Columbian American Exchange Reflection

The Columbian American exchange was a monumental turning point in time and I feel like the idea of this project was better than the actual outcome for my group. Our group contact was very helpful and I like how we were able to spend quite a bit of time making sure we had everything organized. Recording our process and next steps made the whole project move along as smooth as possible. Even though our contract stated that we would do what was assigned and meet deadlines there was a member that consistently missed meetings and failed to complete work outside of class. This member ended up weighing down the group as a whole and made everything more difficult. We were stressed to finish on time without them helping out. The person also did not tell us why they were not contributing at all outside of school and very little inside of school. This was concerning because I’ve worked with them in the past and they are usually very timely and productive.
Having to think about where the events fell on the timeline and how we could incorporate certain aspects of the trade into it proved to be much more challenging than I thought. I didn’t do the research before well so my understanding was skewed and I had to go back and reread the articles. Once I started to retain the information constructing the timeline was less stressful. I liked that we could make some of the cards fun and add our own ideas to them- for example on the alternate sides of linchpins we were able to come up with alternate scenarios. I feel that this project was successful in teaching us about the Columbian American exchange and other events that lead up to it. I feel confident in my knowledge of the content and I know some of my peers feel the same. Overall we enjoyed this project and would recommend doing it again in the