Friday, April 22, 2016

Blog 22: Independent Component 2

  

LITERAL
(a) Include this statement: “I, Diane Gordon, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
(c) Update your Independent Component 2 Log (which should be under your Senior Project Hours link)
(d) Explain what you completed.    


    • I was able to learn about Kenzie's family history and tell her about it throughout the journey.
(e) Defend your work and explain the component's significance and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.   
(f)How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped. 

    • This helped me determine my EQ answer because I had to go under and be careful and look for sources that weren't going to be as obvious and also had to understand what happened in the states during the 1910's and the late 30's and earl 40's/

Grading Criteria 


  • Log on a digital spreadsheet under Senior Project Hours
  • Evidence of 30 hours of work 
  • Blog explaining and defending significance of component

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Blog 21 - Interview 4 Reflection

Please copy these questions and answer them in your own blog.  Attach a link to your video or sound file (at least 5 minutes of what you feel is your best portion).  As usual, you'll want an appropriate image to lead this. 

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview? 

  • That wars have more of an impact to the places people go and why people leave.
  • And how genetics does play some kind of role in how some people live their lives.

2.  How will what I learned affect my final lesson?

  • It will affect my final lesson because I can now go into a small section about wars when discussing my second answer.
  • It will go over how genetics and how some diseases are genetics are going to impact the health of someone.

The text of this interview should be turned in to turnitin.com.  A verification form for Interview 4 can be printed out from the Senior Project Packet link on the side of the blog.  Do not forget to justify your mentor as an expert in your specific topic. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TdWp8sdyWnU05wR0xpZnNCZGc/view?usp=sharing 

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Blog 20: Fourth Interview Questions


  • Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?
    • I plan on interviewing the guy who runs the family history center that I attend to for mentorship.
  • Post 20 open-ended questions you want to ask an expert in the field concerning your senior project. Your focus should be finding answers to your EQ
    • I asked my interviewee a question about my EQ because I wanted to hear his perspective.
    • I also asked him how history affects family history.
    • I then asked him how genetics comes into play when it comes to family history.
    • I asked him how to help me relate this to high school students.
    • I also asked about where to get resources.