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HASS Project Progress: Update 2

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The feedback we received from the Progress Update was to, first of all, decide on the charity that we want to donate our profits to. We discussed it further and we narrowed it down to either the WWII Veterans (an organisation such as Bravery Trust), to the Jewish Holocaust Centre, or to RAAFA which is nearby our school. We felt that it would take the historical side of our project to be more meaningful as this is an institution that dedicates itself to educating, researching and memorialising the Holocaust survivors. Their cause has educated more than 700,000 students in Australia and has a plan on rebuilding their museum.


The second feedback we received was to keep the amount and variety of products we wanted to sell short. We initially wanted to sell 2 products per side from WWII (allies and axis), however, we ended up finalising on selling one item of food per side along with extras on the side.

For the past two weeks, my group has been planning the price of each menu item based on the costs of each ingredient and portion we are planning on making. Our first budget was $50, and soon, we figured that this was way too little as we plan to do 80 portions of our first main and 25 for our second main (a portion being a small paper cup). Our final budget ended up being $135, counting in the costs of the equipment such as the paper cups; paper plates; a square reader (for convenience as many consumers have moved their payments to be on credit or debit instead of carrying cash); the ingredients.

It was a challenge to search and gather ingredients that remained their integrity of freshness while at their minimal cost, requiring our research skills to look through multiple sources to find the most suitable collection for our project. However, it was crucial for us to remember that the aim of our project isn’t to provide the best-tasting food as we are trying to keep to the realness and accuracy of the food in the war. It was also challenging to find a suitable recipe for one of our menu items (the tomato soup) and then proceed to convert all these measurements to 80 portions, requiring our conversion math skills. We also struggled to set up a date on when we would cook all this food due to our schedules being busy and packed with exams and curricular activities, however, we all negotiated and compromised in the end.

It was a challenge to search and gather ingredients that remained their integrity of freshness while at their minimal cost, requiring our research skills to look through multiple sources to find the most suitable collection for our project. However, it was crucial for us to remember that the aim of our project isn’t to provide the best-tasting food as we are trying to keep to the realness and accuracy of the food in the war. It was also challenging to find a suitable recipe for one of our menu items (the tomato soup) and then proceed to convert all these measurements to 80 portions, requiring our conversion math skills. We also struggled to set up a date on when we would cook all this food due to our schedules being busy and packed with exams and curricular activities, however, we all negotiated and compromised in the end. 

Our next step to complete in our timeline is to design informative posters to explain the origins and context of the food we chose to sell. Our aim is to design it in a creative and innovative way that will capture the eyes of the public so that it is not just repetitive and boring information displayed. We are also planning the set-up and display of the physical store as well as for deciding the costumes/clothes we are going to be dressed in to attract the attention of customers. A few current ideas of a setup we have are:

  • setting up an area where the customers can sit and spreading beanbags and rusty furniture around
  • placing a hidden speaker and occasionally playing sudden sounds from the battlefield
  • Have a nerf gun shooting at the ground (at random times) for a more realistic scenery

HASS Project Progress: Update 1

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For our last assessment of the Year 10 Humanities course, we were granted the task of constructing our own project of our choice from Civics, History, Economics and or Geography. The ultimate goal is to showcase our outcome at a final exhibition held at the CPA in Term 4. 

The project that my group and I have chosen is to create a mini ‘restaurant’ that sells food from World War II and the money earned will be donated to World War II Foundation. We will have a display store selling bundles of offers which will provide a little refreshment while incorporating a little ideology of what the soldiers would’ve eaten. However, although our group has not achieved our target yet, we have made some progress that will contribute to our final product. Originally, we had brainstormed other creative ideas such as incorporating the idea of Georgian Fashion or creating a virtual room of a concentration camp from WWII. 

Our essentials questions are:

  • What are the struggles that the soldiers in WWII faced?
  • What are the conditions of the food that soldiers in WWII had?
  • What is the difference between the Allied and Axis’ portion?
  • What is in each ration for the soldiers?
  • How do we set up a successful business?
  • How do we spread our marketing skills?

The steps that we have completed include doing research and bibliography to discover the struggles that soldiers in WWII face; the conditions of the food given; the difference between the rations given to the allies and axis soldiers; how to set up a successful store. An interesting fact we have discovered from our research is that the British soldiers were given 2 pints of tea to drink every day! We have also discussed our visualisations of how the store is going to run and the types of products we may sell (at this stage, we have decided to sell plates as ‘rations’ with a sample of each type of food). 

A source from our bibliography

Our plan for continuing to progress with our project includes looking into the economics side and planning financially to ensure profits are being made.

  1. We need to decide on how much everything is going to sell for, where we can gather our resources at the lowest price possible. 
  2. We need to decipher the amount of profits we are targeting, and from there, the amount of portions that are needed to be sold to have that desired outcome.

Overall, our project has started out strongly as we have set our main goals and our next steps to be completed.

The Sustainability of the Ganges River

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Our Sustainability project is about sustainability and the future of the Ganges River in India. The river Ganges is one of the most polluted rivers in today’s society and has caused massive social, economic, humane and environmental impacts. The pure water originates from the Himalaya Mountains and the Gangotri Glaciers but has been polluted due to religious practices such as tipping of cremating ashes, civilians bathing, factory wastes and unwanted animal products.

Via this project, I have built on my communication by organising the research tasks with my cooperative team members to develop our independence in analytical and evaluating skills. For this statistical aspect, all reasoning needed to be back up with accurate proof such as graphs and tables as it is fundamental to do so. I have also learnt the aspects of connections in the world of mathematics as mathematical ideas interconnect and the ideas can branch out from one to another on how mathematics can be applied to the real world to solve world issues.


I have progressed in my understanding of sustainability in today’s society and have built on my knowledge on the foundations of economic, environmental and social aspects. I have found that the pollution River Ganges has been a result of unsustainable use that had not been thought out for the future use of the river for civilians’ needs. Despite this, there are companies in today’s society that not only focus on their economic growth but also their commitment to sustainability to ensure the needs of the future are met. An example of this is The Ganga Project, launched by the Namami Gange Programme in hopes to clear the river of its toxins by December 2019. I have learnt that although it is evident that sustainability is trying to be reached, it has its own sets of challenges with a difficult process.

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