Over the course of the semester of the new year as a sophomore, I have faced new situations that have changed me as a global citizen. I have grown in both the ability to communicate ideas and in my college readiness. I achieved this growth through my new classes and desire to reach a new level. This year I communicated my ideas by having to prepare for giving a presentation and then presenting and in front of an audience and for a grade. The overall process towards making my presentation was grueling and the pressure that came with it added on to the difficulty of the assignment, not to mention that before the project, art seemed uninteresting to me. The presentation I had to give was for my European history class and the topic of my presentation was on
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During the project, Mr. Dewale gave me a guide sheet that asked me to research the artwork and answer the following questions: Who created it? What is it about? How did people react to it at the time it was created? How does this piece of art demonstrate/exemplify Baroque art? Does it address any political/intellectual/religious /technological/economic/social themes or values? Is this piece public or private? How does this art help us better understand this piece of art help us better understand this period in history? What does this say about us as human beings? Once all questions were answered, my group had to then memorize the answers since the presentation required memorization of all information since notes during the presentation weren’t allowed and the only thing that would be displayed on the board would be an image of the Baroque artwork. The entire project was both stressing and helpful since this presentation was a lot harder than most and it took communicating ideas to a whole new level and prepared me for future presentations. This is because the presentation helped me improve my research skills, memorizing abilities, and public speaking abilities all which are important to being
During the project, Mr. Dewale gave me a guide sheet that asked me to research the artwork and answer the following questions: Who created it? What is it about? How did people react to it at the time it was created? How does this piece of art demonstrate/exemplify Baroque art? Does it address any political/intellectual/religious /technological/economic/social themes or values? Is this piece public or private? How does this art help us better understand this piece of art help us better understand this period in history? What does this say about us as human beings? Once all questions were answered, my group had to then memorize the answers since the presentation required memorization of all information since notes during the presentation weren’t allowed and the only thing that would be displayed on the board would be an image of the Baroque artwork. The entire project was both stressing and helpful since this presentation was a lot harder than most and it took communicating ideas to a whole new level and prepared me for future presentations. This is because the presentation helped me improve my research skills, memorizing abilities, and public speaking abilities all which are important to being