Beckett Kavanagh, The Fenn School, Class of 2025 

My reflection

As it turns out, being put in a group of three proved to be a valuable lesson in teamwork. My group got together and we decided we wanted to do Nazi propaganda. I was assigned to work on the artifact in my group. I am much better at hands on work then on iPads so I was ecstatic. The first day we got down to the Ilab Alex was sick which meant that we had a two person group. Alex stayed out for two days. Milo and I had to pick up slack.  As it turns out teamwork, critical thinking and cooperation were the three things that saved my group from missing deadlines and messing up the documentary as well as our artifact.

Last minute changes, absences made our project hard to complete. But our efficiency and teamwork made it easy to complete. It was two days before the museum and I was expecting to be absent the day before it. I had to hurry in finishing the artifact so that my group was all set for the next day and the day of the museum. I started by putting up lights with Milo to make the artifact shine more. Surprisingly the lights were one of the hardest parts of the artifact. We hot glue it then it falls, we hot glue it then it falls over and over again. Finally we got it to stick but that took a good chunk of our period. Later on in the period Milo and I went out to spray paint the Star of David and the cardboard. The star was exceptionally hard because we needed to spray paint the back black without getting it on the star, but Milo came up with the good idea of taping over the star so it will stay clean. We taped up the star and covered it all in black. Then taped the background and spray painted the gold making the star look big and bright.

The museum ended and I ended up having a great time. Watching everyone’s faces as they passed our artifacts filled with awe, anger and sadness. Looking back, this project has given me a deeper understanding of the Holocaust and what it was. My classmates helped me grow as a writer and researcher, by providing feedback and support