HUMANITIES

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I can demonstrate my knowledge of Early American history, government and civics through a TED Talk-style presentation that analyzes the major political and social changes that affected the definition of citizenship and the rights of citizens, and explain how those changes continue to impact marginalized groups today.

Projects

Constitutional convention simulation

during this simulation there were groups of each table that played as a person that was at the constitutional convention, and we took notes about each characters opinion by asking each other questions. for example: I asked Alexander Hamilton (a classmate) what their views on slavery were.

Socratic Seminar reflection #1

in class we did a seminar about a book we are reading called just mercy. this book was about the inequalities of people of color and just about Bryan Stevenson's life. I received a meets on my written assignment, this is because I answered every question with at least 2 sentences and never just a single word. I got another meets on my verbal participation because I asked questions and asked others to speak. My goal for the future is to speak more and tell my opinion rather than just asking questions, so then maybe I can get an exceeds.

Socratic seminar #2

in class we did a seminar about a book we were reading called just mercy. this book was about the inequalities of people of color and Bryan Stevenson. this seminar was about Walter McMillan and how Bryan Stevenson helped other cases other than Walter McMillan.

TED Talk initial research

this assignment was to pick two topics that seemed the most interesting to you, then you would have to look at the source provided and fill out a document with questions about the source, then we would pick our favorite between the two. I got a meets on this assignment and got the topic I wanted for our exhibition.

TED Talk source research

Olive Bowen - TED Talk Source Research

this was where we chose 4 sources and researched them for our ted talk

Ted Talk overall project reflection

overall in this project I learned about the injustices in the justice system. especially about racial profiling and arrests. during this project I've gained the skills to site sources correctly and creating MLA formats as well as a variety of other things. for my ted talk slides I got a Meets. and for my oral presentation and research I got a meets minus.

Just mercy Book

Just mercy readers log

this book was all about Bryan Stevenson and the inequalities of the justice system and death row.

Unit #2

I can apply my knowledge of Westward Expansion, geography and government by constructing a well-organized mock trial for or against Kit Carson using logical reasoning, relevant and credible evidence, and acknowledgement of opposing claims.

Mock Trial Reflection

during this project we learned about westward expansion, and the affects of kit Carson and westward expansion on native Americans. we also learned about the law in court and objections, we learned how to make leading questions for cross examinations, and how to make our direct examinations look like an interview. we then used this knowledge in the court during our exhibition, to object, examine, and speak with professionalism in the court. during this project, I as a student grew my knowledge about the court and westward expansion, I learned about kit Carson's actions. and what happened to the native Americans during that time. when it came to the law, this project taught me about objections and laws in the court. In the future, if I ever wanted to become a lawyer or if I ever became a witness this information would help. as an individual I learned that for me to memorize something I have to read it over and over, I also learned that once I have an opinion on something it won't change until I have definite proof. overall I would give myself a grade of meets, I didn't go beyond but I did everything in the meets category to the best of my abilities. The first goal i'd like to set for myself is to focus more on my work, though I already do so, I would like to improve. my second goal would be to do some extensions if I can, and my third goal would be to go above and beyond during our assignments.

Cyberbullying should be taken more seriously - Final draft

ARP Essay

for this essay we chose a controversial topic and wrote an argumentative essay about what we stood for. I did "cyber bullying should be taken more seriously" as my topic and have yet to get my grade.

Olive Bowen - Written Aspect

Mock Trial Written aspect

this is all of the written parts of our project that was in the mock trial exhibition, including the cross examination and closing statement, the purpose of this assignment was to put all of our research onto a document. I got a meets +.

Olive Bowen - Gift of Cochise Literary Analysis

Gift Of Cochise

during this assignment we read an article about natives and a young white mother, during westward expansion. we answered one of 3 questions and then discussed with a partner about the answers to the questions. this assignment was for the purpose of looking into stories during the time of westward expansion. I do not know what grade I got for this assignment.

I-ready test reflections

I-ready BOY test reflection

my overall grade level for ELA/Humanities is mid 8 (666). this means that my grade for ELA/Humanities is mid 8th grade. my national norm for Humanities/ELA is the 93rd percentile. I scored the highest in the domain of Phonics and High-frequency words, surpassing level. I have a tie for the domain I scored the lowest in, and I got a mid 8 for vocabulary and comprehension: literature. my goal for the end of the year is to keep on surpassing my level for each I ready test, I can do this by concentrating on my work and working my best.