Romek Post #3

1. I was surprised that he was yelling at us but after the whole thing I realized why he was yelling. The story was very sad because some of his years in his life was wasted by the holocaust. His story about the holocaust was very strong and had a lot of emotion in it.

2. What David had to do while he was with the Russian partisans was that he had to take the bolts out of the rails so that the train carrying the ammunition would crash so the Russian partisans can use it. David was treated kindly by the Russian partisans while he was them. Romek was proud of David because you have to have courage to do mess with Nazis trains. Also that he was doing something to help the Jews survive and fight against the Nazis.

3. I think that the Gestapos spared his life because David was very young and he would never had known anything about the plans. The Gestapos could have used them as a messenger to the other Jews and tell them to not do anything to offend the Nazis. Also that the Gestapos could have thought that he would die from starvation.

Because of Romek Post#1

#1 The thing I find intersting is that the Nazis made them dig up their own graves and then shoot them. I think it is interesting because they can just shoot them. But it is kind of clever in an evil way because if they kill them first where will they put the dead bodies?

#2a David Fabers family seems like the family that almost literally does everything together. They also seem like the family that have doesn't have any one they hate in it.

#2b I think he remebers every last detail because it was prbably the most horrifying thing that happened in his life. Or that he is just very smart and can remeber everything.

#3 It shows how much courage David has for going outside his house and it shows how much he cares about his father. I think that he is brave because he knew the consequences he would get into if the Nazis found him.

Aztec Mural Reflection

Name: JP Aquino
Project Reflection


Project Title: Aztec Mural Project

Letter: D

Dates: 3/31/08—5/5/08

PURPOSE
The purpose of this project was to learn about the Aztecs. We also had to study the roles of people in Aztec society. We also had to learn their family life, war-fare, family life, slavery, religious beliefs and practice. In order to learn about the Aztec murals, we had to go to Chicano park and answer questions that were on our paper.

WHAT I LEARNED
I learned about the Aztecs lifestyles and the Aztec society ranks. For example starting from the top is the Emporer then nobility then priests then warriors then merchants then commoners then peasants and lastly slaves. I also learned that they have strict rules and that if you play a wrong note in music they might kill or execute you.

REFLECTION
I enjoyed this project because it ended quickly and we were allowed to paint most of the time. I feel like I could have done better on this project because we were trying not to paint over the sun or the pyramid. Next time, I would paint slowly and carefully using a small brush so I can't paint over anything.

WORK HABITS
I was responsible for getting the tarp or butcher paper when we paint. I also traced and painted the people that were on the pyramid and the pyramid. I also helped paint the sun god and the sky. I had difficulty trying not to make a mess when I paint so the mural won't look messy.

ARTIFACTS
The document I will have will be the artist statement.