Project Reflection
Project Title: Family History Project (FHP)
Class: Humanities BD Due Date: 10/17/07
PURPOSE
In this section, explain what you were supposed to learn and what you were supposed to do.
Sentence Starters
The purpose of this project was to learn about…
In order to learn about _________________, we had to create/perform/ write/etc…
The purpose of the project was to learn more about our family and their history and to get to know some of our family. Also to learn about what are families went threw to make the world a better place and we compared are family to famous people thus learning things we never knew. We had to interview one or two of our relatives. Then we had to make a scrapbook and put an interview, a bio about our relatives and finally we had to put pictures of our relativities in the scrapbook.
WHAT I LEARN
In this section, tell what information or skills you learned or improved.
Sentence Starters
I learned about…
I explored the concept of …
In this project, I learned how to…. (skills)
I learned how to properly do resources so Ms. I knows where I got my info from and I learned how to make a scrapbook( yes this was my first time). I got to explore the past of my great uncle and aunt (and see pictures of my dad as a baby). I learned how cruel people were back then in the 1950s-60s.
REFLECTION
In this section, reflect on your experience. Did you like the project? Why or why not? How did you do? What would you do differently next time?
Sentence Starters
I enjoyed this project because…
I feel like I could have done better on this project because…
Next time, I would…
I enjoyed this project because it opened my eyes to see that my relativities are living history. I now could tell something interesting to grandchildren about my family (not that my family wasn't interesting before). Still I feel blessed that my great uncle and aunt made the world better so that I wouldn't live segregation. I felt I could have do better with the with the story about my name because it didn't feel like me(,but I did write it). My I could add more of me next time.
ARTIFACTS
You should have at least one artifact from each project on your DP. What document, picture, or link will you have for this project?
Well I have a picture of Uncle Manny at his retirement party from being a judge.

1) I think it means never let anyone or anything take control of YOUR life. Also that you have the right to do what ever the heck you want (well, maybe not everything).


How this applies to my life is when I was in kindergarten all of my friends always chose a leader. We always did what she said without question (all of my friends were girls). If someone in our group didn't like what the leader did she would be ordered to leave our group. Of course after a few days we'd forget about it and let her back in. I guess this is like the Wave because we had a leader and we had to do whatever she said and never stopped to think. Still we never hurt anyone or anything.



2) Robert...Poor Robert. When they mentioned him in the beginning of the book I felt really sorry for him. Because I knew people like that, but in the middle of the book he really surprised me when he picked of the Wave really quickly. I know his type. Y'know, like when he finally finds something he's good at he takes it to extreme. When he said "Laurie will ruin everything. She must be stopped" I knew he was going to do something to her that he would regret. Still the Wave did some good, now he a little confident about himself and maybe people will stop picking on him.



3)a: I saw fascism in the Wave when they started doing motto and salute every time they saw Mr. Ross as if he was a leader. It became so bad that they did everything he said without thought or when Mr.Ross noticed that they wouldn't do good on a essay.

b:I thinking Saddam Hussein in Iraq. How like he totally destroyed Iraq. I mean they hated him so much that they made a dummy of him and burned it.

4) It's so easy to get into a crowd and really hard to get out. Or at least you do get out, but people pressure you to come back in then so you're back in. How you can get out of the crowd and stay is to tell an adult or principle why you do not like this type of fad. try to make friends that don't want to be in the crowd (maybe you can make a new fad). Also try to tell kids why you don't like the fad maybe they'll stop, but if they don't want to its their choice

2) my favorite sentence is when Mr Ross shows picture of Hitler and he says " There he is. There is your leader!" Then everyone gasps. I think its a really good sentence because finally people see the light. They now know what the Wave has turned into. Soon everybody in the room bursts into tears. Even the boys. I thought it was a really moving scene. Just food for thought.

3) What do you think will happen after the Wave? Do you think people will stop or keep doing behind people's backs?

1)I think Mr. Ross is becoming a little uneasy with his "experiment." I mean I would to. Robert asked to be his bodyguard, they turned the pep rally into the Wave rally, and people are making up orders that they think he told them. Also when he read the Grapevine about the boy getting beat up and when he heard the two teacher's talking about him brainwashing the kids. So he has the right to be afraid.



2) The most interesting sentence in the chapters was "Ross really has these kids brainwashed if you ask me" the unidentified man said "I don't know what the hell he's up to, but I don't like it" I really liked that sentence because Mr. Ross knows something is wrong with the wave and hearing it from another point of view takes it to a whole new level.

3) When Robert said "Laurie most be stopped she'll ruin everything" What do you think Robert had in mind to stop her?

1) Mr. Ross might be losing control on his "experiment" because people are skipping classes just to be in the Wave. Also people are starting to act like "zombies." Like he said people never ask questions and answer without thought. It's starting to get a little creepy.

2)My favorite sentence is " The Wave had apparently been far more successful than he had ever expected. So successful, in fact, that Ben began to suspect that some kids were cutting classes to sit in on his." Now you know a little red flag is going up in your head when kids start cutting classes just for your class. Now if your skipping class its usually so you can miss class and have some fun, but to see a history class about discipline, now that is interesting.

3) Why do you think the principal looked not has happy when Mr. Ross told him all about The Wave? What do you think was going threw his mind?

1)Well, David is kind applying it to his life so he could save his team. Since they'd never won. I think it might work for a while then stab them in the back

2)My favorite quote is "Strength Through Disciple, Strength Through Community." I think it is interesting because if I was in that class I'd want to follow it too. The power threw those words kinda raced threw my mind and made me understand why the kids love it.

3) Do YOU think you would follow The Wave too?