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Social Status & Wealth in Criminal Cases |
The product I created for Personal Project is a website which analyses the influences of social status and wealth on criminal cases. I researched various solved and unsolved cases, and then created a case summary and a case analysis for each of the three cases. I analysed how the social status and wealth of the people involved in the case influenced the events which took place and their investigation. My website includes information about the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr, serial killer Harold Shipman, and the suspected homicide of Thelma Todd. The global context I chose was Fairness and Development, which relates to my project as I discovered how injustice and a lack of fairness can affect different cases. A person’s social status and wealth can influence a case they are involved in both positively and negatively, depending on their role in it and the events which take place. Through developing my product and completing Personal Project, I have not only learned a lot about my topic, but also developed various skills relating to self management, organisation, productivity, and writing. Feel free to check out my website here
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Challenges
For me, finding the motivation to work on my project was the most difficult aspect. Particularly in the beginning, when I felt like I had loads of time to work on my product and report as they were only due in February. I knew that there was a lot of work to be done, so in order to make myself be more productive, I set shorter
deadlines for myself to break up the workload so that I wouldn’t end up having to do everything at the last minute. |
Achievements
Personally, I believe that choosing a topic and getting to learn about something you’re interested in on your own terms is the best part of Personal Project. You can look at something in as much or as little depth as you want and display your knowledge in whatever way suits you best. Finally finishing your product after
working on it for so long is extremely gratifying and it’s nice to know that your hard work was worth it. I’m most proud of the skills that I have developed and improved through Personal Project and the creation of my product. I have gotten a lot better at writing and time management. Personal Project forces you to take control of your own learning, which helps you to build a large variety of new skills and develop many old ones. |
Advice
The biggest piece of advice I would give the next grade 10 is to take the time to explore different possible topics from a variety of interest areas before deciding on one. Make sure you choose something you won’t mind working on in your free time,
because that’s what you’ll be doing. Another piece of advice would be that it’s okay to not know exactly what your product is going to look like or exactly what it is you want to focus on from a general interest area. As long as you have an idea of what you want to do, you can make adjustments and changes to your plan and record them, which will also help you write your report. |