How to use this blog.

After each lesson or group of lessons I will write the aims and a brief summary of what the lesson covered on the blog. There will also be links to useful websites and videos to help you revise throughout the year.
Exam questions and ideal exam answers will also be posted and you can answer the questions online.

Showing posts with label perspective. Show all posts
Showing posts with label perspective. Show all posts

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Yr12 - Photographs of people who live on just a dollar a day!

Alvaro Kalancha Quispe, aged 9, releases alpacas and llamas to graze before school,  and rounds them up in the evening. He lives inthe Akamani mountain range of Bolivia, 13,000 feet above sea level, where the homes have no insulation, no electricity, and no beds.The link below goes to an article with photos and details about people who live on just $1 a day or less. The pictures really demonstrate the difference between living standards and lifestyles across the globe.

Article in the Guardian on people living on $1 a day





Sunday, May 25, 2014

Sustainability vs the need for money and jobs!

Ecuador wanted $3.6 Billion to save the rainforest. Now it's going to start drilling for oil!



The article below explains why.

Article in the Smithsonian Magazine

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

The power of photographs

It's amazing what a difference taking the same photo from different angle can make. This is why we have to be so careful when interpreting photographs and consider what can't be seen in the photo as well as what we can see.

This is the Taj Mahal

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The Taj Mahal from a slightly different angle...

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Link to some more famous places seen from slightly different perspectives