Humanities
Poetry Project
During this project, we wrote poems about the topic of our choice. The choices for our topic were war, power, truth or violence. I chose to write about war. My inspiration for my poem came from the book All Quiet On The Western Front. To see my artist statement, my poem, my growth as a poet reflection and a video of my final project click on the following links:
Poem
Artist Statement
Growth as a poet reflection
Video
Poem
Artist Statement
Growth as a poet reflection
Video
Seminars
In this class we have done many seminars. Check out two of them in the links below!
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
The Global Village
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
The Global Village
Genocide Project Reflection
In this project, we wrote an Op-Ed paper and drew a political cartoon based off the specific genocide that we studied. During this project I feel like I have grown as a cartoonist due to the help and input of classmates. My first draft was very weak and the message of the cartoon was not understandable at all. During the making of the cartoon, the peer critiques really helped refine my cartoon and it really helped create my final draft. However, the writing for this project was a struggle as well. This specific type of writing is where the paper is straight to the point and pretty factual. I am very used to writing in an extremely descriptive way. This made it hard for me to make a good draft of my paper but the peer critiques also played a major role in the finished draft of my Op-Ed paper. Overall, this project was a challenge but in the end I really enjoyed it and I feel like I have really grown as a writer and I learned a new skill with the cartooning. I look forward to another project like this soon.
(The links to my Op-ED and a picture of my Cartoon are highlighted in the text above)
(The links to my Op-ED and a picture of my Cartoon are highlighted in the text above)
Truth of War Project
Throughout this semester, we have been learning about WWI and WWII. We have read the following novels: "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque and "Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut. We were faced with the question "What is the truth of war for a soldier". We had to write an essay and make a project to answer the question. In my essay, I express my perspective on this topic, my perspective being, when a soldier comes back from war, if they do, they are scarred for the rest of their lives. My perspective is that war will never fully leave a soldier and I express this in my painting and in my essay. My painting shows a war scene in the soldiers head. This represents that soldiers will never be able to truly escape the memories of war. After the exhibition we wrote a reflection about it. I had a fun time with this project and the exhibition went along really smoothly. I can't wait for our next project! |