Student blogs: Lee tells us about the Humanities projects

Immigrants to Detroit

Hi!  I’m Lee, and I’m writing the blog today!  Today’s blog entry is about our humanities projects.  Here it goes!

We did projects in humanities, for the Cities theme.  Our theme was Detroit.  We were split into groups of six.  The group working on performing a Michael Jackson song was Luke, Kaeli, KK, Keira, Eleanor, and Adi.  They performed the song ABC.  

(Click here to see a video of the group performing at lunch.)

The group working on making a conveyor belt was Matthew, David, Evan, Grayson, Marcellin, and Gabe.  They attempted to make binders.  Our group was me, Nik, Sydney, Margaret, Emma, and Chris.  We had to make a map of Detroit, with flags from several different cultures.

We have to include comments from our classmates, so I will include a comment from each group.  According to Matthew, in the assembly line group, the binder-making went ,“really good.”  According to Adi, in the Michael Jackson group, “It was a very interesting and fun experience.”  According to Nik, the map went, ”great, it’s awesome.”

We also had to record us talking about Henry Ford’s Americanization program, where, after 72 classes, it ended in a commencement ceremony involving a giant model of an immigrant ship and a melting pot.