Cirriculum

Rationale: Over the last three weeks, the Purple Group has been making great strides in building rapport and group members have been opening up about their personal conflicts, anxieties and insecurities. I have felt touched that others have disclosed such heartfelt and gut wrenching personal histories and at times, I have been almost moved to tears. While we have had many positive experiences and discussed many positive aspects in our lives within the last three groups, I can 't help but think about

Bioclimatic architecture is a concept that was first defined by Victor Olgyay in 1963 (Bondars 2013, 84) and describes the relationship between humans, the climate and the architectural design of a structure. Bioclimatic design analyses the relationship between a favourable microclimate inside a structure that is in synergy with the surrounding macroclimate and thus requires minimal mechanical heating or cooling to achieve the microclimate for habitation (Larasati and Mochtar 2013, 823). Since

UCI Haiti “Manje? Manje?” With empty, open hands and pleading eyes, I am asked by a five year old Haitian if I have any food. His rounded stomach is malnourished from eating mud pies. It is mid morning, when this child should be in school, but instead he is at home. In the background, his mom and three siblings outside their one-room house with mud floors and walls, a thatch roof, and open windows. The poverty level in Haiti is at a heartbreaking high which can be lessened by becoming educated and

It is seven o'clock on a Friday morning, Loraine wakes up to the smell of pancakes in the kitchen, the usual. She starts to get ready for school. She puts her long skirt and blouse on, brushes her hair, then teeth, grabs her bag, and trots down the stairs to the kitchen. She kisses her mother and father on the cheek and sits down to her plate of three pancakes, two slices of toast, and a glass of orange juice. As soon as she finishes she double, then triple, checks her book-bag to make sure she has

Equality, diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people 1.1 Areas of legislation are ever changing but it is important to be able to identify current and relevant aspects of those which promote equality and value diversity. Every Child Matters 2003 and Children Act 2004 These were put in place to ensure that all organisations and agencies invloved with children between birth and 19 years should work together to ensure that children have the support needed to be healthy, stay safe

Once , I Was in World History class in 10th grade.I had a teacher,who always gave her opinion on History with irrelevant topic .She was Hawaiian , which makes her very sensitive to events in history such as WWII ,the Hiroshima Bombing,and Pearl harbor because her uncle was paralyzed by the bombing of Pearl Harbor.WWII was the only topic we learned for the entire semester because her family raised her to believe it was a very important event in History and it changed the entire.Therefore,I had a

Assistive Technology for Individuals with Disabilities Assistive technology plays an important role in the learning process for individuals with disabilities. Assistive technology is defined as "any item, piece of equipment or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities." (Maushak, Kelley & Blodgett, 2001, p. 419) Assistive technology is very beneficial

Robert E. Lee Throughout history, there have been people whose names and faces have become synonymous with the time periods in which they lived. For example, Julius Caesar is synonymous with the late Roman Republic and George Washington is synonymous with the American Revolution. Just like these two men, the name Robert E. Lee has become synonymous with the American Civil War. Not only did Lee rise to become the most important and recognizable person in the Southern Confederacy, but his

reading can promote language development. ‘Through reading in particular, pupils have a chance to develop culturally, emotionally, intellectually, socially and spiritually. Literature, especially, plays a key role in such development’ (DfES. National Cirriculum. 2013). Reading to children may be the single most important thing that any child can do to improve children's chances for success emotionally, culturally and improve language skills. Literature can be used in a way where children are able to understand

The Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s was one of the worst environmental disasters of the Twentieth Century anywhere in the world (Cook). The Dust Bowl killed many crops and made normal life hard, like breathing, eating, and sleeping. Since it destroyed a large part of agriculture production, it contributed towards the Great Depression (Amadeo). In order for us to better understand what the Dust Bowl was like, one must first look at what this natural disaster was, what the effects of it were, and