Population of Maori and European throughout 1836 - 1901

In the image displayed above it is showing a timeline of the propulation of Maori and European back from 1836 through to 1901. From around 1830 through to the 1840s, the Maori population had dominated the Europeans, but that would soon change after the occurance of the musket wars. The musket wars had greatly affected the Maori population after it had resulted in the deaths of an estimated 20,000 people. But, this was not the only reason the Europeans had outnumbered the Maori. It was also because the number of Sailors coming into NZ had largley increased.

Assesment Task Year 10 Social Studies

Introduction 

In 1830 there were around 100,000 Maori and 200 Europeans. 

Paragraph One (Lawyer)

One reason that a treaty was needed was the lawless behaviour of some of the British Settlers like whalers.This matters because of the lawless behaviour of the sailors. The first thing the sailors would do once they would arrive at shore would be to go straight to the pub and get wasted. Then they would get into fights, which would cause problems with the residents because they would disturb the peace within Kororareka. 

Paragraph Two (Lawyer)

Another reason that a treaty was needed was to protect Māori rights. One group that felt strongly about this was the missionaries.The missionaries were worried about many things and believed that a treaty was needed in order to create peace and better rights for Maori. These rights were going to help prevent the theft of their land and to reduce the amount of the deaths occurring during the musket wars.   

Paragraph Three (Hammer)

Another reason that a treaty was needed was the Musket Wars. The Musket wars had originally begun because of conflict between the northern iwi ngapuhi and Ngati Whatua. Because of this, it had resulted in the deaths of an estimated 20,000 Maori. This was a massive downfall for Maori and something was needed to be done to stop all the madness.

Paragraph Four (The Slam Dunk)

The final reason that a treaty was needed was the existence of the Declaration of Independence. 

Conclusion (Robust Conclusion)

In conclusion, a treaty was needed because

Climate Change

 What is the greenhouse effect? When solar radiation passes through the atmosphere, some of it is reflected by the atmosphere and the earths surface. Some of the radiation that is reflected to earth may get trapped because of greenhouse gases restricting it from leaving earth. This causes the earth to heat up

What are three bad things/consequences of climate change? Water levels will rise, an increase in hot temperature

Possible solution? Walk/bike to places, use 

What is the paris agreement? It is a international treaty on climate change.

Eclipses

 How does it happen? Solar eclipse: When the moon blocks out the sunlight during the day causing total darkness. Lunar eclipse: When the earth blocks the sunlight from the moon.

What would we see? We would see darkness during the day for the solar eclipse and no moon for the lunar exlipse.

When was the last one seen in NZ? 1965 

When is the next one? Solar eclipse: Satuday 07/22/2028. Lunar 8 - 9 Nov 2022

Volcanoes in New Zealand

Pick a volcano - White Island


Where is it? It is located 48km from the east coast of the North island of New Zealand, in the bay of Plenty


What's special about it? It has been built up by continuos volcanic activity over the past 150,000 years.


When did it last erupt? What was the damage? 9 Dec 2019: Eighteen people were killed and a further 26 were seriously injured, many crucially. It also sent a plume of ash and gas more than 3.5km into the air.


What are the local stories/ myths with this volcano? The volcanoes Ngauruhoe, Tongariro and White Island are present in a Maori legend. A medicine man named Ngatoro was climbing up Tongariro with a woman named Auruhoe. He told his followers not to eat while he was gone in order to give him strength on top of the cold mountain.


Cool pictures

Passion Project

For PP we're going to be creating bags for men. My group contains of 3 people, one being me and the other two my mates, William & Tyler. We started out by created our planning structure on a sheet of paper. We then tried using a vast variety of different fabrics, some worked and some didn't. Throughout my journey of making bags, i have leanrt many new things for e.g, i learnt how to set up and use a sewing machine. 

Reflection

 Boy - Roald Dahl

Auto - Biography

Non-Fiction

Characters:  The Matron

The book ''Boy'' written by the author ''Roald Dahl'' is a story about his life when he was younger. When Roald was just a boy his father had passed away and because of this his mother had fallin into a deep pit of depression and sadness. She was confused, lost and she was afraid for how her sons future would turn out without his father being there for him, she had to come up with a solution in order to ensure that he would have a good future so she came up with the idea of sending him to boarding school.

