Monthly Archives: September 2015

BT @Aths, then hols = work 4 U … :)

23 Wednesday Sep 2015

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9 Pope (L1)   |   9 Dewhirst (L2 / L7)

Continue on with the other two paragraphs from Section 3 on Art as Protest website. These should be on slides after your original Art / Not Art slides from Monday.
Move onto Section 4 and Section 5.

*****  Remember that Section 6 is your assessment task.  *****

Next term: Time in class for first two lessons, due on 3rd lesson back (ie L1/L2 on Thursday 14 October)

Origins of Cold War – end of T3, Wk10

23 Wednesday Sep 2015

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Wed: finish (?) bringing the ‘Origins of the Cold War’ document down to about 500 words.

Thurs [BT at Aths]
Definitely finish Origins task.
Find a picture or cartoon which helps explain most, if not all, of the 11 sections.
What was the Berlin Blockade?
Any questions so far?

Fri
Answer questions generated yday…
Check progress of individual investigations ….

Party like it’s holidays

Excursion Assessment

21 Monday Sep 2015

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Monday 21 Sept – Work through questions about the assignment, time for working on it

Tuesday 22 Sept – Individual work time

Due at the start of Lesson 4, Friday 25 September.
If you have the last day off, you need to email it to me!

Art as Protest

21 Monday Sep 2015

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(Dewhirst Mon 21/9; Pope Tues/Wed 22-23/9)

Only one thing to do at the end of our citizenship unit: how much did you improve on the Australian Citizenship Test? Re-take it and compare with your initial score.
NOTE: 9DEWHIRST class averaged about 90%, so pressure is on, 9POPE!

We are going to do a short unit on ‘Art as Protest’ following on from the citizenship unit.

Start a new powerpoint document, with a Title Page ‘Art as Protest‘.

  1. Paste and name 2 examples of what you consider to be ‘Art’
  2. Paste and name 2 examples of what others consider to be ‘Art’ but you don’t think it is. For example:Jackson Pollock, 'Blue Poles', Jackson Pollock, ‘Blue Poles’, National Gallery of Australia. Not what I would call ‘art’ but I didn’t spend $1.3 million on it in 1973, nor would I spend $20 million to $100 million on it now!
  3. Paste and name 2 examples of what is not ‘Art’.

Share….

The next few lessons will be on a specific website for this unit:

http://artasprotest.weebly.com/

We will work through each section (1-5) and then 6 is the assessment task:

*** Due Friday, Week 1, Term IV ***

9Dewhirst Homework from Mon 21/9 … Finish 1, 2 & one of 3
9Pope: Wed 22/9: Sections 1, 2, 3

The Changing World Order

15 Tuesday Sep 2015

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Topic Outline

Background                                                                  (See also Cold War page)
– world order at the end of World War II
– colonialism in the Eastern communist bloc and Western capitalist bloc
– emerging role of the United Nations

Cold War to 1948
– origins and early development
– ideological, cultural and political differences between USA and the Soviet Union
– Truman Doctrine
– Berlin Blockade

1948 – 1989
The evolving nature and character of the Cold War in Europe and the Asia-Pacific from 1948 through to détente, including
– the arms race and threat of nuclear war
– and the new Cold War of the 1980s

Case Study: GDR (DDR)
Life in the German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik)

1989 – 
Significant developments that followed the end of the Cold War in 1989, including
– the breakup of the Soviet Union,
– the development of European governance and extension of the ‘European Union’, and
– the emergence of China and India as significant Asian powers

The role of significant individuals during the period, for example Josef Stalin, Harry Truman, Mao Zedong, John Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, Jawaharlal Nehru, Richard Nixon, Deng Xiaoping, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev

MP for a week

14 Monday Sep 2015

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9 Dewhirst – Monday 14 Sept L4&5
9 Pope – Tues 15 Sept / Wed 16 Sept

As we look at the role of the local Members of Parliament, here is a pretty good simulation from the UK Parliament.

As you play the simulation, please keep a diary of the day/time, what actions you took, why you acted this way, and the reaction your actions had for your ‘Party Reputation’, ‘Voter Support’ and ‘Media Profile’.

MP for a week

At the end:
– what did you learn about being a Member of Parliament?
– what did it confirm about what you already knew about being an MP?
– did you spot any differences that you think might be between Australia and UK?

If you finish – please look at the different options under ‘Political Activism’ from the post for 7 September ‘Participatory Democracy’ … especially Free Rice!
– Why were each established?
– What do they hope to achieve?

Finish the lesson on the Free Rice website, contributing food to the World Food Program. Attempt a few different subject areas.

We will look at letters to your local Member of Parliament (MP) on Thursday. Please make sure they are done.
Cheers
Mr Toohey