Friday, February 29, 2008

Service Learning Ideas

This year for service learning I want to do tutoring like last year because I enjoyed it and I like working with kids. This is important because a lot of student are falling behind in school, not because there stupid but the teachers aren't able to give them the attention they need. Public schools are very big and it is very hard for for one teacher to be able to teach and keep the class in order. Last year the teachers were very grateful for our assistance and hopefully we were helpful to the students. If I cant do tutoring than I would like to volunteer at the nursing homes and help the elderly.

NHD Reflection

For this year National History Day I choose to do Fashion in the 1920's with Charniece, Judith and Marquicha. We choose to do a performance. I learned many interesting things about this topic. I learned that the change in women's fashion during this time occurred because women were trying to make fashion statements. The statement that they were trying to make they were equal to men therefore should be able to were whatever they please as proof to show there independence. This is the time women were fighting for independence and equality. Women didn't start to feel this way until after world war I because during this time women had to take on the jobs of the men while they were off at war. When the war ended and men returned the women got a sense of power and didn't want to go back to the way things were. The fashion ideas came from oversees because the women that worked as nurses over seas witnessed how differently were treated over there and influenced them to try to do the same. Also famous movie stars had the greatest impact on the new fashion. It was very challenging trying to fit all of our information into our scripts, especially because the more information we found there was a whole new outlook on our project. Therefore our thesis statement and script were changed multiple time. However it was a success because we made it to the next round! Personally I enjoyed National History Day This year. I think I enjoyed it this year because I choose a topic that I was interested in. I also enjoyed it because I did a performance and it was more engaging. I am happy that it over because I was falling behind in my classes at school, but I'm also happy that we made it to the next round. That means we have a lot of work to do to improve our project so we can go even further.

Bloom Taxonomy Questions

Knowledge

1.How many people are living in the small apartment with Bigger?
There are 4 people living in the apartment, Bigger, Vera, Buddy, and Ma.

Comprehension

2.What do you think would have happened if Bigger and the gang robbed Old Blum?
If Bigger and the gang robbed Old Blum I think they would have gotten caught because Gus would have done something wrong since he was so nervous and they would end up in jail?

Application

3. What questions would you ask Bigger if you were Mr. Dalton after Mary went missing?
If I was Mr. Dalton I would want to know everything Mary and Jan did that night, every place they went, how much they drank, what they talked about and what time they got back.

Analysis

4. What was the turning point for Bigger when he didn’t feel “fear” anymore?
I think that the turning point for bigger is after he killed Mary because he felt power for the first time. I believe he felt power because not only did he kill someone but also he killed a white woman and no one would think a black man would have the courage to do that.


Synthesis

5. What would you have done different than Bigger when he brought Mary home that night and killed?

The night Bigger killed Mary I would have done everything different. When Mrs. Dalton came into the room I think the whole thing could have been avoided simply by telling Mrs. Dalton the truth. He could have just said that Mary was out with Jan and she got drunk and couldn’t make it up the stairs by herself so he carried her to the room. I think Mrs. Dalton would have understood and everything would have been ok. Since Bigger decided different he created more problems for himslef because when they found out Bigger was in Marys room not only would he be acused of murder but they would acuse him of rape. Not just any rape, raping a white woman.

Evaluation

6. How would you have handled the situation when Bigger found out Mary was dead?
I would have handled the situation different from bigger in many ways. First I would not have tried to hide her body in the furnace and cut her head off so it would fit. I think this whole situation could have been avoided if bigger would have just admitted that it was an accident. He would still have gotten in trouble but not as much trouble as trying to hide it and get money for it. I also would not have told Bessie because now he got another person involved and her life was now over because if they got caught she was apart of it also. It also wasn’t a good idea to try and say she was kidnapped and get money for it because I think that he would have got caught anyway because they would either involve the police or when they went to drop off the money they would have someone watching to see who picks up the money. Basically, I think Bigger handled the situation all wrong and dug himself into a big whole that will ruin his life.