Contemporary Voices Projects

Seniors in Ms. Johnson's Contemporary Voices class participated in a culminating research project a bit different from the norm. Students were able to choose their desired project format to demonstrate their learning. Through their chosen method of delivery, students demonstrated a complex understanding of a contemporary issue or problem and presented an argument to view, solve, and approach the issue in a particular way. The course focuses on timeless and universal themes of coming-of-age, forming one’s identity, and facing injustice while considering the implications of doing so confronted with all of the complexity which the modern world entails.

NOTE: The views and opinions expressed in the materials on this page are strictly those of the students who produced them and do not necessarily reflect the views of AMSA or the administration.

Claire Allen -- Child Protective Services Issues (podcast)

Olivia Barth -- A Teenage Mental Health Pandemic

Nadim Bazhod -- Fake News on Social Media

Karsyn Canale -- Psychological Effect On Zoo Animals

Logan Carter -- A take on the Death Penalty

Yuven Dadigala -- How COVID-19 has Affected the Mental Health of Teenagers

Sam David -- Gun Laws

Jenneke de Haan -- Period Inequality in the United States

Anvi Gampa -- Standardized Testing

Trevor Gannon -- Climate Change’s Impact on Animals

Mike Garvey -- How farms are bad for rivers

Liam Genninger -- Effects of Diet on Mental Health (podcast)