Have you ever wondered how games impact children? or why kids love to play them? Well your about to find out and the answer may be surprising. Video games were first introduced in the 1970s. By the end of that decade they had become a preferred childhood leisure activity‚ and adults responded with concern about the possible ill effects of the games on children. Early research on these effects was inconclusive. However‚ a resurgence in video game sales that began in the late 1980s after the introduction
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The Olympic Games are a significant event not only in today’s society but also in the lives of the ancient Greeks‚ with its origins stretching way back to the classical time. The Ancient Olympic Games were primarily a part of a religious festival that honoured Zeus‚ the father of the Greek gods and goddesses. They were an athletic event that was held every 4 years and began in the early 700 BC. The Ancient Olympic Games were held at Olympia‚ which is in the south-west of Greece‚ and involved a series
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Hunger Games Taylor Corriveau The Hunger Games is a fictional book‚ which establishes the relationship between the protagonist Katniss‚ and the protagonist Peeta. Katniss is a 16 year old girl who lives in District twelve‚ Panem. She is the sole provider for her family and competes in the Hunger Games‚ a game where two people from each of the twelve districts are chosen to fight to the death. Peeta is a 16 year old boy who is also from District Twelve who competes in the Hunger Games with Katniss
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about their friends. In most cases‚ their concerns do not affect the entire world they inhabit. However‚ Ender Wiggins‚ the child protagonist of the award-winning novel Ender’s Game‚ worries over far more pressing issues. For example‚ Ender worries about the intelligent race whose destruction he facilitated. Ender’s Game is a poignant story about understanding other cultures and the values vs. the dangers of pushing children too far. Humanity as a whole frequently dislikes not knowing things. If
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you sacrifice yourself for your sister? Prim got chosen for The Hunger Games and Katniss volunteered to go to Hunger Games instead of her sister. The Hunger Games are games that are make every year between 12 Districts‚ each District sends 2 tributes but only one can win. Katniss volunteered for The Hunger Games and she had to pass throught many situations‚ some bad and some good. Because Katniss volunteered for The Hunger Game ‚ she went to the Capitol to compete with the tributes from the others
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The Hunger Games Chapter 1 The story starts in district twelve‚ the narrator wakes up in her house‚ where she lives with her mother and her little sister Prim. This day is very special. It’s the day of the reaping. Today is the day the contestants for the annual Hunger Games from district 12 are picked out of the bowl. There are picked a boy and a girl from every of the 12 districts to compete in the hunger games. In the poor district 12‚ everybody looks forward to this day with fear of being selected
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Ender’s Game is a science fiction novel about a young boy named Andrew “Ender” Wiggin. Orson Scott Card‚ the author‚ starts the book when Ender is only six years old‚ in a futuristic earth setting. Ender has two extremely smart siblings’ one sister named Valentine and one brother named Peter. In this futuristic earth all children wear a device on the back of their neck that allows military commanders to monitor their actions and intelligence. The reason this is done is because fifty years prior an
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Materials: Paper‚ pen‚ brain. Directions: This game is adapted from "Scattergories." First‚ separate students into teams of 2 or 3 or 4 students. Write 5 or 10 categories on the board (or you can use the printable category cards available below). Categories can be English-related (like Nouns‚ Verbs‚ Adjectives‚ Adverbs‚ Plural Nouns‚ Countable Nouns‚ etc.) or just fun categories or categories that reinforce recent learned vocabulary (like Something you can eat‚ Something destructive‚ Something hollow
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There’s one really big reason to plan icebreaker games for small groups of people when planning a party or event: Ice Exists! People who do not know each other tend to be a little icy and uncomfortable around strangers. Sometimes people in a different social status may be uncomfortable with others that they perceive to be in a different class. Or people from different cultures may be awkward together until they get to know each other better. Heck‚ even if 15 people in a room are all the same kind
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Hunger Games "Happy Hunger Games‚ and may the odds ever be in your favor!" There is a really in dept meaning of what the hunger games is really portraying and what it means‚ which can be hard to explain‚ but picture this scenario: Twenty-four teenagers‚ (12 boys‚ 12 girls) and they are all sent into a giant arena to kill and fight for their lives. But only one can survive. Think to yourself what would you do? Katniss and Peeta were horrified and for them‚ the Hunger Games was
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