After many years working as a teacher’s assistant at my temple, it was an honor to come back for their last day and teach an art course with them. When I was a regular assistant, I faced many challenges and I learned a lot. I taught and took care of 3 and 4 year olds, kids who were just starting to learn about their Jewish identity, and I taught a fifth grade class where I worked almost exclusively with a young boy with Asberger’s. I also used to organize art programming during my junior year of high school. Going back to class with these kids was amazing. I planned a different...
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Monopolies are not always run by private companies. They are not always monopolizing goods or services. Sometimes ideas are monopolized. Sometimes they are monopolized in places we trust. Because states in the U.S. are given the rights to decide most of their laws, some states choose to limit what can be taught in public schools. This is especially prevalent in how individual states choose to teach their students about sex. Some opt for an all encompassing or “comprehensive” sex education course. This requires schools to teach about four major areas of sexual health:...
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For our first action project in Urban planning, we were tasked with building a bridge that could hold weight. Bridges are an important part of any urban area, especially one with water, like New York or Chicago. We had to design it within our group, decide on the materials needed to make the bridge and keep it in budget. We then built the bridge over the course of three days. Below is our design and a video clip of us testing out our bridge. In the end, our bridge was able to hold up 17 books, which was 28.9 lbs.
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Below is my script and video for my first policy class action project. Our goal was to create a proposal to change something we didn’t like about our neighborhood. I decided to make mine about a vacant lot in the middle of two major streets. I also made a video to go along with it.
Video:
http://youtu.be/DbBSiM9PiPg
Script:
INTRO: TITLE OF PIECE
“So right in the middle of two major streets in Evanston there’s this big piece of land. It was going to be made into a bunch of condos and retail space, but the developer ran out of money in the 2008 crash so the land is just...
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Our first action project for 162 was to look at injustice in sports, and I chose to look at it from a current events standpoint. In the news right now, NFL players are discussing coming out of the closet. I did some research trying to see why the players have never come out of the closet while being active players, and my research helped confirm my hypothesis, which is all in my prezi presentation below. I think it is just unbelievable that there are only 10 players who are gay from the NFL and I hoped to illustrate that with the facts I have
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As our last project for Light and Sound, we created designs for our very own time telling device. We then wrote a small paper about the designs and why we did it. Below are my results and the design I made. I wanted to stick to a simple, portable design, so I came up with the “Sun-Watch,” a portable sun
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For our last action project, we created art items with our printed fabric. I loved being abole to create art out of art. I made a sculpture/pillow. Below is my artist’s statement and a couple images.
Zoe Friedland
Chicago in my Dreams
Fabric
2 ft. by 1 ft.
My piece is an image of the skyline of Chicago, stuffed and turned into a pillow. It then has cut outs of the buildings in front of it glued to the top. My print is very organic with the flowers growing, so I loved the idea of the juxtaposition of organic vs. the clean cut lines of the city. Chicago has a special...
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