Just for the Innocent

We studied the executive branch of government in this unit of Policy. Our class time revolved around the different powers that the President and cabinet members have in government. I went on my own Field Experience to see the mayoral inauguration of Lori Lightfoot, Chicago's first black, female, and openly gay mayor. She is the head of Chicago's smaller scale of an executive branch. All of the new and old aldermen were there to be inaugurated also. I found it energizing to see all of those people in power in the same room and seeing a compassionate group of Chicago residents. I hope to make it to a President's oath of office in my future one day. I think that the mayor has a lot of work to do for the city, but I can't imagine the amount of power the president has over the United States. I find that the power to declare war is a big responsibility. Many wars have been declared in the United States' past. Some wars that we consider to be "real" were not declared by Congress, so the government cannot say those wars were legally entered. The war I decided to study for my Action Project is World War II. I chose this war because I have read non-fiction books of people's perspectives on the Holocaust recently, such as Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli. I had fun researching the history of the war and how it affected the world as a whole, and if it was legal or illegal from the United States' perspective.

Joseph Fornelli, Mission Extraction, Unknown Date

In conclusion, I learned a lot from the process of this Action project. I need to work on being efficient on writing papers and researching. I taught myself how to cite correctly, which is a new and impressive accomplishment. I hope to take the lessons I had from this AP and implement my new research skills on other papers.

Works Cited

Danforth, Bruce. “Why Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor.” Pearl Harbor. Website. https://pearlharbor.org/why-japan-attacked-pearl-harbor/ . Accessed 19 May 2019.

Fornelli, Joseph. "Mission Extraction." National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago. Ink on paper. Accessed 22 May 2019.

Recchiuti, John Louis. “FDR and World War II.” Khan Academy. Website. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/rise-to-world-power/us-wwii/a/fdr-and-world-war-ii . Accessed 19 May 2019.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. “Message to Congress.” 1941. PDF. https://fdrlibrary.org/documents/356632/390886/readingcopy.pdf/42234a77-8127-4015-95af-bcf831db311d . Accessed 19 May 2019.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. “Proposed Message to the Congress.” 7 December 1941. PDF File. http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/images/decwarp1.jpg . Accessed 18 May 2019.

Royde-Smith, John Graham.“World War II.” 23 Aug 1998. Britannica. Website. https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II . Accessed 18 May 2019.
United States Constitution. Article I, Section 8, Clause 11. Accessed 20 May 2019.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “Franklin Delano Roosevelt”. Holocaust Encyclopedia. Website. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/franklin-delano-roosevelt . Accessed 19 May 2019.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “War Refugee Board: Background and Establishment”. Holocaust Encyclopedia. Website. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/war-refugee-board-background-and-establishment Accessed 19 May 2019.

Save Our Energy, Save our Planet

 The Power class made me realize that I take electricity for granted. Electricity is one of the most important utilities we use in the city. It connects us to the internet, lights our streets up at night, and powers appliances that make chores easier. Without Tesla and Edison's inventions of AC and DC electricity, we would be stuck in darkness. I learned how to draw a complete circuit diagram with all of the components. The math in this unit interested me because it felt connected to how real electricians understand the amount of voltage, current, and resistance runs through a circuit. For our Field Experience of the unit, the class and I took a trip to the Museum of Science and Industry, one of the last standing buildings of the World's Fair held here in Chicago. We didn't have a chance to visit the Wooden Island, a calm and peaceful area that Frederick Olmsted advocated for. It is one of my favorite places in Chicago to relax and find peace at in the summer. I was partnered with my classmate PKA to create an energy efficient circuit that is more eco-friendly than our houses in Chicago. It was difficult to create the circuit, but we took our time to create a simple, yet effective one. It was interesting to do the calculations of the voltage, resistance, and current of our circuit because it made our work affirmative. If I had a bigger circuit board, I would like to create a larger circuit with more parallel paths.