Portfolio Assessment in Social Studies What is a portfolio? A portfolio is a systematic collection of entries‚ over a period of time (e.g. from P4 GEP to P6 GEP). An entry is typically made up of 3 parts: (i) an artefact‚ (ii) a commentary‚ and (iii) a reflection. Please refer to the table below for more details. |Artefact |Commentary* |Reflection** | |Self-created:
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Learning how to be an effective writer is essential in order to better invest in my academic‚ professional and personal growth. Working on improving my writing skills will be a huge help while I further my education. As I continue being a student‚ I will be required to work on readings and essay assignments. These essay assignments can cover a variety of things from events in my life to research papers. If I am able to use the language and grammar correctly‚ it will help me gain the new knowledge
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How Children Learn Language Language‚ the largest and most common way we communicate in this world. It could be Spanish‚ English‚ Chinese or Japanese; we learn and use it in our everyday life. It is not genetically encoded in our brain to speak yet‚ we are able to start speaking or using a language. Children are born with no knowledge of the world. Children are able to learn language through interactions brain development and part of human development. Their brain develops everyday; helping them
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In November of 1775‚ a great catastrophe struck Lisbon‚ Portugal’s capital‚ leaving more than just rubble and ash behind. “The earthquake happened in an area of Europe where there was rethinking of the nature of personality‚ knowledge‚ science‚ and religion (Dynes).” These ideas would later become known as The Enlightenment. The ideology that fueled The Enlightenment was to “flee from dominant Christian thinking and move towards new ways of knowing (Dynes).” The immense destruction from the earthquake
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Renaissance is a word that means “rebirth.” This is a fitting title for the time period as it was a time of surges of advancements in all fields of study. The Renaissance in general lasted from 1330 CE to 1620 CE‚ while the periods in it (Italian‚ English‚ High Renaissances) lasted as following: English Renaissance lasted from 1550 CE to 1620‚ the Italian Renaissance lasted from 1330 CE to 1550 CE‚ and the High Renaissance‚ in the middle of the English Renaissance‚ lasted from 1480 CE to 1520 CE
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Michelangelo Many people have contributed something to what we know as the renaissance era‚ whether it was art‚ music‚ or poetry; But few have contributed to the renaissance era what Michelangelo has. Examples of this can be seen throughout history with his many famous paintings‚ sculptures‚ or his lesser known poetry. These examples include the Sistine chapel paintings and his David sculptures‚ these contributions alone prove that Michelangelo was one of the major contributors to the renaissance
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When J.S Bach came to the minds of his contempories‚ he was known as the “…genius of that wonderful family of Thuringian musicians.” Furthermore‚ Bach was acknowledged as a gifted organist and performer during his life. Consequently when he passed away‚ so did his compositions into ‘obscurity’. Today however‚ in gratitude to the Romantic revival of Bach’s brilliance‚ we view a prolific composer who “…in the multiplicity of his song… delighted‚ taught and moved young people‚ women‚ men‚ princes‚
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America. Logic is just one of many stories of child abuse. Second‚ Logic had to do a lot to get to where he is today(famous). He talks about some of his struggles in his song “Take It Back” where he says “...That at 17 years old This child‚ okay‚ leaves home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would then come home to about 8 or 9 hours of sleep But spend 4‚ 5‚ 6 hours of that working on music‚ persevering…” (Logic) The reason he
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Mohandas Gandhi and his non-violent acts of defiance had great implications on imperialism during the post colonial area. Known to many as the “Great Souled one”(History) Gandhi was a leading force for India to gain independence from Great Britain. Gandhi’s extensive use of passive resistance which is defined as “refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power‚ without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition” (Pletcher). Is a trademark for Indian independence
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When he lived: Georges Cuvier was a famous French naturalist and zoologist who lived from 1769 to 1832. Where he was raised‚ educated‚ and employed: Son of an upper class Swiss Guard Lieutenant Jean Georges Cuvier‚ Georges was born to Anne Clémence Chatel in Montbéliard with the formal name Jéan Leopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier. Georges was taught at home by his mother and excelled academically. As a ten year-old‚ his interest in natural history was sparked by a copy of Gesner’s Historie Animalium
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