After experiencing the whole unit of civil rights movement and Vietnam War in American Study，each of as was asked to make a final presentation of how we understood and perceived the two big events．To do this，Mr．Gross gave us a list of songs which were all created by the years of Vietnam War．We were allowed to choose one of them and its background as the main idea of the presentation．Students in the class were grouped into five to cooperate on the project．We were given only two periods to finish the project including the speeches，introduction sand videos．
Making presentations was nothing new to me．For almost each sub-ject except for math and science，presentation is so common just like arule in American classes．Unlike such kind of activities we do in China，presentations in American high school are much more often．usually，when students finish a unit，teachers would possibly require them to make a PowerPoint presentation to show how well they have actually known the lessons．Presentation scores stand a great percentage of final grades and sometimes it might be even more important than exams．
American Study is the hardest subject of all．Comparing to the presentation of other classes，the project also seems harder and larger．It was my first time of doing the American study presentations and I al-most have got no definitions of this new mode of presentation．I-Chau，Zhou Fang and I had actively promoted to be in the same group before we were arranged by Mr．Gross．To Mr．Gross’s surprise，we were the only one made up of three foreign members．He once showed his worry that the project of American Study was in need of the knowing of American culture besides English understanding of the texts．He asked us if we would like an American student to join to help．I-Chau and I really hesitated because we understood what Mr．Gross meant by．How-ever，we refused，eventually．We said to him that we could do it．
As foreign students，aside from the language hindrance of giving speeches and making introductions in public，doing the videos by using the English programs that I have never known is the first challenge．
I-Chau and I first discussed the song that we were going to use as the main topic．After a few times of changing，we finally made up our mind to choose the song named Get your rights，Jack which was written in the years of civil rights movement．
Right after being sure which song is going to be used，we called up Zhou Fang to search the backgrounds on the internet．I searched allover Google and collected the pictures of every event that had once happened during the years of civil rights as many as possible．We picked half of them to be imported into the movie．
We were required to make a small movie with both the music and the pictures that we would make speech on．By the time that we were ready to edit，I had already read through all the rules of it．When we actually started，the difficulties were still quite a lot．After several times’trying，I found I-Chau was much better with these things．Zhou Fang and I then talked over and finally decided to assign the task of making the movie to I-Chau．And I was in charge of collecting the ma-terials of the song we chose and writing papers of it．
Get your rights，Jack is a song with lots of English slang． In searching and reading the lyrics，I tried my best to figure out the mean-mg with my understanding of its emotion and author．Mr．Gross was in-deed fight．English is not the only need of leaming American history．Since I have started doing the project，I have spent almost every night whether it is a weekday or not preparing for it．Coinciden tally and an-fortunately，the laptop at my home was broken down that week．Before getting it repaired，I had to type or use any computer in the school li-brary． It was difficult to find any specific introduction of this song on internet．Luckily，with the help of Mr．Gross’s explanations and my own understanding，I finished the speech paper several days before the pre-sentation day．On the day before presentation，I-Chau，Zhou Fang and I gathered in the library and organized our work together． We revised them for another two times and were ready to show．
On the presentation day，students had been busy preparing for speeehes when I stepped into the classroom．American students activelv requested to be the first．I asked I-Chau when to show．I still remember how she answered，saying that let it go naturally．I agreed but the last-ing couldn’t make me forget about my nervousness．Those American students did a good jot indeed．Their speeches were intluent and theirmovies looked good．We were originally ready to"present that dav．In cause ot the limited class time，we became the only go up that didn，that we time to show up．We were made to present on the next day’s class．Mr.Gross turned on his smile and left all of us the words o“we wait the last for the best．” I still remember how the words Inade three of us feel shy an a little hit anxious．
After ihe class，I-Chau consoled me to take it easy．It was true that what it needs to be done were all done．What we had to do next was waiting calmly and being confident．In spite of this，I was still wor-ried．
On the second day，I came to class earlier than usual．While I-Chau and Zhou Fang were copying the files on the computer，I again quickly read through the paper and calmed myself down．When we three began，people applauded．Talking with glimpsing the paper from time to time，my voice was a little quivering．The speech might not be perfect，but I dare to say that it was successful．I-Chau and Zhou Fang did well，too．Also，the movie made by I-Chau was impressive and ex-cellent．We ended our showing with a bow．Mr．Gross at once deemed highly of our presentation in class．
Right before I-Chau，Zhou Fang and I left the class，Mr．Grosss topped us at the door．He gave a really good evaluation on both the movie and the paper of us with saying the work that we did could beeven more wonderful than some American students．You couldn"t imag-ine how excited we were when heard that．
Later，I saw my presentation score on Center Point．I got 48 out of 50．It was unbelievable to get a score like that，but we together made it．