MY SCHOOL , MY HISTORY
Mary Akdoğan
Claudia Bishop
Ashley James Plewes
Selin ÜZÜMCÜ
MY SCHOOL , MY HISTORY
In this unit we continued learning more about our own personal identities by thinking about perspective . To do this , we asked the question : ‘ How are Frank Hall and West Hall different ?’
We started by thinking about how the present is connected with the past at our school . We talked about how ACI is old and has lots of old buildings , but Frank Hall is new . We also talked about how the old things on our campus have shaped the new things -- like where the paths went , where the gate is , and where the West Hall and English Center buildings are . We could see that everywhere we looked , the present was shaped by the past as things built up .
Then we tried to use what we knew about the school to understand our own selves better . We had to answer the question , ‘ How has your own history shaped your experience ?‘
When we were talking about this , we realized that most of us went to Frank Hall , but not all of us . We decided to compare Frank Hall to West Hall to help our friends understand our perspective . We also asked them about the schools that they went to before SEV so that they could help use understand their perspective . We decided to go on a walking tour of Frank Hall with our friends so that they would have a better understanding of Frank Hall and all of the places that were special to us there .
‘ When we were talking about our old schools , I started to feel bad for Güz . She didn ’ t go to Frank Hall , and I could tell that she was sad when we talked about it . When I asked her , she said that she didn ’ t understand some things because she didn ’ t go to Frank Hall . I wanted to take her there and show her -- I didn ’ t want her to feel left out ! I really wanted to show her all of the cool places and my old classroom and teachers there . I miss them ! I think taking her to see where we came from made Güz really happy . I think she felt like she was a part of our community and that she understood us better . I liked learning about her old school too !’ Selin Üzümcü 5B 904
At the end of our unit , we wrote a paragraph comparing Frank Hall and West Hall and included photos from our trip with our friends to help show all of the differences we noticed .
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