1. Wheel Cipher

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Take on the role of an antiques appraiser and research this artifact. Which president is associated with this artifact and what presidential power does it represent? The more information you provide, the more valuable the artifact. This 3D printable model was created by a student in Ms. Relator's US Government class at Dominion HS in Virginia. Find out more about the Mystery Artifact lesson at https://www.lcps.org/Page/186358 Mystery artifact created by, Breanna Ventura Clues Library of Congress Encoding Messages a Founding Father. Significance & Research The Object: Wheel Cipher Details about the Object: While serving as a secretary of state, the president decided to make a secure method to encode and decode messages. Codes were an essential part of his communication due to European postmasters who opened and read all letters passing through their command. President: Name, years served, Party: Democratic-Republican Presidential Role & Contribution Commander in Chief Creation of the cipher, To restrict access of understanding what is written in the letters “The wheel cypher as the president named it, also known as the Bazeries Cylinder, is a cipher system using a set of wheels or disks, each with the 26 letters of the alphabet arranged around their edge” (In_Text Citation) Impact on America/ Significance This artifact is important because it was the beginning of cryptography. This artifact was even used by the military. *What were some messages that were actually used with this? I chose this President and artifact because the wheel cipher is an interesting way to code messages as well as create your own communication with others. Works Cited T. (2016, August 5). Jefferson disk cipher by --graffiti_maker_SG--. Retrieved February 28, 2017, from http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1705237 Posts about Thomas Jefferson on Frances Hunter's American Heroes Blog. (2011, September 7). Retrieved February 28, 2017, from https://franceshunter.wordpress.com/category/thomas-jefferson/ Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. (n.d.). Retrieved February 28, 2017, from https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/wheel-cipher Jefferson disk. (2017, January 04). Retrieved February 28, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_disk