American Dream 2.0
Inspirations for this project
So my American Dream was the kinda typical dream. I wanted a nice house, Car, Job, and family. When learning about the American Dream and the reality of my dream coming true. We looked at many different graphs and videos showing all this data about the wealth inequality.
About the project
This project as a class we made a book called the American Dream 2.0. The book as it says in the name focused on the American Dream and we took real stories from people we interviewed from different decades and mashed it together. The people we interviewed were generally people we knew like a family member or a friend. The book revolves on there American Dream and what there perspective of it is.
What did I do throughout the project?
First part of the project:
Each student had to write a Biographical Narrative on the person we interviewed. The Biographical Narrative had two parts to it. The first part talks about their story and American dream. The second part talks about the historical issues that got in the way of their American Dream. I made 5 revisions and 5 drafts of my Biographical Narrative.
Second part of project:
The class split up into groups. I was a editor for the creative department. I made several edits and critiques on the self reflections for the people that were in my group. I told them what they needed to fix and made sure they fixed it. Once they finished I took a final look at their self reflection and turned them in.
Self Reflection: We each wrote a Self Reflection which talked about what we took away from this project. I choice to be a little creative with my Self Reflection and I made a rap
Each student had to write a Biographical Narrative on the person we interviewed. The Biographical Narrative had two parts to it. The first part talks about their story and American dream. The second part talks about the historical issues that got in the way of their American Dream. I made 5 revisions and 5 drafts of my Biographical Narrative.
Second part of project:
The class split up into groups. I was a editor for the creative department. I made several edits and critiques on the self reflections for the people that were in my group. I told them what they needed to fix and made sure they fixed it. Once they finished I took a final look at their self reflection and turned them in.
Self Reflection: We each wrote a Self Reflection which talked about what we took away from this project. I choice to be a little creative with my Self Reflection and I made a rap
Second Draft and Third Draft
Final Draft of Biographical Narrative
Self Reflection
Self Evaluation
I worked really hard on this project but I did find things I need to improve on for future projects. I need to work on going into depth in my writing. I realize that when I write things I tent to sum it up so expanding my writing is something ill definitely work on.
Exhibition
Where we presented all of our work on display. In music class we practice a song that was from a decade that was give to us. We got the 70's so chose to do "Rock and Roll all Night" by kiss. We played at the exhibition and it was a little nerve racking but we got through it. We invited our parents and the person we interviewed.