The Influence Of Photographs On Personal History

The main topic of the snapshot autobiography is having student be able to think like a historian. Historians don’t include every major detail when telling a key event in time. They include what is the most important and leave certain events out without taking away from the entire story. When students are creating their own autobiography, they are learning decision making skills by having several events that make up their story, but also being able to narrow this key events down to only a few while still effective telling their story. In their inquiry lesson, the students are presented with multiple perspectives and point of views of all parties involved in the inquiry question asked. From there, they are refining their hypothesis and leaving in only the main attributes to effectively answer the inquiry question in their final thesis statement. By having an opportunity to have a master list up on the board where students are adding to their hypothesis. The class is more of a community by being able to openly share their ideas and thoughts with one another after each data set. In the seminar that the students are participating in, they are understanding the main purpose of a seminar and the attributes to have it be engaging. By giving the students the text in advanced, they are being familiar with the text and can have ideas and questions ready before the seminar begins.

Mama understands the past and the significance of a family heritage. Her heritage including her memories of her mother and grandma making quilts together by hands.

There can be great comfort in understanding one’s heritage especially when it involves the deep love and devotion of a strong mother. The poem combines family and love with the quilt to show the memories that she has shared threw the generations that have had the quilt. In the poem “my mother pieced quilts” by Teresa Paloma Acosta and the short story “ Everyday use” by Alice Walker, both author’s use imagery and figurative language to establish a quilt as a symbol for family, love and memories to illustrate their themes.

b. The character I chose is Eric Harris. Eric’s outward and physical appearance is like every

b. I have good manners and social skills. I say yes ma’am no ma’am and I interact with the other students outside of my family group.

Memory is a set of cognitive processes that allow us to remember past information (retrospective memory) and future obligations (prospective memory) so we can navigate our lives. The strength of our memory can be influenced by the connections we make through different cognitive faculties as well as by the amount of time we spend devoting to learning specific material across different points in time. New memories are created every time we remember specific event, which results in retrospective memories changing over time. Memory recall can be affected retrospectively such as seeing increased recall in the presence of contextual cues or false recall of information following leading questions. Memory also includes the process

Allison`s parents divorced when she was only six years of age. It didn’t take the both of them to remarry. Her mother married a Bulgarian man. A few years later he died of cancer. Four years after his death Allison`s mother married another man who was a Moroccan immigrant. She likes some of the food that was introduced to her by her Moroccan step-father. Because her mother married two men of two completely different cultures Allison and her family were introduced into different customs, food, and traditions.

My diversity project desribes me in many ways, some ways you already know about me some you don't. The outside of the folder repersents things that you may already know about me, the first image is of my name everyone knows my name becuase that is how you have conversation with me and get my attention. The second image is of a musician becuase I love music, it's a vey important part of my life , it makes me feel better when im upset and helps me clear my head. The third image shows a person running, this image repesents me because i'm a very active person, and i do my best to stay healthy and keep in shape. The fourth image is of the number 21, which represents my age. And the final photo is of the color black is represents my favortie color.

In each of my four categories, I have two symbols representing its importance. In my first category, which is culture my two symbols is the flag of Mexico and a dia de los muertos (day of the dead) skull. I picked the Mexican flag because I identify myself as Mexican. I also chose the dia de los muertos skull because it is an important holiday in Latin America. This holiday honors the deceased by celebrating life. For my Hobbies category, I drew a book and a theatrics facemask. One of my biggest passions is acting. Ever since I was a kid, I have always wanted to be on television and performing on stage. I also drew a book because I enjoy reading as a pass time. The next category is Animals for this section I drew a pug and a lion. For my final category, which is family, I drew an airplane and people. Although I do have some family living in Canada, majority of them live in Latin America. The only family I have living in Canada are from my mothers’ side of the family. All of my other family members, including my father and siblings live in Mexico.

Inside would be an outfit so stylish that it begged to be worn. Accompanying the clothes would be a small white box with a red rose bow that flopped over the sides of the box. Inside this box would be a ring from her collection or another piece of jewelry she had picked out for me. However excited I was for the presents, the excitement quickly turned toward thoughts of the upcoming meal she had prepared for the family. It did not matter what she had prepared for the meal; the kitchen always had such delectable scents that wafted through the air and just settled over the house. My mouth was in a constant state of salivation and my stomach waited expectantly for what was sure to be another meal that left my stomach uncomfortably full and yet yearning for more. And yet, no matter what she made, the best part of the meal that you always took thirds or fourths from came from the salad bowl. A simple salad served with homemade Italian dressing and fresh crumbled Roquefort cheese, it was what reminded me best of grandma.

Immediately into Tim O’Brien’s short story “The Things They Carried” the reader is introduced to First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and the letters he carried from his past back home. Throughout the story, readers are also introduced to other items and supplies which “were largely determined by necessity” (O’Brien 1) as well as items deemed a luxury that each individual soldier carried with him for one reason or another. Pictures, memorabilia, and personal items all acted as a gateway into a portal which would bring them back home to the ones they loved if only for five minutes at a time. Although the pictures, memorabilia and personal items of Cross and his soldiers alike, helped them recall back to an era much more peaceful, the consequences of bringing the past with you can carry exceedingly negative side effects.

b. I have character and integrity that will carry me though when I face difficult moral choices.

Lucy Grealy tells a story about not fitting in, unbearable pain that takes up residence in one’s head as loneliness and confusion, questioning what things mean, being scared and lost in your family, enduring intense physical pain, and most importantly, figuring out who you are. Lucy had no idea she might die, even though the survival rate for Ewing’s sarcoma was only five percent. She does not present her parents as overly afraid for her life, either. Her autobiography is not a story about the fear of death, but about such courage and anguish. Lucy shows how she falls under the spell of her disability, allowing it to control her life and dictate her future to a greater extent than it would otherwise. Having a disability means that

C. Cosplay gives fun and excitement to people, making it become a hobby for some.

Memory makes us. It is, to an extent, a collection of unique and personal experiences that we, as individuals, have amassed over our lifetime. It is what connects us to our past and what shapes our present and the future. If we are unable remember the what, when, where, and who of our everyday lives, our level of functioning would be greatly impacted. Memory is defined as or recognized as the “sum or total of what we remember.” Memory provides us the ability to learn and adjust to or from prior experiences. In addition, memory or our ability to remember plays an integral role in the building and sustaining of relationships. Additionally, memory is also a process; it is how we internalize and store our external environment and experiences. It entails the capacity to remember past experiences, and the process of recalling previous experiences, information, impressions, habits and skills to awareness. It is the storage of materials learned and/or retained from our experiences. This fact is demonstrated by the modification, adjustment and/or adaptation of structure or behavior. Furthermore, we as individuals, envision thoughts and ideas of the present through short-term memory, or in our working memory, we warehouse past experiences and learned values in long-term memory, also referred to as episodic or semantic memory. Most importantly, memory is malleable and it is intimately linked to our sense of identity and where we believe we belong in the world.