I am absolutely happy with the our final product. It came out incredible and I couldn't be anymore happy with it. We changed drastically from the prototype. I did the entire prototype (I kept forgetting it at home) It was a a card board box that I drew on every window on and painted. It didn't look amazing but it was okay because it was a prototype. My other team members contributed on the final product. They laser cut out the entire design onto wood. It looked so good I was shocked. So many people went to great lengths with their other countries. I overhead Switzerland screaming they were "the happiest place on earth" claiming that Switzerland was a very happy and successful country. I would be interested in learning what makes that country happy. Exhibition went very well I enjoyed mostly every moment. I had a lot of participation with our guests. I handed out tickets and tokens, let me tell you. Not as easy as it sounds. So many I mean MANY middle schoolers and high schoolers would come back requesting more tickets acting as they forgot their or lost them. It was very annoying and I wanted to just ignore them a lot of the time. And then other 10th graders were stealing tickets from one another booths it was extremely disrespectful. But other than that fiasco it went well. I believe I should get an A for exhibition I felt as I had a a big role explaining what these tickets do and tokens. Having to deal with annoying students for a few hours without leaving deserves some credit.
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The world's fair project was a project where we learned about The Worlds Fair (pretty straight forward) We had the opportunity to choose a country and explore what they did for a World's fair. I had absolutely no idea where I wanted to go. I wanted a group where I know I would work good with. I noticed a close friend of mine was in a Chicago group, and this friend always keeps me on track (Not like my other friends). I felt as I didn't learn a lot compared to someone else who did another country. Since I have an okay knowledge of this country it was more of learning the City of Chicago. I learned more about the World's fair that was held there in 1893 titled " The World's Columbian Exposition" I learned about the numerous inventions that were brought to the public in this worlds fair such as The ferris wheel and Wrigley's gum! The item we recreated wasn't apart of the World's fair but was built before the time of the fair. Built in 1885 it's titled "Chicago's Home insurance Building" the reason why we choose to build this building is because it was the world's first skyscraper! (Also the Ferris Wheel was taken so... ) The building was ten stories high and a whooping 180 feet or 54.9 meters.
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