Catapult

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjEME1HIsQ8

The Indian Caste System

Please answer the following questions relating to the Indian Caste System.

1 - Why was the caste system introduced?

2 - What are the religious reasons for the caste system being adopted throughout India?

3 - What is the theory behind being reborn into different castes?

4 - In your opinion, is the caste system just or unjust? (fair or unfair) Why? (in detail)

5 - Does the caste system exist in any way today? If so, how?

Answers can be researched here: http://asianhistory.about.com/od/india/p/indiancastesystem.htm

Cinquain Creator

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/cinquains

Sustainability Game

Please click on the following link to participate in today's lesson on sustainability.

Welcome to Dump Town USA!

Howdy folks! Today we're gonna take a visit to beautiful Dump Town in the U S of A. Click on the link below, buckle your seats, and prepare for a ride to the dumpinest town in the world! Yeehaw!

https://www3.epa.gov/recyclecity/gameintro.htm

Lost Cities of the Indus Valley

Island Man

https://dggsdifferentculturesyear11.wikispaces.com/Island+Man+by+Grace+Nichols

The Indus Valley

Today we will begin looking at the ancient civilisations which settled along the Indus Valley. This fertile region was home to many farms and settlements.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fc3cMR3k7_2s9PIYVACU_mHusMyqtQt8Ki5QwUTtnaQ/edit?usp=sharing

What is Poetry?

Good morning everyone!

Today we are officially full steam ahead with our Poetry unit. This is an exciting and worthwhile unit and a great way to complete the academic year.

Today, your task is to team up with a reliable partner and to work your way through the Google Slide provided on the link below. The reason you are to work with a partner is because at the end of today's double lesson, I would like you to take time reviewing each other's understanding of poetry and the content that has been learnt.

How to do this:

At the end of the slides, each partner is to write down on a piece of paper 3 of the most important things that they learnt today. Then, they will swap the paper over. Each partner will then read the 3 things that were learnt and they will write a paragraph explaining it. For example, one of the things that could be learnt would be the Features of Poems. It would then be the other persons job to write down what the features of poems are.

I will allow a good 10 minutes for you to complete this task with your partner. Best of luck and enjoy poetry!

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1V0oaz-g_kwPhCavVAjRNk24mGQNymLuYbB6aWt9dwOQ/edit?usp=sharing

Mr Simon

And now for something completely different...

For the beginning of today's lesson, please click this link

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1be5SjJSLZs3dkYNJl9042ZbBMfBFu9ATZrXB3jqf4Is/edit?usp=sharing

You can sing along while I play this...

How The Chinese Saw Ancient Rome

Here's an interesting article that you should read regarding how the Ancient Chinese viewed the Romans in the 3rd Century BCE 

Geography Slides

Please start from Slide 95 onwards. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16S4TzECJA8_6c0M2oAevxCTO8skVsys8DPdR1kOhC4g/edit?usp=sharing

The Socratic Method

Today's slides. Please read then summarise. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mn_35Nz9eX-pc6XeHka2uJJU8wgWe8ZyyEc6dtUdx0M/edit?usp=sharing

Presentation

In your groups, you are to prepare a 3-5 minute presentation about your Nike marketing campaign which we began in class yesterday.

You will have 30 minutes to prepare a PowerPoint or any other slide presentation. All members of your group must speak and answer questions.

Each group must also ask a question of the presenting group.

GOOD LUCK!

History Week 8 - Roman Engineering and Buildings

Today, we will look at two presentations. Then you must complete the required reading before Thursday's lesson.

The Re-Branding Challenge

When something is a brand, it means that it is distinguished from other products. It can be a name, logo, design or a symbol that sets it apart from others. It can also be built on reputation. For example, the company Nike, has created a very successful and reliable brand through quality products and by having very big sports stars endorse the brand, such as Michael Jordan and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Some brands are very much linked to a narrow target audience. For example, the advertisement above is for Air Jordans, a type of Nike basketball shoe that has been around since the 1980's. They are very big among young males aged between 11-35, particularly basketball players, both casual and professional.

Your job today is to re-brand a product for a different target audience.

You have just started a job working for the Nike Marketing Department in Asia. You are in charge of all the Nike advertising in the Middle East and the Asian Continent. Your boss has given you a challenge: To begin selling Air Jordans to a female target audience.

But... how do we do this? Yes, women do play basketball, but nowhere near as many as men. And in fact, it's not seen as a female sport. Well, your boss wants you to change that.

Your job is to not only begin selling these shoes to females, but to show them that basketball is a sport that girls can play as well.

You must:

• Research female basketball players who will appeal to young girls
• Find one who Nike can sponsor and become a role model for young girls
• Research shoe designs that will appeal to young girls. What colours should you use? What patterns? What will they look like (describe them in detail)
• Come up with a slogan for them. The Nike product already has a slogan "Just Do It", but you need to come up with a separate one for these shoes which will appeal to a young female target audience.

You can complete this task in pairs.

Video for Assessment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIrn9b6vwZU&feature=youtu.be

Angry Kid Advertisement - Assessment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY7875_rv1s

Slaves and the Gladiators

Building a Livability Profile

To start with today, let's begin this 5 minute warm up activity. Visit this Google Doc, type in your name on the table and answer the 3 questions listed in each column.

Livability

Hello everyone. Our new topic for Term 2 in Geography is LIVABILITY. You will begin by conducting research to find out what livability is and what makes an area of the world livable. Here is a link to a slideshow of some of the world's most livable cities. This should help you out.

Question: What does livability mean?

Question: What makes an area livable?

Question: What do all the most livable cities in the world have in common?

You may work in pairs to answer these questions.

Next -

Select 3 of these major cities:

Mexico City

Tehran

Darwin

Seoul

Palermo

Johannesburg

Are your cities livable? If not, why not? If yes, then why?

List the climate types of each of these cities and their populations. Also find out the average annual rainfall and highest and lowest temperatures.

Persuasive Media Texts - Slideshow Lessons

Hello all - here are the slides for each of our lessons this unit. Please use for notes or references at your leisure. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Gn8yZp_K9gIqqEUUNlhWrxiAvxmfLL-HFvzTCy6wng8/edit#slide=id.p3

Warm Up Activity! Ancient-Modern Rome

Our warm up activity today requires you to have a device with Google Earth installed on it. If you don't have it, the app is available via Google Play or the App Store for free.

On your own or with a partner, you must locate and describe the following landmarks of Ancient Rome which exist in Modern Day Rome.

• Amphitheater of Nero
• The Colosseum
• Circus Maximus
• Gardens of Sallust
• Forum Romanum
• Basilica of Neptune
• Porta Maggiore

Time to do this: 15 minutes