Kristalnacht

What is meant by the term Kristalnacht? The name Kristalnacht (Crytal Night) Refers to the shards of broken glass that littered the streets after the windows of Jewish stores, buildings and synagogues were smashed.

When did this even occur? It occured on the 9th of November 1938 - 10th of November 1938.

How many synagogues did the programme claim were burned? In just two day's, more then 1000 syangogues were burned or otherwise damaged.

How many Jews were claimed to have died as a result of this event? Rioters ransacked and looted about  7,500 Jewish buisness, killed at least 91 Jews, and vandalized Jewish hospitals, schools, homes and cemetires. The attackers were often neighbours. 

How many were said to have been sent to concentration camps? Between the 9th and 16th of November, some 30,000 Jewish males aged 16 to 60 were sent to the Buchenwald, Dachau, and Sachsenhausen concentration camps. Many were released within weeks; by 1939, 2000 remained in camps.

What was the reaction of the German people to this event? They blamed the jews for everything.

The Nuremberg

 

Provide two examples of how the new laws had affected the rights of German Jews. In 1935, the Nazi leaders had introduced new laws based on a heap of racial theories common in Nazi beliefs. The Neremberg laws had exluded German Jews from Reich citizenship and had made it forebidden for them to have any kind of relation ship with a ''German or German blood related person.'' Additional regulations to these laws deprived them from of most political rights. Jews were disenfranchised (meaning that they were banned from having the right to vote) and could not hold public office.

What other actions were taken that discriminated against Jews in Germany? (Remembering) The Nuremberg laws had changed the everyday lives of many Jews living in Germany by making Jews legally different from their non Jewish neighbours. In the years that followed, the Nazi had kept on making more and more anti-Jewish laws and decrees. These later laws relied on the definiton of ''Jew'' as defined in the Nuremberg laws. Examples of these other laws include things like The law on the alteration of family and personal names (Aug 1938), the Decree on passports of Jews (Oct 1938) and the police regulation on the marking of jews (sep 1941).

Why do you think that the Nazis passed these laws? (Understanding) I think that the Nazi's had set these new laws in place simply because they wanted the Jewish people to suffer.

If a New Zealand government passed a law that provided for different treatment of a named racial group in New Zealand, what do you think the reaction of most New Zealand people would be? Why do you think this might be the case? If our gouvernment were to add new laws based on racial discrimination against a certian group, i would personally think that it is nonsense/rubbish and i would be confused on why it would be set just because they are against those people but, how the whole of NZ would react. I definetly think that it would just be the start of a major agrument and i'm sure there would be a lot of protesting going on.

Do you think these Nuremberg laws were racist? Explain your point of view. (Evaluating) Yes, these laws were specifically set in place by the Nazi leaders because they were against Jewish people, it's not too hard to realize that the ''Nuremberg laws'' were created in order to make Jewish people suffer. I bileave that the reason they had disenfranchised the jews and deprived them from most of their political rights is because they were afraid of them climbing up the ranks and taking control.

Dr Fauci

 Dr Fauci aka Stephen Anothy, is an American physician/scientist and immunoligist working as the director of NIAID and the chief medical advisor to the president. 

DNA Extraction

                                             Aim: To extract the DNA from a kiwi fruit

                                                                           Method:

1. Scoop out the inner green stuff from the kiwi fruit into a ziplock bag with a splash of water and a teaspoon of salt.2. Strain the solution through a cloth into a beaker.

3. Add a squirt of dishwashing liquid and stir.

4. Pour into a test tube.

5. Place the test tube in a beaker filled with warm water.

6. Leave for 10mins. 

7. Slowly pour 5ml of methylatedspirits down the inside of the test tube.

Discussion:  

Where do you find the DNA? The DNA can be found in between the meth and the green slush.

What makes up DNA? DNA is made up of chemical building blocks called nucletides. These buldingh blocks are made up of three parts: a phostate group, a sugar group and one of four types of nitrogen bases.

How much DNA do humans shar with bananas? Humans share about 60% of their DNA with banana

      Did it work? Yes. I got to witness what the DNA of a kiwifruit looked like.

