D.I.Y. Japanese Museum!

For my groups' english/history project, our subject was traditional Japanese houses. We presented that the exterior of the houses were made of wood and paper with sliding rice paper doors, and that the traditional houses were short and very small. Also, all of the furniture in the houses were portable and able to fit in a closet, and many Japanese houses had elaborate gardens because they believed that this would tame the spirits that lived in natural objects (Shinto religion).

The teamwork of our group was effective because it helped us to agree on what to do, and that made us finish the project thoroughly. We each assigned ourselves a part of the project: I made the exterior of the house, Shannon Chou decorated the interior, and Ben Espejo created the garden.(Of course, we each researched the subject we were in charge of.) In addition to the effectiveness, the organization of our project contributed to the participation of the whole group.

When we were presenting our exhibit, the audience was silent and calm. Rather than being a polite audience, I think that they were bored and tired, because for the other speeches done by other groups, they were very involved of the presentation and laughed at their clever way of their demonstration. But for ours, well, it was very awkward and it seemed as if we were presenting to ourselves. This taught us that we should be more smart and composed with our innovation next time.

Overall, this experience was very helpful to our knowledge because not only did we learn more about other subjects of Japan, but also got to comprehend the way it would feel if we were the ones who were in charge of a museum exhibit.