a) Our group managed to integrate different ideas effectively, although we all had different ideas of what our final project would look like. At first I was rather worried that our ideas were perhaps too different, but I was pleasantly surprised at how well we got along after a couple of tries.
b) Although our topics seemed similar at first glance, they actually dealt with very different ideas. For example, mine related to slavery and women, but my groupmates’ initial speeches were more related to women’s rights than anything else. Fortunately, one of my groupmates changed her speech and we were able to focus on one central topic.
c) I organized the layout and the background of the project, as well as analyzing and finding a secondary source, as well as historical background, for the part about Sojourner Truth and her speech. Also, I was able to point out disparities between our “sections” and we were able to make the project flow a little better.
d) My overall thoughts: the group project was not the worst one I have had, but not the best one either. For one, I thought the groups were a bit too small- groups of five or six instead of three (and in some cases two, because one would not participate/show up) would have worked better. Also, I thought that while my groupmates were nice people, we all had pretty strong opinions and it was hard to follow at first. Overall, it was an interesting experience, but I found that I did not think it was very efficient.
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