Tag Archives: Milestone

For Milestone 1, we studied the water cycle in order to learn more about the chemistry of water and why it is important. Then we did a lab report to show what we had learned in an organized manner. Below is a copy of my lab report     Introduction Water makes up 70% of Read More…

The Communist Manifesto has a lot to say about private property, namely, that it should be abolished. WikiLeaks is an organization that does not believe information should belong to one person, but it should belong to everyone. For our unit 3 milestone about economics, it was interesting to study all the ways that WikiLeaks affects Read More…

While studying Swadeshi, the idea of having self sufficient, small economic communities, I looked for a way to translate that into the world around me. There are a few really fantastic small companies in my hometown that exemplify what Swadeshi is, but I couldn’t find anything that I wanted to protest on a local level. Read More…

After reading Socrates’ Apology, we were given the assignment of finding our own issue to argue for. These could be as large or as small as we wanted, from SOPA to our own issues within the school. Socrates was a Greek philosopher, probably one of the most famous philosophers in history. He is most famous Read More…

Swaraj is the idea of being self-sovereign. It is about learning how to take control of your world and not letting other forces take away your control over your own life. Swaraj has been one of the most influential themes in all the movements that have taken place in the past year. Everything from the Read More…

For disease class, we created a public service announcement(PSA) to understand why a disease spread in Argentina. To complete my goal, I had to do some research online to make sure that my information was reliable and I recorded it in a short podcast. See my Podcast below. Why does rabies spread in Argentina? This Read More…

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gcechicago/6876133603/ While studying Sarvodaya, one of Gandhi’s four principles, we discussed different types of nonviolent protests in history. The freedom song assignment was used to take a specific person involved in a nonviolent movement and write a poem from their point of view, taking into consideration their uses of Sarvodaya within their protest. I chose Read More…

By: Gina Laff What are the similarities and differences between the economy during the great depression and economic collapse of 2008? Purpose: In our economic fundamentals class, we got the chance to write this paper for our second milestone. I believe this milestone will help me understand the importance and challenges of the economy. When Read More…