Welcome to my first official blog post. As a new PLP student, there couldn’t have been a warmer welcome than 9 long days in New Mexico. Overall, this project has been an excellent experience that I will definitely never forget. From getting to stand on the test site of the first nuclear bomb, to venturing hundreds of feet down the largest cavern in America, this PLP project could be defined as a life changing expedition for my fellow classmates, teachers and I, but at the same time a legendary, top-notch learning experience that not many other students will ever get to go through when learning about the cold war. My group for this project included: Carter, Hannah, Colton, Faith, Makenna, and myself. I am very grateful for this group because everyone did their job to the best of their ability.
At the beginning of this project, we learned about historical significance and were given an assignment of where we were to pick a meaningful event and argue why it was historically significant. For mine, I chose World War 2.
When I handed this assignment in the first time, it needed a lot of restructuring and edits. I made the corrections, though, and moved on from the assignment.
The next part of this project for me was going on the New Mexico field study. Getting to see the trinity site and all the museums was so fun and such a great experience to have lived. There were so many great parts about this trip but the highlights definitely would have to include Carlsbad Cavern, White Sands, and Sandia Peak. I think that getting to go to New Mexico for this project really brought it to life and gave us more learning opportunities.
Once we got back from New Mexico, our group started to really work steadily on our book. Our theme is “Oppenheimer’s Notebook” and the chapter I completed was on the creation of Los Alamos.
After we finished your book, we did a group reflection. The assignment was to make a pie chart to do with the participation of our group members. We also wrote a reflection after. It didn’t take me too long to finish the assignment and was an informative overlook of our participation.
After that, we had another assignment but this time was an essay reflecting on Oppenheimer’s speech he gave to other scientists in 1945 after the drop of the atomic bombs. I think I am capable of better work, but I am continuing to make edits on it.
The last assignment we had to do under this project was read an essay called “The Road to Berlin” and answer some questions on it. I read it aloud with several of my peers and answered the questions. The essay was very deep and could definitely be part of a book by the way it sounds.
This was definitely the best possible start I could have to PLP because the project was so interesting and getting to go to New Mexico made it even better!