Thinking Skill: Contextualization
For this project we had to focus on the thinking skill of Contextualization. Contextualization is looking at something in it's environment, or taking something out of it's environment and analyzing it.
Development Process:
I started simply with the desire to build my own effects pedal for my electric guitar. This quickly grew into a host of ideas, encompassing first Do It Yourself Creation, then Youtube Tutorials, and finishing with Benjamin Franklin. The end result is something timeless looked at through the lens of today.
Products: For my project I created three products-
1. An essay describing Benjamin Franklin's contributions to Do It Yourself creation today, which I submitted to a regional essay contest.
2. A stamp sheet and log documenting my experiences with living out Benjamin Franklins "13 Virtues" .
3. My own effects pedal reflecting how Benjamin Franklin was both a founding father of America and of DIY creation in America.
1st Product: Essay- (Social Studies)
Here's a link to view my essays I wrote for this project-
Mr. Wimmer, my Social Studies teacher, wanted me to take the essay I submitted for the contest (which had a word limit of 750), and elongate it with more facts. So this was my final product for social studies:
2nd Product: Stamp-Sheet and Virtue Log- (English)
For English I replicated Benjamin Franklins stamp card for his thirteen virtues that he lived by and I tried each day for a week to focus on two of the virtues each day to not fail at, and every time I would fail at one I marked it on my stamp sheet. Copying Franklin's example further, I also kept a self reflection log where at the end of each day I would look at how I had failed at each of the virtues, or how I had done well at them. A picture of my stamp sheet and Franklin's stamp sheet are pictured below, and a link to my reflection journal.
Franklin's log sheet-
My log sheet-
Here's my personal journal of my experiences and reflections with Benjamin Franklin's Thirteen virtues.
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3rd Product: Effects Pedal- (Art)
For my 3rd Product I made my own effects pedal.