Hitlers anti sismetic quotes

From November the 8th to November the 9th, 1923, Adolf hitler, the leader of the Nazi party along with approximatley 2000 men attempted to sieze power by force from the Goverment in Bavaria, a state in southern Germany. Whilst the march was proceeding they were confronted by a police cordon, which resluted in the deaths of 16 Nazi party members and four police members. Just two day's after the march had begun it had already come to an end. Adolf hitler was arrested on November the 11th and was sentenced to five years in prison, Hitler was granted an early release and ended up only serving about nine months. While doing his time in prison, he had written a book called Mein kampf (My Struggle) in which he wrote about his thoughts on the future. The book showed just how much Hitler was against jews.

Here are some quotes that were contained within Hitlers book: ''The jewish youth lies and waits for hours on end, spying on the unsuspicious German girl he plans to seduce. He wants to contaminate her blood and remove her from the bosom of her own people. The jew hates the white race and wants to lower it's cultural level so that the jew might dominate''. ''The jews were responsible for bringing negros into the the rhineland with the crazy idea of bastardising (lowering the quality of) the white race which they hate and thus it's cultural and political level so that the jew might dominate''.

The Great depression

When did the Nazi party come into power? 1993 

Who was the leader of the Nazi party? Adolf Hitler

What was it? The Great Depression was the worst economic downfall in the history of the industiralized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent wall street to panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years years, consumers spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and employement as failing companies laid off workers.

Why was Germany hit the hardest during the depression? Germany suffered more than any other nation as a result of the recall of US loans, which caused it’s economy to collapse. Unemployment rocketed, poverty soared and Germans became desperate.

What did Germany have to agree to by signing the treaty of versaille? They had to agree to the treaty because if they hadn't their country would have been taken over. Their submarines, military aircraft and artillery were all taken away and it reduced their navy to just 6 small battleships. They Were forced to give back all the land that they had stolen from the French and they also had to pay for the cost of the war. Their payment ended in 2010. 

 

How was NZ affected by the depression? In New zealand, the effects of the cash was not immediate. But from 1930 export prices began to drop, falling 45% by 1993. To a country overwhelmingly dependent on agricultural exports, this was devastating. By the end of 1930 urban business and manufacturing were feeling the flow of effects.

Reflection

For the past 2 terms, I have learnt a lot of new things throught out my journey whilst being a year 10. This term, i have struggled to keep up with my work in some of my classes for e.g wananga. We have been working on a unit standard assesment for the past couple of weeks, and let me tell you, it was hard for me, Personally because the work was was boring, but it was funny because when we were coming towards the end of the term, i felt like wanting to get stuck into the work and getting it done. I got stuck into the work and got a lot of it done, but there was no point because we needed to create 3 goals that could be done within 3 weeks, and we also needed evidence of our proggression so it was pretty much pointless. Next time if we do a unit standard again, i will be focusing and getting it done. 

Starfish poem

The starfish poem has a very deep and complex message because, it is about a man having a lack of faith and belief for the power of one. The poem goes like this, as a man was walking along the shore side he had noticed a boy picking up and gently throwing things into the ocean. Out of curiosity the man had walked up to the boy and had asked what he was doing. The boy replied i'm picking up and throwing starfish back into the ocean. The man replies whats the point its not like your gonna be able to help all the starfish back into the ocean and the boy says i Don't need to help all of them to make a difference, as long as i help one it makes a difference for that starfish. 

As you can tell this poem is all about having resilience and faith because the man was doubting the power of one. A wise man once said the waterfall only starts with one drop of water. 

The GPGP

 Pollution in the Eastern Pacific Ocean 

A man named Charles Moore had come across a large patch of trash within the Eastern part of the pacific ocean while sailing on his way home. The GPGP is an area of the Pacific ocean containing billions upon billions of plastic waste that has degraded over the years into tiny microplastics. The GPGP was formed because of pollution by humans and gyres. A gyre is a circular current in the ocean that occurs when the wind is blowing in the shape of a circle, because of this current it often pulls in trash.

