What are the pros and cons of studying history? How can history be used to help understand what's going on? How can it be used to spread hate?

Some of the pros of studying history is that you know the past and can learn from the mistakes of others before you. You also understand your history a little better, making you appreciate it more. Your more advanced in subjects and it helps you understand present issues better because you know what caused them. A con of learning history is misunderstanding it.
History as an important part of our life, we live our lives around it feeding off of information we discovered in an earlier time than ours. It helps open doors by helping us understand the reason for something, like why it occurred. Helping us more forward instead of backwards. Sometimes people tend to use history and it's happenings to persuade people of hating a certain race or religion. By pining the blame on them. Thus creating more hate and spreading it by using events of the past and being biased towards the one race[s]. History has it's pros and cons, but it definitely has more pros.

At what point does a group of people become a nation?

A group becomes a nation when they have a large amount of people sharing some kind of belief that brings them together. The group establishes laws that they agree with, as they follow them and form punishments for people who disobey them. Like the United states, everyone in the nation or the majority amount of it wanted to restore democracy and fairness. So they got together and fought to be declared a nation that has it's own independence. Designing the Constitution which we live by till this day, but over the years we've added laws from our experiences and difficulties we've faced over the years as a nation. Breaking barriers and setting apart from other countries in the world.

IMPACT, does it really do just that?

I've participated in certain community service projects and attended family nights. In both i helped out in some way. I honestly can say that the IMPACT program does exactly what is was named, it "impacts." It impacts people in the community by getting them involved. It impacts students by giving them opportunities of making a difference in this neighborhood. It impacts everyone in some form or way. It also impacts the teachers and students by making us do community service each quarter. It benefits all of us by teaching us new things everyday. By working hard on projects and being able to have the privilege to work with technology on an everyday basis. We learn twice as much and work extra hard to keep this program alive for the next class. It also teaches us useful information that we will be needing in the long run. The impact program truly does what it says it does, it makes a positive difference.

Wikis?

What are some of the pros and cons of using a wiki? What are some projects people could do that would use wikis?

Some of the cons of using a wiki is that the students might not know how to use the wiki properly or even use it at all. The pro of that theory is that they can teach each student how to use a wiki properly. Or maybe the wiki might be a little too complex for some of the students, because i know myself that i was a bit bewildered when i barley stated using it.
The other upside to using wikis in the class room more often is that we know how to use other sources of using websites so it helps us gain knowledge. Over all i think the wikis would be a great addition to our class projects, we'll have more options and varieties for projects.

In your opinion, what is the most important right given in the Constitution? Why is it so important to you?

Freedom of speech is the most important to me. Without the right to say what you think and believe you won't be able to defend no other rights that are given to you. It gives you the chance to go against the things that you disagree with. You defend yourself and you have a voice in things. The freedom to express yourself and thoughts on the process are important to get your message across without being accused of breaking a law because it's your first amendment right.