Critical Thinking

For the World War 2 unit my project was a poem. I expressed my opinion and thoughts on whether Nazi’s should still be held responsible for their actions through creative writing. I also had to use critical thinking to decide how to shape my poem. I was able to come up with many ideas at school and at home. There was a process of elimination to notice how well certain phrases flow and what fits best. I had many rough drafts before I came up with a version I liked. I looked at old poems inspired by WW2 to understand a sense of all the feelings associated with it to help my poem also express those feelings of grief and trauma. I researched facts about the Holocaust to make sure all my information was accurate and help me come up with more ideas about points I talked about in my poem. Overall I used a lot of critical thinking to develop the structure of my poem and decide what feelings I wanted to portray.