The cause of all of this rubbish ending up in the pacific ocean is the wrongdoing of humans, by this I'm talking about people littering, fast food restaurants & supermarkets using plastic bags, straws, cups, lids etc etc. We know that us humans are the cause of all the plastic waste ending up in the Pacific Ocean because plastic was invented by mankind and it was also thrown around by (mankind), because the plastic is just sitting around doing nothing it gets pushed by the wind into the ocean killing and affecting our marine life and our environment.

The GPGP affects our environment & marine life because our marine species like seabirds, turtles and fish etc. They tend to mistake plastic in the ocean for food. Once they ingest the plastic, after a couple of days they start to feel sick and not too well and this is the part where they start to die of starvation and sickness and it's sad because knowing that these poor creatures that were just desperately looking for food died because of (our) actions is just sickening and this is why us humans (the problem) gotta clean up our act and start taking accountability for our actions.

Sustainable fishing

Is sustainable fishing even possible? 

How is commercial fishing a threat to dolphins and sea bird life? By catch in the fishing industry is when fish or other marine species is caught unintentionally while trying to catch one specific specie (tuna). Commercial fishing conducted within the coastline of French has a large impact on dolphins. The reason being is because dolphins play an important roll in keeping their environment balanced. They eat other animals - mainly fish and squid themselves are a source of food for some sharks and other creatures. without dolphins, the animals they pray on would increase in numbers, and their predators wouldn't have as much to eat.

The greatest showman

 The album ''this is me'' is a song featured in the popular film The greatest showmen. The reason i have chosen to blog about this song in particular is because it has great meaning and depth. As you can tell by the title, the song is all about people expressing their true inner selves by letting the world know that how they were born was who they were destined to be. ''The greatest showman'' is all about breaking the stereotype of discrimination towards people because of there appearance/race/belief. In the film a group of abnormal people come together to preform the greatest show of all time. I personally love the movie all though there was a lot of missing pieces that would have made the film a lot better but overall it is a great movie . Here is a link to the music video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjxugyZCfuw

Shark finning

What is it? Shark finning is the work done by humans where they cut the fins off of sharks then throw the bodies back into ocean.

Why is it a delicacy? Shark soup is a very common dish within the Asian community especially in Countries like China & Hong Kong. I'm not too sure as to why shark fins are so special/important to these countries because after all it doesn't have any taste and it has the consistency of noodles. However, i do bi believe i know the reason as to why it is such a delicacy to the people of the living within places like china and Hong Kong. It is believed that shark fins are good for your health and that it increases virility and that it may even give you longer life however, the fin is purely cartilage the same compound in human, cow and other vertebrates. Cartilage has no nutritional value. Any benefit would come from the broth and other ingredients added.

How is this impacting our oceans? Shark finning has a big impact on our oceans because as top predators  their disappearance will disrupt our entire oceans ecosystem so they're better off alive than dead. According to my personal circulations at the rate of which we are cutting shark fins and dumping their bodies back into the ocean they are more then likely to go extinct within 14 - 15 years, i came up with this estimation by dividing 73 million by 1 odd billion and it totaled to 14.

The great pacific garbage patch

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aWeQoTKLYOTqxBr-qzjd80ioTywsgu0KjjeSlKxqR2g/edit#slide=id.p

Resilience & growth mindset

 A growth mindset is having the power to be able to believe that you can evolve the simplest of your abilities into so much more through dedication an hard work. Having a growth mindset plays a big roll in having resilience because, resilience is the having the will and dedication to keep on pushing forward despite being knocked down for E.g the song ''The power of yet'' it is a song that changes your mindset from a negative to positive by teaching that you can do what you want. Quote dont see the world as it is. See for what it could be.

Live aid

Do they know its Christmas, I personally think that they chose to sing this song at the concert because they were raising money for the Ethiopian people and they were referring it to being like Christmas for them because they might've been unaware that they were gonna give them a surprise present which was supposed to be 100,00 dollars but the concert ended up exceeding that amount almost 10 times itself.

