Unbroken project

The Unbroken project was based off of the book unbroken as well as results from a test that indicated which learning style we were. When I took the test I found that I was a linguistic learner which has to do with English and language and also bodily kinesthetic which was more about physical learning. We were also grouped by what learning style we received. In my case there was only one other person who was solely linguistic and I ended up working with her.

            Being labeled as linguistic we were supposed to do a project that had a lot to do with writing but also pictures and images and chose to do a scrapbook of Louie Zamperini’s life before, after, and during war through his mother’s eyes. The reason I choose to put this particular project in my portfolio is because I put a lot of time and effort into it and it is really a project that I feel proud of, not only that but it taught me about group dynamics and dealing with people who you feel don’t do their share of work.

            The scrapbook of Louie Zamperini’s life took a long time to finish, each page had to be decorated to match the picture, designed, and then written. On each page there was a combination of pictures and writing all from the perspective of a mother keeping a scrapbook of her beloved son. I choose some of the most important days through his life from his birth to his draft until his marriage, the scrapbook ended when his mother died of cancer shortly after he was married. All of the pictures that I used came straight from the book besides his baby picture and all of the writing was based on facts from the book. I also included faux letters one from the United States selective service and others from his family. The one from the U.S.S.S was written in a typewriter like font and was based on some draft letters that I read. The time and effort it took me to get the project done was worth it as we ended up getting 100% on the project.

            The only issue I had with the project was working with my partner. While most of this had to be done at home we did have class time to work on it. During class time she consistently was not focused and chatted with and distracted other classmates. She never reached out to do any work at home either. Although there was only one scrapbook I asked her to choose pages she wanted to do so I could give her the same size paper and she never did, I also asked her to create a few letters to coincide with the pages, however she did not give them to me until five minutes before we had to turn it in, by then I had already done the letters myself and I had to attach hers to the back flaps. The letters were her only contribution to the entire project and it bothered me to the point where I contemplated not putting her name on the project. Even worse she did not know what was in the project so as we were presenting she had to quickly skim each page to know what to talk about.

            Even through the group struggles this is one of favorite projects and one I am most proud of because of the effort I put into and how I overcame the difficulties I had with my partner.