The Truth of War Project
For this project, we read the two books All Quiet on the Western Front and Slaughterhouse Five, and analyzed them to extract the hidden deeper meanings that were scattered throughout the two books. Then we used evidence from the books to form our own opinion of what the truth of war for a soldier is. After reading the two books, I had several different ideas on what I thought the truth of war was, but in the end, I decided that the truth of war is simple, but our media warps it so much that we can't understand it. We often ignore or forget the fact that media is a business and that its main goal is to make money. Because of this, what the media shows us isn't always very accurate. To read my essay and project reflection, click here.
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Genocide Project
In the genocide project, we explored the horrific killings called genocides and wrote a short opinion piece on a genocide of our choice. We also made cartoons that accompanied our opinion pieces. I focused my project, I focused on US involvement during the Guatemalan genocide. To read my op-ed, cartoon, and project reflection, click here.
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Seminars!
Over the space of this year, we have done several seminars. In seminar, we discuss the ideas and morals of a text that we have read and interpreted in class. Some of my main seminar reflections are linked below.
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas The Global Village |
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Poetry Project
In the poetry project, we chose any topic from our class this year and wrote a poem about it. I chose to write my poem about peace. I read an article called "Being Peace," which further inspired me to write about the journey of finding peace, rather than peace itself. My final poem, "How Should I Know Peace," is about finding peace. I preformed my poem at a public exhibition on Thursday, May 9th. A video of my performance is to the left. To read my poem, artist statement, and reflection, follow this link.
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