Activity 1: An opinionative essay on climate change – a truth or just an inconvenience? Theme The students will research and write an opinionative essay presenting a point of view about climate change. Key learning/Subject areas/Year level(s) ▪ Personal Development ▪ Health and Physical Education ▪ Science ▪ Studies of Society and the Environment ▪ English/Literacy ▪ Personal Learning (Detailed curriculum links are included at the end of this document) Possible
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“This generation of 18-to-25-year-olds might be the most narcissistic generation ever.” The author‚ through her research‚ shows that parents that constantly record their children‚ doting on children daily about how special they are‚ and the evolution of Internet and television are the primary causes for this personality disorder. The author quotes different research; however‚ the consensus remains that the effects of narcissism is people being more materialistic‚ prioritizing money over other meaningful
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three effects of playing football. Concussions are from being injured in football and being talked about in the media today. Concussions are mostly caused from head to head contact in a football game or practice. When a player suffers from a concussion‚ it is very serious because of the brain damage it can cause‚ including memory lost‚ blurred vision‚ and loss of consciousness. Concussions can have a major impact on the player’s lives later on down the line. Concussions are one bad effect of playing
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injuries‚ suicides‚ and murders combined. So why is it that people still continue to smoke? Although smoking relieves stress and is seen as cool by some‚ it is also the number 1 cause of death‚ in other words smoking equals death and/or bad health. What causes people to even want to smoke knowing the deadly effects? You may have noticed that you are not allowed to smoke in public places‚ no matter where you live. In fact‚ your local or city government probably passed a public smoking ban. Of
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The Cause and Effect of Smoking Smoking can be considered one of the most dangerous habits that any one individual can have. Smoking kills an average of 450‚000 people each year. That is more than car accidents‚ drunk driving‚ and illegal substances. So why is it that people still continue to smoke? What causes people to even want to smoke knowing the deadly effects? There is no one real reason that causes people to smoke. There are actually several reasons that scientists believe is the
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major addiction. When someone smokes a cigarette they are not only hurting themselves‚ but are also hurting others around them. Smoking affects the body by turning the skin color yellow‚ producing an odor‚ and making the skin age faster. “Smoking also causes diseases such as coronary heart disease‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ and lung cancer”(Mehta). Not long ago smoking was considered a casual past time with people smoking in restaurants and around children but now we know the consequences
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Cause and effects of smoking Smoking is one of the main issues that mankind today is confronted with in the world. Smoking is known to have started as early as 1439 A.D. Rodrigo de Jerez was the first ever smoker in Europe‚ and the development of cigars was originated by the Native American people. In the twentieth century‚ cigars were advertised all over the world as a harmless‚ anti-stress product with little or no side effects. Smoking was eventually become widespread all over English-speaking
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discuss the problem in the holy land. This discussion led to the series of the crusades with the knights which were called the crusaders. The effects of the Crusades on Europe of the middle Ages were an important factor in the history of the progress of civilization. I will be discussing the causes and effects of the crusade years and the causes and effects of the crusades. The crusades began with pope Urban. Once he said‚ “A grave report has come from the lands around Jerusalem... That a race
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temperature has changed by about 1.4 degrees fahrenheit (Citation). Climate change is about abnormal variations into the climate‚ and the effects of these variations on other parts of the Earth. One example is the melting of the ice caps at the South Pole and North Pole. These changes may take tens‚ hundreds or perhaps millions of years. The greenhouse effect occurs when certain gases in
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Cause and Effect has played an important role in the person that I am today. My older brother’s decision to play high school and college golf‚ has impacted me and my junior golf career; it has made me more motivated to pr In this essay I will describe to you the cause and effect My Older Brother Tucker‚ who is now 25 years old‚ used to play high school golf back when he was my age. He played on the Northpointe Christian Boys Varsity Golf team all 4 years of high school. He got to play on the team
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