Art

In art for the past 5 weeks we have been focusing on learning about focal points. The focal point is a portion of the artwork which is the most phenomenal, in other words the focal point is pretty much the part which is the most eye catching, while we have been learning about focal points we've also been focusing on one artist in particular which is very well known for his work around focal points and his name is Michael Mew, Michael Mew is an artist that creates mixed media college paintings that frequently focus on botanical subjects (other times, he focuses on toys and other ephemera of modern society.) 

English

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JvgbIbe5Pi0SldFhOc5QbQ0Fa-eV-FhC8wHMwUwYybQ/edit#slide=id.gceff7b376f_0_11

Give piece a chance

Give peace a chance is an anti war song written by John Lennon. Released as a single in July 1996 by the plastic Ono Band on Apple Records, it is the first solo single issued by John Lennon, released while he was still a member of the Beatles, and became an anthem of the american anti-war movement during the 1970s. It peaked at number 14 on the billboard hot 100 and number 2 on the British singles chart.

Reflection

Title: Jujutsu kaisen

Author: Gege Akutami 

Genre: Manga

During this week in wananga we have been doing 10 minutes of silent reading each day. For silent reading i have been reading the Jujutsu Kaisen manga and i am up to chapter 90. Chapter 90 is about Gojo Satoru coming face to face with his enemy's that have been hiding themselves in the shadows for quite some time. Gojo comes face to face with his enemy's and the presence in the air gets more and more intense, they go back and fourth trash talking each other until they finally start fighting POW!! BOOM BANG! its a 2v1 Gojo verses Hanami and Jogo, Gojo tells them to bring it on with a smirk on his face and they both attack Gojo thinking that he is out numbered but Gojo is too op and he destroys both of them killing Hanami by ripping out her eyes which are branches, and he injures Jogo badly by ripping off his head. Gojo is utterly surprised by how easy that was but then boom a bunch of curses come out of a subway train and they interfere with his view and he cannot tell where the others that he senses, suddenly he turns around and there is a box on the ground he is wondering what it is then someone comes from behind him and says close and Gojo is now stuck and unable to move the cursed technique user then says ill see you in a million or a billion years Gojo Satoru and he says seal and Gojo is now stuck inside the box forever.

Salt crystals

 Aim: To produce copper sulfate salt by reacting copper oxide with an acid.

Method: 

1.  Add 20 ml of sulfuric acid to a 100 ml beaker. Heat the acid until it reaches 70 degrees Celsius. Turn off your Bunsen burner.

2. Once heated, use a spatula to add pea-sized portions of copper oxide to the beaker. Stir the mixture for thirty seconds.

3. repeat step two until no more will dissolve. Allow the beaker to cool.

4. Fold the filter paper and place it in the funnel. Place the filter funnel into the second beaker.

5. Make sure the beaker is cool enough to hold at the top. The contents should be hot. You may need your teacher to complete this step.

6. Gently swirl the contents of the beaker to mix, and then pour into the filter paper in the funnel. Allow the filter through.

7. Rinse the beaker you used to the heat the mixture previously, and place it back on top of your tripod filled with 50-60 ml of water.

8. Place the evaporating basin on top of the beaker and carefully pour some of the solution from the beaker into the evaporation basin.

9. Gently heat the beaker until the solution in the evaporating basin has reduced by half.

10. Leave the evaporating basin to cool. Once cool, move the evaporating basin to a warm place where it will be not disturbed (i.e. a window-sill) and observe over the next few days. Blue copper sulfate crystals should form.

Results:

Discussion: When adding copper oxide to the water it turned black until we filtrated the mixture it came out blue on the other side.

Conclusion: Due to the fact that we added a little too much of the substances i thought it would have turned out a bit messed up but really it turned amazing.

Neutralization

 Aim: To observe a neutralization reaction

Method 1: Add approximately 1-2 ml of Na Co and place the test tube into the test tube rack. Add 3-5 drops of universal indicator solution. Method 2: Using a dropper bottle, add HCI drop by drop. Be careful because adding even a small amount of extra acid can mean you'll miss the neutralization point.

