Introduction 

Four new employees have just been hired at the Mason-Dixon tour agency.  Each new employee is to become an expert of a specific topic of the Mason-Dixon line so you can design a brochure for the tour.
 

The owners of the Mason-Dixon Tour Agency have asked each of you to become an expert on a specific topic of the Mason-Dixon Line.  Each employee will then use their knowledge to:

• Gather information
• record answers to questions.
• Teach their peers about their topic.
• Work with your peers to create a brochure of the tour to be displayed at the new office.

FIRST:

Each of you must choose one of the following topics to research.
Click on the link below to retrieve you questionair sheet

• Mason and Dixon (who are they?)
• The Civil War (The blue and gray line!)
• Slavery (North or South?)
• Maps (Where is that line anyway?

Become the expert!  All you have to do is click on the links for your area. Make sure that you:

• print the informative pages for your topic
• record your information on your question sheet.
• follow all directions 
• answer all of the questions 

The Civil War 
http://www.appalachiantales.com/masondixon.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4547/mason-dixon.html
http://imahero.com/
http://www.civilwarhome.com

       
Slavery (North or South?)
http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa041999.htm?once=true&-biography
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/04/0410_020410_TVmasondixon.html
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4547/mason-dixon.html
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4547/mason-dixon.html

Maps (Where is that line anyway?)
http://www.btco.net/ghosts/oddsends/masondixon/masondixon.html- boundaries map
http://www.encyclopedia.com/htlm
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/pschmid1/essays/pynchon/arc.corner.html

Share what you have learned. You will have a group presentation where you will teach all that you have learned. You never know when a traveler will ask you a question about an area other than your specialty.

FINALLY:

All the new employees will be asked to summit materials (pictures, maps etc..) and help with the design and writing of the company's new brochure.
 

Your research and performance will be graded by the the following rubric.
 

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Information gathering	most of the  information required was not collected.	some of the information required was missing.	Most of the information required was complete.	All information required was collected.
Recording of information	Most of the questions were not answered.	Some of the answers on the worksheet were answered correctly.	Most of the worksheet was filled and correctly.	The entire worksheet was filed out correctly.
Individual Presentation	Most of the presentation was not clear or the presentation was not given.	Some of the presentation was not clear. Understanding of topic was just ok.	Most of the presentation was clear and showed understanding of the topic.	All of the information presented was accurate and showed understanding of topic.
Peer presentation	Did not participate in the development of the brochure	Some participation and contribution in the development of the brochure	Active participant and contribution in the development of the brochure	Excellent participation and contribution to the development of the brochure
Group participation	Not a team member at all! Did not contribute to project.	Fairly successful as a team member.	Mostly successful as a team member.	Very successful as a team member.

Congratulations!  You are now an expert on the topic of the Mason-Dixon Line and how important it is to the history of country.  Share what you have learned with others.  What other interesting landmarks would you like to learn about?

Credits & References

http://school.discovery.com/clipart/category/anmt2.html 
ttp://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Explorers.html 
http://www.42explore.com/explorers.htm 
http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/index.html
http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa041999.htm?once=true&-biography
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/pschmid1/essays/pynchon/arc.corner.html
http://uptowncity.com/Dixie/MasDix.htm -a basic explanation of m-l line
http://www.asce.org/history/bndsv_masondixon.html- brief description of m-d line
http://www.appalachiantales.com/masondixon.htm -civil war  battlefields
http://www.btco.net/ghosts/oddsends/masondixon/masondixon.html- boundaries map
http://uptowncity.com/Dixie/MasDix.htm -a basic explanation of m-l line