CH GCE Portfolio

In my freshman humanities class, we are learning about the 17 Sustainable Development goals created by the United nations. (Sustainable Development Goals are a collection of 17 global goals set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015.) At the end of the first term, we chose one of the seventeen goals that we wanted to focus on. We had to research why that goal exists, and what it does for us today. We had to refer this all back to a country, whether it is upholding that goal or not. I choose Australia to compare and contrast the standards for Sustainable Development Goal number 16. I also learned many global facts about SDG number 16. This includes the progress that has been made, the current state of this issue, and the things that regular people can do to help achieve this goal. "At least 1,019 human rights defenders and journalists have been killed in 61 countries since 2015." (UN) Many places in the world still experience multiple forms of violence. In many place...

The USA and the Netherlands both are very similar countries. They consist of a Democracy, with elected officials, and a constitution with amendments that help make up the law. But both citizens in these countries have very different experiences. In my freshman humanities class, we looked at the difference and similarities between sex and gender. We’ve met with many people and visited institutions to get a better understanding of the issues of gender equality. We met with Professor Hewitt from Oakton Community College, and Scout from the Chicago Women's Health Center. We visited the Center on Halsted. Throughout this entire unit we discussed how we see equality and inequality in our lives, and where we commonly see gender inequalities within and throughout media and social media. After going on a field experience, we took time to reflect and understand the information so that we too could build our own views on this issue. What stood out to me was the evolution of the amendment and ...

During my first Humanities class, during freshman year. We learned about the sustainable development goals set by the united nations. We focused on goal one, no poverty. Goal two, zero hunger. Goal three, quality education. We took a trip to the Lincoln Park Community Shelter to learn about the effects of the limited resources in our neighborhood. We then cooked them lunch to show gratitude and thanks for allowing us to enter into the community that they have formed. My end unit project is focusing on ending extreme poverty and whether adequate shelter, health care, and free primary and secondary school should be a human right. Each year, the homeless costs the government almost $50,000 per person, according to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. That is more spent per person than some people below the poverty line make. People should not have to endure a life of poverty. They should have the human right to adequate shelter, health care, and free prima...