Feature Cast From The Past! Reflection

Project Purpose:
To understand the difference between Cause/Effect Relationships and Correlations. To understand how and why major events in history are connected and intertwined (think yarn activity!). To research a major event from U.S. history in order to understand why it is significant and how it relates to other major events. To understand features of a feature article and podcast and to be able to create a feature article or podcast about your major event in history.

Project Requirements:
To present the 5Ws of your major event to the class. To write/peer edit/revise a feature article or podcast. To have at least three drafts in your Writing Portfolio. To present a polished version of your feature article or podcast on Media Night, as well as posting it online to our Team Featurecast from the Past web page (made by James).

Specific Concepts Learned:
Include at least two concepts. Be specific about the information/research/differences between correlations and cause/effect relationships that you learned. You should be able to explain the significance of your event (include specific facts) or give an example of a correlation and a cause/effect relationship between your event and another significant event.

1. I learned that if the children's march didn't happen then blacks and whites would be separated today.

2. I learned how to work Garage Band and edit and change an aif.file into a mp3.

Challenges:
What challenges did you face throughout this project? How did you overcome these challenges?

Some challenges were that My podcast wouldn't save and my computer would freeze. And it was hard to find a quite place to record.

Real-World Significance:
What is the real-world significance of learning major events in history and how they are related? What is the real-world significance of research or creating feature articles/podcasts?

The real world significance of this project is that i learned how to make a podcast so if i work for a radio station i would go like, hey i remember when i made a podcast in 8th grade, and ill remember what to do. And the history i learned i could use it for something later in life.

Noah Herrera

The 1960’s

Pod Cast Interview

Intro music: “Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix fades in 10 seconds, then fades out.

Intro: Hey everyone! This is the “Back in the Day” show on Banana Peel radio and today our Special guest is Noah from the sixties!

Noah: So 60’s Noah what were some of the major sixties events?

60’s Noah: Well, there was the Children’s March in 1963, John F. Kennedy was Assassinated, Martin Luther King was assassinated, and last but not least, Woodstock.

Noah: Wow, can you tell us any thing you remember from the Children’s March?

60’s Noah: The Children’s march was a big walk out when many African American kids walked out of school on to the streets of Alabama to protest and ask for freedom and equal rights. There were about 1000 kids marching down the street. They were taking kids in to jail for protesting and being out of school. There were so many there was no more room in jail for the kids. They would let them out and they would walk back in. The second day, they brought out the fire hoses and started spraying the kids. And the third day, they brought out dogs. It was just horrible.

Noah: Where was it and what year was it?

60’s Noah: It was happening in 1963 and it was in Birmingham, Alabama.

Noah: That’s crazy, I can’t believe how mean and racist people can be.

Ok now I think we will have a break, and when we come back, we’re going to hear about the Woodstock Festival and Concert.


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And we’re back. This is Noah on Banana Peel radio with our special guest,
Noah, from the sixties.



Noah: So, 60’s Noah we were just talking about the Children’s March.
Now were moving on to Woodstock.
(Hooray!!!! And clapping in back round)



Noah: So, Noah, from the Sixties, Word on the street is that you went to Woodstock.

60’s Noah: Yes, I did and it was quite an experience.

Noah: What was it and why did they have it?

60’s Noah: It was a time to get away form the war and all of the problems like racism and hatred. It was a time of peace, love, and music.

Noah: That’s cool. Where did they have it?

60’s Noah: It was on Max Yasgur’s 600-acre Dairy farm.

Noah: And how many people showed up?

60’s Noah: They were expecting 30,000 people to show up, but there ended up being 500,000.

Noah: That’s crazy, 600 Acres and 500,000 people!


60’s Noah: That’s right and when everyone left, the grassy Dairy Farm turned in to a muddy wasteland.

Noah: Cool, how long did it last?

60’s Noah: 4 days: August 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th.

Noah: That’s one long concert. How did the people survive?

60’s Noah: It sure was. Well you could buy an 8-dollar ticket and get a camping spot and get in to the event. But there was so many people there that it turned into a free event.
The people tore down the fence that kept the people out. It was so crowded, the only way the performers could get out of there was by helicopter.

Noah: Who did it end with?

60’s Noah: The last performer was Jimi Hendrix and his last song was “Hey, Joe”.

Noah: Cool, that’s a good song, too. So how do you think the sixties connect to the attitudes, issues and ideas to today?

60’s Noah: That’s easy, if the Children’s March in Birmingham didn’t happen, then Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream Speech wouldn’t have happened and they would probably be separating Blacks from Whites today. By having Woodstock, its changed perspectives on peace and influenced people in music.

Noah: That’s cool, well thanks 60’s Noah and thanks for your time.

60’s Noah: No problem, Peace Out.


Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix starts

Noah: And Id like to thank all tour sponsors for making this happen.

www.kyrene.org, www.stanford.edu, my Mom’s friend Gerri and www.woodstock69.com

Thanks for listening.

Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix fades out.

Querencia

Noah Herrera

Surfing Querencia

A Querencia is when you’re in a place that you feel most powerful and comfortable. My Querencia is when I’m surfing. When I’m in the water, I feel powerful and in control. When the water is clear, I can see the bottom and I know where I am. As I paddle over the water, I see fish jumping out of the water and fish surrounding the kelp drifting with the current.


I see the swells coming in to the beach and forming in to waves. When the right one comes I paddle with all my effort and lean into the swell. Before the wave even breaks I stand up and feel the bumpy wax on my feet. When the water is clear I look right through the face of the wave and see other surfers behind me as I do a bottom turn.

Once the wave breaks I get down low and look behind me and watch it break over the tail of my board. I feel the water rushing through my fingers as I stick my hand into the water to slow my self down to ride the tube but it’s too small and the water splashes on to my back. I turn up to the top of the wave when I’m going too slow to get a boost of speed. It helps me get further away form the white-wash and I can do a quick turn and bounce off the white wash. Once the wave stars to die down or close out I do a sharp turn and do one of my favorite parts about surfing, launching over the lip and do a flip over the top.

Even though I got hit in the face and sliced my cheek open by my fin, I like surfing too much to be afraid to surf again. I understand that the ocean is powerful and I’m aware of the things that it can do.