Sreyes

Sofia Reyes

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Overview

The paragraph should give a three to five sentence abstract about your entire London HUA experience including 1) a summary of the aims of your project, 2) your prior experience with humanities and arts courses and disciplines, and 3) your major takeaways from the experience.

Milestone 1

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Objective: replace this text with a one-sentence statement that summarized your main objective for this milestone such as "a comparison of the text of Medieval English choral music to that of the Baroque" or it may be a question such as "to what extent did religion influence Christopher Wren's sense of design?"

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Milestone 2

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Objective: replace this text with a one-sentence statement that summarized your main objective for this milestone such as "a comparison of the text of Medieval English choral music to that of the Baroque" or it may be a question such as "to what extent did religion influence Christopher Wren's sense of design?"

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Milestone 3

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Objective: replace this text with a one-sentence statement that summarized your main objective for this milestone such as "a comparison of the text of Medieval English choral music to that of the Baroque" or it may be a question such as "to what extent did religion influence Christopher Wren's sense of design?"

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Activity Journal

The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the calendar.

May 8, 2017

Westminster Abbey and Tower of London

​It was not my first day in London, but it was my first time in many things. It was my first time in the tube. I really liked the experience in comparison to other transportation in cities I have been. It is really modern and clean. Early morning we started the tour of Westminster Abbey. Our tour guide Carl explained the history of the building. Inside the Abbey we couldn't take pictures but I will never forget the incredible memorials to one of the most important people that have lived on earth. I really like the Gothic style of the building.

First we saw the Coronation Chair and The Stone of Scone. I was impressed by the story of the Scottish Stone and how one stone was so important in the history between England and Scotland. Then we saw the soldiers memorial. Tower of London I wish we had a tour for a better understanding of it. But it was really impressive, all the crown jewels, the history of the crown.

May 9, 2017

British Museum

​ After a nice 30 minute walk we got to the British Museum in the morning. I went in and I was impressed by the architecture. From outside it looks like an old building however it is has a really modern in the main area. The marble stairs took us to all the exhibitions. From the Egypt to America. ------- After we finished watching most of the museum. My group Emily, Olivia, Peter, Cole and Nathalie sat a little to discuss an article we were going to create for this museum. Inspired by the jewels I saw yesterday I decided to do a section on Jewelry though Time section in our article. I had lunch in Russel Square and decided to go to Serpentine Gallery after to work on my milestone. In my way to the gallery I walked across Hyde Park. I found Hyde Park to be splendid! It is huge in comparison to the park I had lunch. I admire all the Londoners walking their dog, ridding their bikes or simply enjoying family time. Before arriving to my destination I came across many monuments including Albert's Memorial. I went into both Serpentine galleries and admired the works of famous modern artists. A particular artist triggered my creativity. She reminded me that "arte es útil" that can translate to arte has a purpose. I made the outline of my first milestone based on her ideas and my creativity.

May 10, 2017

British Museum

​ At St. Paul's Cathedral I was impressed by Mosaics and paintings two galleries were closed I wasn't expecting to be able to see the building but we could after what seemed a thousand stairs I was impressed by the whisper room Visual media ​ Great fire of London No sabía si pagar Tower Bridge London Eye Tower of London

May 11, 2017

National Gallery

So far most of the places we have been were not realated to my milestones. However this ART gallery has everything to do with it.

May 12, 2017

National History Museum

We came to the Natural History Miseum. I felt like I was back in middle school in the class of life science. Every exhibition reminded me of chapters I learned back then. The Earthquake and Volcanos my first one and my favorite one. I have experience what earthquakes are and they are not fun. This exhibition first explane why do they happen. Later it explains the different this that can happen because of the movement of tectonic plates. Crystals are form but also entire cities can be destroyed like Pompeii. I was also impressed by the precautions we should have as Olivia mentions in her section of the Natural History Museum. As I mentioned before this museum reminded me of past classes I took in high school and by the end of this exhibition I had a really strong memory. I remembered when Honduras(home) had an 7.3 earthquake. This happened in 2009. I was 9 years old and I barely knew what earthquakes were. I remember that the next school day we had was dedicated to earthquakes. We learned the Richter scale. In honor to this memory I decided to contribute to the article as Olivia did by creating a section. In Other exhibitions we saw materials we can find on earth, how the earth was created and many crystals we can find on earth. This exhibition were in the first section of the museum called the Red section.
​ We kept going through the other sections(Blue, Green and Orange). I learned many new things of many new species that live or have lived on earth like the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs exhibitions were impressive. However, I was not nearly as excited as the little kids to see the dinosaurs. After seeing the dinosaurs I thought our trip to the museum was over, however, we still had the DARWIN CENTER also known as the pupil. This 8 story building contains scientist that preserve and study different species in the planet.

As we left the Natural History Museum, we came across the Victoria and ALBERT Museum(V&A). Part of group 2 (Emily, Olivia, Natalie and me) went to the museum in look for a study area we could use to work on our projects. I certainly didn't expect a museum of this beauty and size. We went though various exhibitions and we were impressed by the amount of content each exhibition has. V&A not only has beautiful exhibitions but it is also has National Art Library (NAL) with Reading rooms you can work on and thousand of art books you can read. I went in and was so excited, unfortunately to look at the books I had to get a card as in previous museums. I got the card and now I have access to all this material for my milestone.

My Complete Contributions

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