visualize the impact of westward expansion on both parties. 

Students completed a creative exercise where they were to make a sailboat representing early explorer voyages. Each group was given a bag of random objects and had to engineer a ship together. These ships stayed visible in the classroom for the entirety of the unit as a symbol of early explorers. 

Students had the opportunity to examine objects, photographs, and documents representing the Jim Crow Era prior to analyzing Jim Crow Laws and the 14th Amendment. After studying the in-class exhibit, students discussed why the relevance of the objects and how Jim Crow Laws violated the 14th Amendment.

Students worked in groups analyzing biographies and primary sources to learn about different people of the American Revolution. To determine the required information, students used 18th-century spy techniques in this hands-on simulation.