SOCIAL STUDIES FAIR HANDBOOK ROCKDALE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2011-2012 Table of Contents Purpose of Social Studies Fair ..……………………………………..…………3 Georgia Performance Standards in Social Studies ………………..…………...4 Suggested Timeline……………………………………………………………..5 Preparing Student Projects ……………………………………………………. 6 Characteristics of Disciplines…………..……………………………………….8
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English Belonging Belonging has the potential innate ability to demean the human experience‚ paradoxically having the ability to enhance the experiences through life. Maslow believes that belonging is a necessity for every individual‚ even more so than confidence‚ achievement and self-esteem. Recognition of similarities and differences can bestow a sense of belonging but also potentially boycott diversity and change. Belonging as a potentially positive force is recognized in the poet’s representation
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Answer how the concept of belonging is expresses though out the texts you studied. Belonging is a subjective concept that can encourage feelings of security‚ happiness and acceptance. A sense of belonging shapes our identity and can emerge from relationships and experiences. In the Poem 10 Mary Street by `Peter Skrzynecki` and the short story `All Summer in a Day` by Ray Bradbury reveal the importance of relationships and experiences in the emergence of a sense of belonging. Home is a place central
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Related text 1 -The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion‚ The Witch and The Wardrobe Identify: Title - Director - Release date - The Chronicles of Narnia: The lion‚ The Witch and The Wardrobe Andrew Adamson 2005 Brief outline of content Main ideas/Themes involved in text Four young adventurers playing hide-and-seek in the country home of an old professor stumble upon an enchanted wardrobe that will take them places they never dreamed. Stepping through the wardrobe door‚ they are whisked out of World
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Cultural differences create barriers to belonging but these can be broken down over a period of time. This notion is evident in Tim Winton’s text ‘Neighbours’ and Steph Green’s short film ‘New Boy’. Both of these texts explore the ways that shared experience and conformity can bring people together and allow them to form connections. The development of people and their relationship with others overtime help break down barriers to belonging created by cultural differences. This idea is evident throughout
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Belonging is central to how we define ourselves: our belonging to people‚ places and groups enables one to develop a distinct identity terminated by affiliation‚ acceptance and association. Martin Luther King’s speech ‘I have a Dream’‚ Charles Dickens novel ‘Oliver Twist’ and Peter Skzynecki’s poems ‘________’ and ‘________’ all powerfully explore the concept of belonging and the centrality of culture and identity through a variety of poetic‚ literary and persuasive language techniques. In particular
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Justice is a complex matter affecting issues in all contexts of our society; it can affect both the individual and society at large. Justice can be defined in 2 different ways; there is moral justice and legal justice‚ moral is the right to being treated fairly by society‚ regardless of skin‚ religion or disability and legal being defined as the actions taken when the moral code has been broken. For example‚ in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ written Harper Lee and ‘My Name is Khan’ directed by Karan Johar
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impacts on society‚ others and us as individuals it’s about overcoming these problems that as a society we must face. A strong human spirit is essential to overcoming adversity this is shown In the novel ‘destroying Avalon’ by Kate mccaffery and the related material being the film ‘the colour purple’ directed by Steven Spielberg‚ The characters are faced with situations that impact on themselves and the people around them socially‚ physically and mentally. Through the exploration of the themes relationships
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life necessity of belonging one must feel secure and trusted in a certain group. Respect must be present and encourages important alliances and equality within a community. The inability to belong highlights faults‚ leaving an individual vulnerable to alienation by the community and isolation by themselves. Lack of common communication potentially leads to a sense of not belonging. Within Raimond Gaita’s; Romulus my father conception of belonging have been conveyed. Another text that portrays themes
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can learn the message from a journey‚ without actually going on it. Two excellent examples of literature doing this are in the texts stopping by woods on a snowing evening by Robert Frost and City of beasts by Isabel Allende. The texts have elements of physical journeys (getting from point a-b) and inner journeys which is a journey within us. City of beasts is a text about a young boy named Alex who is forced into an adventure with his Grandmother into the Amazon rainforest. Stopping by woods on
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