Autumn 1 – Year 9 Mark scheme 1. From top left clockwise: Outer core‚ mantle‚ inner core‚ crust (4) 2. Along plate boundaries (1) 3. Alfred Wenger (1) 4. That the continents were once joined as a big land mass (Pangea) and that over time they drifted apart to form what is our earth today. (2) – second mark for Pangea 5. Convection currents (1) 6. Several cycle drawings in the mantle to demonstrate the warm material rising‚ spreading to either side and cooling/sinking. 7. Heat from the core
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Langston Hughes is represented in Black Voices by the Tales of Simple. Hughes first presents his character Jessie B. Simple in the Forward: Who is Simple? In this tale the reader is given its first look at the character Jessie B. Simple who is a black man that represents almost the "anybody or everybody" of black society. Simple is a man who needs to drink‚ to numb the pain of living life. "Usually over a glass of beer‚ he tells me his tales... with a pain in his soul... sometimes as the old blues
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Bop Neva Ends What is Bop? In “Bop” by Langston Hughes‚ the narrator describes Bop as Be-Bop‚ the opposite of Re-Bop. The general idea of Be-Bop is that it is current‚ makes sense‚ what the colored boys play and that it is authentic. This leads to Re-Bop having the definition of being white boys play‚ an imitation‚ and complete nonsense. In “Bop”‚ a character by the name of Simple is stating his own theory on the origin of Be-Bop music to an unnamed narrator. Simple uses his somewhat ethnocentric
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In the poem Ballad of a Landlord by Langston Hughes‚ the reader is on a journey through the eyes of a black man who is mistreated by his landlord because of his ethnicity. In the poem the tenant goes to the landlord and expresses their worries about their apartment falling apart instead of the landlord helping them he just raises the tenant’s rents. When the tenant decides to try to stick up for himself against the landlord he is the one that is penalized‚ prosecuted‚ and thrown in jail for six months
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Occassionally in the course of my research of buildings in our area‚ I come across a familiar name. Last week exactly that happened. In looking into the history of 35 East 9th Street‚ I found that it had a famous resident at one time‚ Hugh Ferriss. For those who aren’t familiar with the name‚ you probably are familiar with his work. Ferriss was the master draftsman of his time of the American metropolis‚ both real and ideal. In the course of his career‚ he rendered hundreds of buildings and
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Langston Hughes “Good writing‚ Langston Hughes believed‚ comes out of your own life” (Melter ix). Langston Hughes reflected this in all his poem‚ short stories‚ novels‚ plays‚ and all other literary works. He wrote in a sixty year time period‚ becoming the first African American author to support himself- by writing his own experiences (Scholastic). Langston Hughes wrote influential‚ emotional works of literature due to his early life‚ early writing and schooling‚ and his lifestyle. The date was
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Langston Hughes poem titled “Dream Deferred” is a poetic masterpiece explaining how delaying our dreams we only result in them diminishing or getting lost overall. Langston Hughes was is an African-American poet and social activist who was born on February 1st in the early 1900s (1902). Growing up and eventually becoming a social activist in New York. Langston Hughes was a subject of racism and being told “no” for him living in the years before the 1960s were racism was some what tolerated in America
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minds to imagination‚ creativity‚ and individuality. Lamentably‚ individuality is a treasurable aspect that has begun to be discouraged in modern society. One of today’s trends is to conform to societal pressures and hide one’s true self‚ as seen in Langston Hughes’ “Salvation.” Based on a true experience‚ Hughes exposes how he lost faith in religion as he witnessed his church’s “big revival.” The motif in this piece portrays how children conform to the societal whims rather than expressing their personal
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of Langston Hughes impacted many‚ so much so that people felt it was important to continue on his legacy years after his death. The Langston Hughes Society is an example of a group who works to preserve his legacy through presentations‚ events‚ and speakers who have felt a connection to Hughes’ work. This group of scholars teachers‚ creative writers‚ and performing artists strive to raise awareness about the work he has done (“Society”). The conception of this society traces back to as early as 1981
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Langston Hughes Langston Hughes was born in Joplin‚ Missouri on February 1‚ 1902 and died in New York City‚ New York on May 22‚ 1967. His father’s name was James Nathaniel and his mother’s name was Carrie Mercer Langston Hughes. His parents separated not to long after he was born. His father later moved to Cuba and later permanently lived in Mexico‚ where he lived the rest of his life working as an attorney and landowner. He eventually traveled to Mexico to visit his father who moved when his parents
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