Equipment: Test tube rack, universal indicator, Base, Acid

Results: It changed colors like red, yellow, orange, blue, purple etc

Discussion: What does the results mean? When doing the neutralization experiment there was a chart that we had to use, we had to base the results off of the chart according to the colors, from red to orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and lastly violet. If the color was in between the range from red, orange to yellow that would mean that it would be an acid the more stronger the color was the more stronger the chemical was, so, if the color was red that means it would be a strong acid but if it were to be orange or yellow that mean its a weak acid, if it was violet that would mean its a strong base but if it were to turn indigo or violet then that indicate that it was a weak base.

The beatles

Title: Here comes the sun 

Artist: The Beatles 

Album: Abbey Road

Release date: 1969

Genres: Pop rock, vocal/easy Listening, rock

Written by George Harrison, ''Here comes the sun'' is taken from a 1996 album, Abbey Road. It was written at the country home of his friend Eric Clapton, when he was trying to escape the business and stress that came running with their label, Apple. Harrison said it was a relief to get away from having to sign legal documents and deal with straight laced accountants, and walking round Clapton's garden with a guitar in hand he came up with this song.

Significance of WW1

When do you hear this song? The last post as played is played at the end of inspection it typically lasts for about 45 seconds: When played ceremonially  with notes held for longer, pauses extended, and the expression mournful, Typical duration could be 75 seconds or more.  This custom dates back to the 17th century or earlier.

Why is this song significant/important to NZ?  Everyday at 5pm, a last post ceremony was conducted on the forecourt of the national War memorial in Wellington, the Last Post is a bugle call with two generally accepted purposes. The first is an implied summoning of the spirits of the fallen to the cenotaph, the second symbolically ends the day. 

What is the history behind the last post - why was it played and when It originated with British troops stationed in the Netherlands, where it drew on an older Dutch custom, called taptoe, from which comes the term tattoo as in Military tattoo. The taptoe was also used to signal the end of the day, but originated from a signal that beer taps had to be shut, hence that the day had ended.

What does this song represent? the Last Post is the bugle call that signifies the end of the day's activities.  It is also sounded at military funerals to indicate that the soldier has gone to his final rest and at commemorative services such as Anzac Day and Remembrance Day

Kindness

1.  Why do I want it? I want kindness because it makes me feel good, not only on the inside but on the outside as well. Kindness helps me because when i'm at my lowest points it motivates me to get back up and keep on going. 

2.  What do I want? I want to become successful in life so that when i get older i can help out my parents.

3.  How will I get it? Golden rule: Treat others as you want to be treated. Treating others with kindness won't guarantee that they will give it back in return however, if you continue to be kind towards them they could eventually change their mind and they might give it back in return.

4.  When do I want it? Everyday.

Parihaka: Tim Finn and The Herbs

What is the main message of this song? The message this song is trying to tell the people of Parihaka is to not give in and to rise up and defend themselves, its also telling them that they are taking it the wrong way by not taking action to fight back or to stand up for themselves and that the spirit of Te Whiti is guiding them and that he will always be with them

What line explains their passive resistance method? My friend, My friend, I hate to see you suffer Events conspire to bring us to our knees My friend, my friend, you've taken this the wrong way Rise up, defend yourself, this piece of lyrics is explaining about how they were very passive and how it was a non violent and peaceful protest 

What does you cant pull out the roots refer to? I think it means that they cant change the past as to what has happened to all the innocent people that were arrested for no reason whatsoever, I think it also means that they cannot do anything about the land that was confiscated by the British.

Give evidence of determination: The song shows determination because of how the people looked up to the spirit of Te Whiti and realized that he is always watching over them which gave them reason to continue and keep fighting and pushing for freedom.

How does this song refer the the significance of parihaka? This song shows the significance of Parihaka because it talks about the events that happened and how the people were affected by these events.

What makes an event significant? The reasoning/occasion as to what it is happening for.

How many people are affected? Te Whiti and Tohu were arrested and jailed for 16 months, 1,600 Parihaka inhabitants were expelled and dispersed throughout Taranaki without food or shelter and the remaining 600 residents were issued with government passes to control their movement.

How long were people affected? Many people were affected by this event and still up to this day people are still impacted by the horrible things that had happened.

To what extent are people affected? They were affected by the British people who were confiscating their lands and arresting many people who were innocent, up to this day they people are still affected.

Athletics day

Author: Patricia Grace. 

Genre/text type: Short story

Athletics day is a story about two friends who were fascinated about a girl named Keri who was a very athletic & sporty type of person. The two friends had discussed a lot about Keri and what she was good at, she was good at a variety of things but it was running that she was best at.  Mel (one of the friends) had seen Keri run at the inter-schools last year and reckoned it was a real thrill just to watch her. In fact Mel was so astonished and amazed by Keri that she got poetic about it and had compared Keri to a wild African animal (cheetah) running free

English

DLO: 

Symbolism in literature. What is it? In cinema, many things can be symbolic. These things could include an object the colour, character, plot, sound, special effects, camera angles and much more. when talking about something representing or standing in for something else in symbolism, that something else is often an abstract - like an idea.

What is a motif? A motif is a repeated narrative component that backs up the theme of a story. A motif can be presented in a number of ways like physical items, sound, design lines of dialogue, music, colours and symbol.

What is subtext? In a play or film, subtext is the underlying message being covered by a piece of dialogue. . .. Actors must act like investigators to identify the true meaning of their dialogue so that they can play the characters sub textual intention, rather than just recite the lines.

What is pathetic fallacy? The phrase pathetic fallacy is a literary term for the attribution of human emotion and conduct to things found in nature that are not human. It is a kind of personification that occurs in poetic descriptions, when, for example, clouds seem sullen, when leaves dance, or when rocks seem indifferent.

The Blind side

John lee hancock

The blind side is a movie based on a true story about a young African man named Michael Oher who is adopted by a a Caucasian family who help him overcome his learning difficulty and achieve excellence in American football. Michael Oher was just a little boy when he was taken away from his mother by the states because she could not afford to take care of him. The states called him a runner due to the fact that every foster home he was taken to he would be gone the next day, Michael struggled to live life each day as he was homeless and did not want 

Drswing for tone, texture and proportion

Here is a photograph of my current work

What is tone?

Tone in an artistic context refers to light and dark values used to render a realistic object, or to create an abstract composition. When using pastel, an artist may often use a colored paper support, using areas of pigment to define lights and dark, while leaving bare support to show through as the mid tone.

Social Studies

What is a spiritual?A Spiritual is a type of religious song. They were used to uplift slaves, give them hope, church, birthdays, funerals etc. 

Who was Harriet Tubman? Harriet Tubman was an american politic activist. Born into slavery Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the underground railway

Write about a spiritual you chose and highlight some lyrics and the hidden messages behind them. Tubman used “Wade in the Water” to tell slaves to get into the water to avoid being seen and make it through. This is an example of a map song, where directions are coded into the lyrics. These are the lyrics to “Wade in the Water” 

Wade in the Water. God’s gonna trouble the water.

Who are those children all dressed in Red?
God’s gonna trouble the water.
Must be the ones that Moses led.
God’s gonna trouble the water, 

Here is a video of Wade in the water.

How are these events significant today. They are significant today because they are still used for racial problems for eg black lives matter

Model Atom

 Aim: To make a model atom 

Method: 

1. Choose an atom to make (one between Hydrogen and Neon) 

2. Work out how many protons, neutrons and electrons it has.

3. Assign protons and neutrons to a particular colour bead.

4. Get a ball of blue tac and stick the protons and neutrons to this to make your nucleus.

5. Cut out the appropriate electron shells and draw on the electrons with vivid.

6. Connect the nucleus and electron shells with a piece of string. 

7. Create a label to go above the model so people know what you have created.

    Results:

Discussion, Boron: Atomic number =5, mass number =11, Number of protons =5, Number of electrons =5, Number of Neutrons =6

- Electron arrangement: On the inner part of my model atom there was a maximum allowed of two electrons within the 1st ring, on the outer circle aka the second ring there was a maximum of 8 allowed but because of the atom i chose there was only 2.

- 2 facts: Boron has the highest melting point of the metalloids it also has the highest boiling point of the metalloids.

- Conclusion: 

- Did it work: Yes

- What would you do differently? Make sure its more stabilised and take my time to make sure it holds well because it wasn't hanging together too well

                                            

This about the power of failure and learning about your resilience, Akira Ioane's story is a great example of failure and resilience.  

Wananga

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