My Artifacts…
Personal/Social:
After completing my “Egypt vs. Mesopotamia” group project in Comparative Cultures 12, I feel that I had many strengths and weaknesses. To begin, I feel as though I was extremely successful at doing my part of the group work. I think that I went above and beyond to contribute to my team. I provided well-researched information and ensured my group cited all of their sources. I organized my thoughts well; especially in the “Ancient Egyptian Art” slide because I narrowed the information down into subcategories. I was also very efficient and made sure that I completed my tasks quickly and on time. As for some weaknesses, I think that I could have comminuted better. I feel that I lacked in that area because I didn’t know my teammates too well, which made it more difficult to reach them and share ideas, especially over the weekend or after class. Despite that flaw, I think that I was a wonderful asset to my group, and hope to work with those members once more!
Inquiry:
When working on gathering the information for our presentation, I feel that I did a lovely job. I think that I had many successes and few failures. For example, I was able to find trustworthy, truthful information to add to our slides. I found it was the most difficult to succeed in obtaining information on the “Ancient Egyptian Artifact Discoveries” slide, as it was a very specific topic I had to research. After much time and effort, I, fortunately, found everything I needed and added it to our PowerPoint. As I stated in the paragraph above, I also made sure that my group had a wide range of sources and cited them. Overall, I feel that I was successful in illustrating the differences between Mesopotamia and Ancient Egyptian art. Moving onto my areas of growth, I feel that I could have expanded on the information I received further. I think I could have found a way to explain what I was saying more while keeping it short and sweet. Not only that, but I feel that I could have provided more evidence as to what I was explaining so that my classmates could understand what I was talking about more deeply.