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Every summer since I was in 3rd Grade, I along with my family visit a Government-funded orphanage in Bangalore, India. We fund a meal, and my cousin and I have the chance to decide what we serve. The orphanage is home to many children ranging from 2-16 and have approximately 4 supervisers and matrons. The [...]

Coming from India, and visiting various cities in the country, has allowed me to understand and appreciate different cultures and religions. With my father’s family being predominatly South Indian, and largely Orthodox Hindu, it is no surprise that he kept practicing the customs and traditions of Hinduism. One way this was done, as often as [...]

This year we have studied various topics concerning America and Europe during the 1910’s, 1920’s,and 1930’s in chronological order. We have mainly covered the time periods of events that happened in America and USA between World War I and World War II. While Europe was struggled with their own problems such as the creating of [...]

John D Clare on America 1920s Boom, Depression, Crash http://johndclare.net/America4.htm Google Docs on Statistics on 1920s Boom https://docs.google.com/a/yis.ac.jp/document/d/1IdI-TbHGJXW1Q–6uF8dO5dB3pCRDs3s-HiREpH6k40/edit?hl=en_US Causes of the Depression slideshow http://www.slideshare.net/multimedialearningllc/causes-of-great-depression Treat of Versailles Active History Main Page http://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/menus/GCSE/The_Peace_Treaties.htm League of Nations Active History Main Page, Structure, Theory http://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/menus/GCSE/Interwar_Europe_1920s.htm League of Nations’s aims, structure, weaknesses on Bitesize http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir1/aimsrev1.shtml League of Nations: Successes [...]

AAA – Agricultural Adjustment Act (there are two) FERA – Federal Emergency Relief Agency FHA – Federal Housing Administration NRA – National Recovery Act PWA – Public Works Administration TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority SSA – Social Security Act WPA – Works Progress Administration CCC – Civilian Conservation Corps FDIC -Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation US [...]

https://www.facebook.com/FranklinRooseveltPage We included Roosevelt’s characteristics into our Facebook fireside chat. We made sure to include the use of simple language and referred to the audience as ‘we’. Also, we have added in some of his most famous quotes such as “we have nothing to fear but fear itself”. A Facebook page, made by Elliot and [...]

We began our painting unit by attempting to paint still-life monochromcatically. I found that an area I needed to improve the most, was proportions and gradation. Afetr researching a variety of artists, I was inspired by Gabriele Munter. Though she kept realistic colors and did not experiment that much with color schemes, I liked her [...]

1. Climate is the most important factor affecting weathering. We believe that climate is the most important factor affecting weathering. We can prove this because if a biome’s climate has high average temperatures and a high annual rainfall, there is a stronger chemical weathering as there is more rain and heat in its environment. More [...]

Our pastel unit started as something I had a limited experience with. There are various types of pastel ranging from oil, soft, and wet. For our unit, it compromised of oil or soft. Many famous artists use pastels because pastels are found to be helpful in capturing passing effects, particularly clouds and skies. Because pastels [...]

This semester I was pleased with my report card overall. For starters I’m quite happy with my grades in Geography ( a 7!), History, English, French, and PE.I felt the subjects that were done better were obvious as they reflected my efforts. Though I was satisfied with Visual Art, as I see a visible progress, [...]