Hello to my VCE Geography Students. As I explained today we will work on three major topics. They are -
1. General Geoskills
2. Volcanoes and land formation
3. Coasts and change.
At the end of the lesson you started on maps of the classroom. Next lesson we’ll look at the decisions that go into maps and what they mean.
Hello to my history class. Today we talked about a very few things that happened between 1901 and 1945. Very soon we’ll start to fill out that knowledge.
We will be studying four periods in detail this semester. They are -
1. World War One.
2. The Roaring 20s
3. The Great Depression
4. World War Two.
As I mentioned in class today we will be working out some rules in detail next week. Until then here are some basic rules to follow.
1. Don’t speak when I am speaking.
2. Don’t rock back on your chairs in class.
3. iPods are only used with permission.
4. Come on time and be prepared.
Each day that I see my English class will be learn a word. With any luck it will be a new word and I certain plan for them all to be useful words.
Today’s is a personal favourite – sanguine.
It is an adjective, something that describes a noun and it means three things.
1. ruddy,
2. confident, or
3. bloody
For example – even thought it was raining lightly I was feeling sanguine about my walk with Indiana.
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Hello to my new year ten classes. Some of you will know me from History last year. Some of you might know me from other school activities and I guess some of you will meet me for the first time today.
I maintain this blog as a place to put useful and interesting things for you. I’ll be putting assignments here (in case the dog eats your copy). I’ll be putting notes from classes on here (in case you miss class and want to keep up with the information and activities. And finally I’ll be putting up links and little bits of information that I find interested. I think that there is a heap of fascinating information out there and if you learn a little of it every day you end up learning a lot.
You won’t HAVE to use this blog often but it’s here to help you when you need it.
If you can think of ways this blog can be more useful to you feel free to mention it to me. You can leave a comment here or speak to me at school.
That’s it for now so watch out for this (red) space (rocket).
I seems that no coverage of history is complete with knowing a bit about this man. At least that is what Mr Loney tells me.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859), was a British engineer. He is best known for the creation of the Great Western Railway, a series of famous steamships, and numerous important bridges, hence revolutionising public transport and modern day engineering.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Last year in Geography we talked about Climate Change and Global Warming for a few weeks. As you would expect this issue unfolds constantly. This Australian review is worth keeping an eye on.
The Garnaut Climate Change Review was commissioned by Australia’s State and Territory Governments on 30 April 2007. The recently elected Prime Minister of Australia has confirmed the participation of the Commonwealth Government in the Review.
The Review will examine the impacts of climate change on the Australian economy, and recommend medium to long-term policies and policy frameworks to improve the prospects for sustainable prosperity.
Garnaut Review Web Site: Welcome
Last year in History we talked about the citizenship test and the kinds of knowledge that we thought people should perhaps need to be an Australian.
One of the concerns was that the questions were too hard for many migrants and covered things that many Australians didn’t know. In fact a good quarter of our class of 14 and 15 year olds could not pass this test when we did it in class.
AUSTRALIA’S controversial citizenship test will be reviewed after the release of figures showing large numbers of would-be citizens are flunking the exam.
Out of 10,636 people taking citizenship tests carried out since their introduction in October, 2311, or more than 20%, failed.
Migrants flunk citizenship test – National – theage.com.au
An interesting and powerful way to understand events in history is to read what people involved in events wrote at the time. Especially on the internet there is an amazing amount of this material available. There are also many many books with personal accounts of twentieth century history.
This blog is made up of transcripts of Harry Lamin’s letters from the first World War. The letters will be posted exactly 90 years after they were written. To find out Harry’s fate, follow the blog!
WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier
