One of our projects in history this year was creating a witness testimony as part of a trial for King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette. I chose to write a testimony for a guard who stopped the royal couple when they were trying to flee the country.  During our simulated trial, I gave my testimony and I underwent a cross-examination from the opposing "prosecutor".

This project connects with the pillar of communicating ideas. This connects with the pillar because part of this project was reading the testimony to the class and sharing my perspective on the events my character witnessed. This is an important aspect of recognizing perspectives because you need to communicate your perspective to create a realistic depiction of reality. 

In English, I wrote a short essay about the issue of overpopulation. I talked about how China had implemented a strategy to reduce or prevent overpopulation and the ethical concerns of that solution. I also talked about the dangers of overpopulation which lie in the risk it poses to draining our natural resources. 

This project connects with the pillar of recognizing perspectives and investigating the world. This connects with the former because I had to understand the dangers of overpopulation and how certain nations have thought to combat it. For the latter pillar, I had to research multiple countries where the issue was present. This allowed me to understand a difficult problem that is facing humanity due to our rapid growth and progress. 

In biology this year we dissected a frog. I named my frog Lenny after my uncle who was stabbed with a pen. Part of this activity was identifying the different organs inside of the frog and describing their functions. We also learned about unique characteristics of this frog such as their translucent eyelids which allow them to see underwater. 

This project connects to recognizing perspectives. This is because we learned more about how scientists or biologists function when researching animal species or possibly humans. 

This year in Spanish we made families in our class and each person chose a role such as mother or child. We also picked a Spanish speaking country and decided where we would live. We made multiple presentations about our family and presented the slideshows to the class in Spanish. 

This project and the class represent the pillars of investigating the world, recognizing perspectives, and communicating ideas. This ties into investigate the world and recognizing perspectives because we researched the Dominican Republic since that was the country we chose for our family. We had to learned about the culture, geography, and aspects of the country. This class connects with the pillar of communicating ideas because we furthered our Spanish speaking capabilities, which allows us to communicate our ideas with other Spanish speakers.