Childhood Obesity Prevention

In the third unit of the course Cure, we studied prevention and how we can prevent damage to our health. We also watched a movie called Parched Adam's who was doctor, but not just an ordinary doctor he connected with the patients and helped them emotionally too. From that movie out action project was inspired. We had to chose a medical problem, prevent it and we had to make a video with the same character. I chose to focus on childhood obesity and I played the doctor and the patient. This project was a little difficult for me when it came to recording, but I learned how to get into role.

Women vs. Men in the 1940's

For the third Matriarch of the unit Drama, we studied lots historical moments were women were oppressed and seen as women who are controlled by their husbands. In this unit we read the book A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry which was written from a part of Hansberry's life when she was young. We also did some additional research in what was going on in that time when she she wrote the book and in the time she wrote the book in. In that time the wans't any right for women and neither for black people. Also around that time the Civil right movement happened and the women's right movements. Since in that time women couldn't lead and weren't smart, they weren't a threat ti men. To change that up a little Hansberry made the main character a women that was portray as a matriarch. Matriarchs are strong, powerful, loving and caring women. For our action project we chose a character that we want to address from the book and a scene were they weren't at their best. I chose Beneatha because although she wasn't much of a main character she still fought for her dream which was to become a doctor. The scene I picked was when Beneatha fell for mens expectations instead of fighting for what she wants. I made a mini script of this scene including the prologue and choruses. My story is about women fighting for what they want and not let others control them or stop them from getting there.

In the eye of the goddess

In the second unit of the course Drama, we studied playwrights and we looks at lots of examples. In the unit we read lots of plays including The little Foxes and A Dolls House. We studied the stage direction, the characters descriptions and different meaning of scene-ring. For the unit we had the chance to go see the play of Marie Antoinette at stepped wolf, which was really good and we also go the chance to see the play at the Goodman theater. For our action project, we made our own play with three or more character. We had to have our selves, Nora and a historical figure or mythical creature. I chose the mythical creature Freyja a goddess of love and she is a warrior because she was everything a man wouldn't want a women to become. I also chose an extra character Alexandra from the little foxes and Ms. Linden from A Dolls House. During this project I had difficulty putting into words my script. Also I learned how to write a script with stage descriptions.

Diabetes

In the second unit of the course Cure, we studied bacteria specifically penicillin and how it helped to save people. Looking at that we looked at western medicine and how it has the same effect as prescribed medicine. For our action project, we chose a disease to investigate medicine for it, but not only medicine but other alternatives too. I chose to investigate Diabetes Type 1 because I have heard of it a lot but I didn't actually know what it was. I have a prescription medicine, an rx medicine and two alternatives in helping control Diabetes. The creative part of this project was that we made a medicine box including all of the information we found for the disease. A challenge for me in this project was finding information that not only tell me what I want but to have evidence support it. At the end of this project I learned a lot about Diabetes Type 1.

Spine

In the first unit of the course Cure, we studied cells and surgeries that need to be done fast. As an example of surgery we watched a surgery in the knee in 3D and it looked really painful. When looking into surgeries we also look at the cells that are being affected, the tissue the process, what will be use to cell the incision and what you have to do at home to help heal yourself. In our action project we included all of those things in the specific surgery we chose. I chose Neurosurgery on the spine more specifically in the lumbar part. I created a prezi to show my research on the spine and if anybody have spine problems they might have to have a spine surgery.