Category: Social Studies

Coronavirus Outbreak – Current Events

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The Coronavirus outbreak has infected many people. 2700 people to be exact, and has killed at least 81 people. This deadly virus began in Wuhan, China and experts have said tests have confirmed where the virus started affecting people. In Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, the virus jumped from animals to humans. The market has sold many different types of wildlife and the virus was said to have been connected to the trading of wild animals. To reduce mass gatherings, China pushed back the holidays and postponed the reopening of school. Chinas health minister has said the country is entering a crucial stage where the ability of the virus to spread is getting stronger.

I think that the precautions the government have taken for the outbreak and the procedures they have used may be slightly effective, there could have been ways to prevent this virus from spreading. If people had been more cautious with the wild animal trade, there could have been a different outcome. People should be more aware about what they are selling and purchasing. If people had been more aware of what they were selling and purchasing from this market, the virus may not have spread so dramatically. I also believe that modern transportation also makes this virus so easy to spread and harder to track down. 1 contaminated person could travel across the world in an airplane and infect people not he plane as well as people from the place they are traveling too. Cars and buses could also infect people with their recycled air and closed quarters. This is why China limiting the transportation could be effective on limiting the amount of people exposed to the virus. Overall, I think China has one the best they could at limiting the spread of the virus and locating the cause.

 

Passion Project: Final

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In class, we have a project called Passion Project. It’s where we research a topic of our choice. It’s basically a mini Capstone. For my topic, I chose the life of a Roman woman. I researched on various different websites, books, and even e-mailed a few college professors. I showed my research in a brief slideshow and while I presented, I talked off of my slides. Overall, I really liked this project and it was a great experience and I definitely learned a lot from my topic.

This is the slideshow I have made.

Our Immigration Project

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In school we have been working on a project about immigration. This is a project where we can make our own short film with a group. At first I didn’t know if group work was a very good idea because, I expected there to be a lot of arguing. But, once we started working with our groups, it wasn’t so bad. We would argue a little, find a compromise, (This could take up a lot of our work time sometimes.) and get back to work. But, getting back to the point, there are a variety of categories that we can pick from. Like, The journey over, then and now, push and pull factors, arriving at Ellis Island, etc. My group picked the journey over to America. There were a lot of steps to make this film. It took a time span of about, 5 weeks. It didn’t seem to take that long though. But if you assign time spans to each step then it makes sense why it took that long. For example:  First, we had to research about the topic we picked. (2 weeks) We could not have made an inaccurate film. If we had no reasearch it would undoubtedly be inaccurate. Secondly, we had to put our research in paragraph form to create a full answer, not just have it in notes.  Our third step was to make a script, and build our set. (1 week) But, the script had to be based on our research. Though it wasn’t so bad, because we could make up some things, like the characters names, how they looked like and, how the characters felt. It gave the whole short film a sense of fact and fiction both. For set design we printed out panel images to slide in (as you’ll see in the video below), and we had to have a green screen and draw people.  Our third step was to film the whole thing without audio. (1 week) It would have been too loud and too much of a hassle if we did film with audio. Our fourth step was to record our script, the audio (Same week). Once that was done, we had to put it all together in an iMovie.  We added sound effects, like waves, a title and credits. (A few days)  We also had to drop an image in because we had a green screen. We were the first group to finish. Probably because we had a short script and when we got off track the rest of the group would make sure we got on track again.

 

Colonial Information Books

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This year we were studying Colonial America. For part of the unit we made slideshows about a Colonial topic we picked. I picked Colonial laws. In some chapters, I compared and contrasted Colonial life and life now. My book has a little bit about crimes, punishments and even a narrative story from the point of view from the criminal. Read my book to find out more.