" Maine! To hell with the Spain! "

On our second unit called "Executive" our class internally and externally learned about the power that the Executive branch holds within the historical aspect of war. During our several class discussions we had learned how the president manages the armed forces and can declare for war whether it be unconstitutional/constitutional. By doing further research on the origin of cabinet positions and the signed positions determined by the president we were able to connect more on how historical events get applied by policies and acts. For our FE this term, we had actually took a step forward into our third unit where we discuss the Judicial branch. We had wet to a murder case where we had the opportunity to ask questions to the judge and take part in the hearing. Being able to take part in a actual hearing had sparked a lot of energy and questions to later the used for our action project.  For our action project, we had chosen a war of our choice and ask ourselves was it justified? I chose to to talk about the Spanish American war, now if you would like to know where the question stands feel free to watch!

Opposites Attract

On our second unit called Power, we internally and externally dived into our guiding question "What it takes to power a city". During the internal investigation we discussed heavily on the Chicago World's Fair where we analyzed the architectural and social aspect of the event. We then dove deeper into one of the main attractions of that time an place between Edison and Tesla on the "Current War". We learned the two main electrical source which is a/c & d/c. Tesla had been the one who discovered AC and Edison had discovered DC where it was then shown at the Worlds Fair to compete which one was capable of lighting up the fair efficiently. For an FE, we went to the Museum of Science and Industry to see for ourselves Jackson Park where the World's Fair took place. Most importantly we had went to MSI to dive deeper into electricity aspect by looking at the famous Tesla coil and interesting enough we had took part in a workshop where we made our own circuits. This smoothly transitioned us to our Action Project where we had partnered up to create a circuit that embodies Eco-friendly home appliances. If you are curious as to see how this plays a role in Urban Planing slide on!