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Category: Social Studies

Unit III – Democracy Unit Reflection

February 9, 2026 /

What did I work on?

1.Understanding different types of governing.

2. Comparing ancient Greek democracy to modern American democracy.

3. Understanding why rules and laws change over time

4. Researching USA amendments and UN articles connected to human rights

5. Socratic seminar discussion about the causes and effects of amendments/articles and how they are connected to each other

What did I learn?

How and why does democracy change over time? I also learned how a bill becomes a law and the three branches of the US government. And the three branches of the US government made checks and balances, which makes all branches have equal power.

What worked well?

I am proud of my Venn Diagram results and I used two examples to support the topic. I listed at least twelve things about the US Government and the Romans, with each comparing how they are different and similar.

What did not work?

I think that I should improve on the socratic seminar, speaking more clearly and loudly with more specific details and evidences to support my research. I should also be more specific when I talk about my topic. I need to be more prepared and bring my notes cards.

Personal Relevance

This can help me because when I have a job interview, I can use the skills of if the leader is asking any questions, I can immediately answer it, not stopping and not asking what the question is again. I can also not be nervous since I would be practicing in the future grades and the past too.

Social Studies Reflection

December 1, 2025 /

Unit 2 Otzi Unit Portfolio Reflection 

  1. What did I work on? 
  1. During this unit, ‘Why should we care about the past?’, I worked on  
  1. Making observations, inferences and wonderings 
  1. Using photos and articles as evidence 
  1. Writing a CER paragraph 
  1. Asking and answering open and closed questions 
  1. Taking part in the Otzi Mock Trial, my role was expert witness 
  1. What did I learn? Why should we care about the past? 
  1. We should care about the past because  
  1. We can know how humans in the past have been developing  
  1. This might be useful in the future if we know the past  
  1. How the world was in the past  
  1. The differences and similarities between the past and the present 
  1. We can learn how Neolithic wo/men lived.  
  1. They were resourceful, hunting for food, created clothes, tools, medicine from nature 
  1. Started to grow crops  
  1. Same as us  

-conflict 

-diseases 

9. very innovative + resourceful 

  1. What worked well? 
  1. I am proud of making a good presentation for the mock trial and finding good and strong evidence to support my opinion 
  1. I am proud of the work above because I put all my effort into this work and did a lot of research to help me get ready for the mock trial. 
  1. What did not work well? 
  1. I found some of this work challenging, which was having to make two slides as an expert witness, and I also had to do health problems. There were plenty of health problems that Ötzi had. 
  1. I found the work above challenging because there were so many health problems that Otzi had which I didn’t have enough time to research. 
  1. Personal Relevance 
  1. Collaboration and communications skills are important in my future because next time when there’s a problem, I can talk to my friends or teammates and solve the problem together. 
  1. This is a photo of my work about 
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