FeatureCast from the Past! Reflection

Project Purpose:
To understand the difference between Cause/Effect Relationships and Correlations. To understand how and why major events in history are connected and intertwined (think yarn activity!). To research a major event from U.S. history in order to understand why it is significant and how it relates to other major events. To understand features of a feature article and podcast and to be able to create a feature article or podcast about your major event in history.

Project Requirements:
To present the 5Ws of your major event to the class. To write/peer edit/revise a feature article or podcast. To have at least three drafts in your Writing Portfolio. To present a polished version of your feature article or podcast on Media Night, as well as posting it online to our Team Featurecast from the Past web page.

Challenges:
One of my challenges during FeatureCast from the Past, was communicating well with my partner. My partner and I got along well, but we didn't talk very much about some of the things that needed to be sorted out. We talked a lot, but not about the issues in our project or what we could improve on. I fixed this by making more of an effort to talk to him about some things and work together more.

My second challenge was finding accurate information on Hitler. There were a lot of sites that gave you information to try to make you like Hitler, and some gave wrong dates. I overcame this challenge by backing up the information and looking at different sites to see if they were correct. I also tried to be very aware of the sites that gave information to make you like Hitler.

Real World Application:

The real world application was learning how everyone was affected, and not just jews. Also to be aware of all the prejudiced that is still going on today.