Let’s Make It Happen Celebration Reflection

These past weeks, our grade has been researching and performing about a historical events. We started the whole process with the central idea ‘Different interpretations of the past can be discovered by investigating historical events.’ We then broke it down and got into groups to choose a historical event to focus on for the unit. My group – Alpha-Adventurer 9, Alpha-Adventurer 22 and me – decided to research about September 11.

Through many weeks of researching about the event and perspective, we were finally able to prepare, rehearse and perform the skit. When researching, I was scared that we weren’t going to be able to finish it. My group’s performance was a slideshow

showing different pictures and us taking turns to say the different perspectives of different people. Alpha-Adventurer 9 was in charge of the script, Alpha-Adventurer 22 was in charge of the slideshow and I was in charge of the music.

Alpha-Adventurer 9 said the perspectives of the rescuers; Alpha-Adventurer 22 said the perspectives of the New York Citizens and I said the perspectives of Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. The perspective of the rescuers is that they didn’t feel like heroes because everyone was helping everyone, so everyone should be a hero. The perspective of the New York Citizens is that they lost their families and friends and they are really sad. The largely unanswered still remains unanswered to them: ‘Why would they do this to us?‘ Finally, the perspective of Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden is: they think they have right and freedom to do this because we also have right and freedom. They do not think it is wrong and do not feel guilty about doing this act because America has been attacking them for many years.

On January 5th, when grade 5 had their performance, I felt nervous while watching other people’s skit, but when it was my turn, I felt even more scared. Alpha-Adventurer 22 spoke first, then Alpha-Adventurer 9, and then me. When I spoke, I was worried and excited because I didn’t know if I would forget my lines or mess up. I was excited because I could show the audience my group’s hard work. When my group finished, I felt excited because I finished the performance and did well. I think the whole performance went really well, but I tipped the box a little when I was walking down. After everyone’s performance, the whole grade went on stage and sang ‘A Different Point of View’. My family felt happy about it and liked it a lot.

During the whole process, I learned that when working in groups, it will be a waste of time if the whole group does the same job, so in my group, we all did different things, and we ended up being able to finish things faster. I also learnt more about September 11, and realized all the different perspectives it had. While watching other people’s performance, I learnt more about their event and the perspectives, too. For example: SARS, The Vietnam War, Korean War, Battle of Britian, The Berlin Wall, etc. Now I know how to find good sources when researching and I know how to do public speaking better. I understand the central idea more and know how history can be looked at in different ways.

I enjoyed this performance and it’s whole process a lot because I learnt a lot from it and realized how to work in groups more effectively. January 5th was also the day that I learnt the most about historical event.

Tagged as: School Events, UOI