Thursday, 22 August 2013

Grade 12: List of some of the Notes handed out




Durban Girls High School Notes:

  • Responsible Citizenship
  • Basic Conditions of Employment Act
  • Development of Self
  • Media& Democracy
  • Personal well-being
  • Stress Management
  • Career & Career Choices
  • Effective Communication
  • Study Skills
  • Bibliographies 
  • Personal Mission Statement
  • Relationships


Teenactiv notes:


  • Discrimination & violation of human rights at school
  • Sexual harrassment in the workplace
  • Just Matriculated- Now what?
  • Freedom of Expression: Purpose, Danger & Responsibility
  • Social Media- Changing the World, changing values 
  • Why I should vote
  • Factors that cause ill health and disasters




Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Grade 12 Lo Project: Social and Environmental issues








Just a heads up for Internet Research:
  • More reliable articles can be found on google scholar (scholar.google.com) also sites that end in ac.za or have edu in the web address a generally recognised academic sites.

Click here to go to Google Scholar for academic research purposes



In the Library you could look under the following sections:
Environmental Issues and Human factors causing ill-heallth( e.g drunk driving and the effects on the road death toll or factors that affect water pollution, over fishing...).

639.9 Wildlife Conservation (dwindling rhino/ whale populations/ ocen pollution)
574. 5 ecology (study of ecosystems and environments)
550- sciences of the earth
551.6 Weather (global warming< acid rain)

364. Criminology (study of criminal minds)
302.23 Media (how to analyse articles)


Social Issues ( health and nutrition (part 2))

796.42- sport and track and field events
793 - indoor games

641- food and drink

Remember to Reference (consult your bibliography notes) and to use your own words.

Good luck and your projects are due in your first LO lesson in term 3 (set 9- 18 July; set 11- 16 July)

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

The Influence of the Media on Beauty and Conformity




Courtney Weakley, who is currently in Gr 12 created a wonderful film and blog for her Gr11 Art Project.

Her theme was beauty and conformity.

link to Courtney Weakley's blog

link to Courtney Weakley's film