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

quest to end poverty


http://artsytime.com/children-in-poverty/

click here to view more images of children in poverty

Click on the link below to hear an incredible stories about women who have began the journey of overcoming prostitution and poverty...
link to a ted talk on the quest to end poverty

an intriguing story about being homeless
Becky Blanton has written on wonderful book on gifts to the homeless..
link to a pdf on gifts for the homeless