Living History Spring 2022 |
Boxing Quarantine Spring 2021History is a series of stories pieced together from various sources, usually interpreted by someone else. Our small stories, objects and art turn into history when they are compiled to provide a greater arc of what happened. The story of 2020-2021 Pandemic is a story that will be told for many year to come. In this project students will create a box to hold artifacts, art, metal casting, mathematical jewelry and more that will tell their stories of this consequential year.
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Improve Winter 2021Improvement is so ingrained in our lives that on the surface, we see it as a rather simple concept. However, examining the subjectivity of it's definition and the varying genesis of it's achievement can help us understand the abstract complexities of improvement. Whether it be individual or communal, society's movement is founded within it's consistent strive to improve its elements. In this project, we will study the definition of improvement and the key aspects including efficiency, allocation, scalability, and unintended consequences. Once understanding the components of improvement through examining models, we will focus on application of these concepts to achieve both personal and community improvement.
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Forces of Change Spring 2020
Who is responsible for the world around us? Students explore this question in three phases of the “Forces of Change” project. In the first phase, students research and interview change makers from around the world in a range of fields. In Phase two, student groups will partner with San Diego organizations to work in an area of interest. In the final phase of the project, students choose their own path to develop a project that contributes to their HTH community. |
Sin Politica Spring 2019
The San Diego-Tijuana Region is one of the most unique and misunderstood cultures on the planet. The hyper-politicization of the region tends to overlook the human stories of triumph and achievement that define our bi-national identity. Sin Politica seeks to study the San Diego-Tijuana border community and share positive stories with humanity at their core. Students will explore the question, "What does the San Diego-Tijuana community look like when we look at people, not politics?" |
Truthiness Fall 2018
In this project, students examined the question "What is truth?" They explored three questions: how the assumptions we make affect our view of the world, how the sources we have access to color our ideas of truth, and how our own experiences shape our worldview.Students read the Iliad to compare Ancient Greek worldview to our own and tried to prove Earth is round using shadows, a boat and a weather balloon. Students compared a 1872 and 2009 history textbooks and different news outlets’ coverage of events. Students also researched and discussed a stereotype or idea they see reinforced in the world. They used their life experiences to define how we feel about the statement and represented it in stained glass. |