10 Best Science Fiction Short Stories of All Time: From the Golden Age to the Modern Era | LetterPile
10 Best...Disclaimer This might be obvious, but I feel compelled to say it anyway. It wasn't easy to pick just 10 of the best sci fi stories. I mean, we're talking a huge body of literature here, of which I've read only a fraction, but still, to limit myself to just ten is anxiety producing. What you'll find: Short reviews of the stories and why I Iiked them. What you won't find: Detailed plot summaries. How I Picked This Top 10 Science Fiction Short Stories List Here are my criteria for this "best of science fiction short stories" list. I read the story (with one exception).I loved the story.The story was fun to read. Best Science Fiction Stories of All Time These are the best science fiction stories of all time, according to somebody who spent much of her life thinking that science fiction sucked. You see, it was only a few years ago that I admitted that I don't like modern science fiction short stories. To misquote the late Douglas Adams: That's when stories were real stories.
Map Your World | UNICEF NZ
Map Your World (PDF, 2.3 MB) is a social mapping resource inspired by the feature documentaryThe Revolutionary Optimists. Introducing the social mapping model through Map it, Track it, Change it, Share it; is a shortened version which consists of six lessons that can be delivered over a two week learning period. The time spent on the activities can be adapted to suit the needs and abilities of your learners. Download the Technology Guidelines (PDF, 2.3 MB) to assist you in setting up an online Map Your World project. The New Zealand version, based on the original resource (PDF), is aligned with the New Zealand Curriculum and the social inquiry process.
Four Different Types of Writing Styles: Expository, Descriptive, Persuasive, and Narrative | LetterPile
Four Types of Writing A writer’s style is a reflection of his or her personality, unique voice, and way of approaching the audience and readers. However, every piece writers write is for a specific purpose—for example, writers may want to explain how something works or persuade people to agree with their point of view. While there are as many writer's styles as there are writers, there are only four general purposes that lead someone to write a piece, and these are known as the four styles, or types, of writing. Knowing all four different types and their usages is important for any writer. Here are the categories and their definitions: Expository writing's main purpose is to explain. Key Points: Usually explains something in a process.Is often equipped with facts and figures.Is usually in a logical order and sequence. When You Would Use Expository Writing: Example: Many people associate the taste of pumpkins with fall. This writing is expository because it is explaining. Non-example: Example:
izzit.org: Current Events
These lessons are updated daily throughout the school year and are designed for middle and high school students. Each lesson includes a news article and discussion questions designed to promote critical thinking, challenge assumptions, and stimulate class discussion. In an attempt to offer variety, the two daily articles often are of different lengths and reading levels and occasionally offer different perspectives on an issue or event. Note: Each new lesson remains on the website for one week. Welcome to Current Events!
I am the woman in the 'racist Dove ad'. I am not a victim | Opinion
From a very young age, I’ve been told, “You’re so pretty … for a dark-skinned girl.” I am a Nigerian woman, born in London and raised in Atlanta. I’ve grown up very aware of society’s opinion that dark-skinned people, especially women, would look better if our skin were lighter. I know that the beauty industry has fueled this opinion with its long history of presenting lighter, mixed-race or white models as the beauty standard. Historically, and in many countries still today, darker models are even used to demonstrate a product’s skin-clightening qualities to help women reach this standard. This repressive narrative is one I have seen affect women from many different communities I’ve been a part of. Having the opportunity to represent my dark-skinned sisters in a global beauty brand felt like the perfect way for me to remind the world that we are here, we are beautiful, and more importantly, we are valued. If you Google “racist ad” right now, a picture of my face is the first result.
10 Intriguing Photographs to Teach Close Reading and Visual Thinking Skills
Photo Updated, March 17, 2016 | We have published a companion piece: “8 Compelling Mini-Documentaries to Teach Close Reading and Critical Thinking Skills.” Ever want your students to slow down and notice details when they read — whether they’re perusing a book, a poem, a map or a political cartoon? Closely reading any text, whether written or visual, requires that students proceed more slowly and methodically, noticing details, making connections and asking questions. We’ve selected 10 photos from The Times that we’ve used previously in our weekly “What’s Going On in This Picture?” Below, we offer ideas from students and teachers who have engaged with these images for ways to use them, or images like them, to teach close reading and visual thinking skills. 1. I stumbled across your site while looking for alternate ideas. Indeed, practicing visual thinking skills with these images can be fun and a quick activity, but it can also hone important skills that transfer to other texts. 2. 3. 4.
Dove says it deeply regrets 'racist' Facebook advert | The Independent
1/30 6 October 2017 An order of service is carried ahead of the funeral service for Coronation Street actress Liz Dawn, real name Sylvia Ann Ibbetson, outside Salford Cathedral. A former Woolworths shop girl from Leeds, who first set foot on Weatherfield's famous cobbles in 1974, Dawn, who had four children, died peacefully last week at home with her family around her. PA 2/30 5 October 2017 Melanie Kramers of Oxfam poses while wearing a mask of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, with assorted props used in political campaigns, in the store room at Oxfam's headquarters in London. The props have all been used in the charity's campaigns over the years to raise awareness of issues affecting people in poverty.
Hip-hop lesson plans teach Seattle students about social issues, arts – with playlist
Learning | Social science January 20, 2012 Hip-hop gets a bad rap. Misconstrued as vulgar, the genre actually arose as a positive alternative to gang violence in New York City during the 1970s. The subjects cover social justice, the music fuels arts and dance and the lyrics can be analyzed as poetry. Now, in a UW-affiliated project, its being used in social studies lessons for 6th-12th graders. Michele Myers, documentary producer at Seattle radio station KEXP, and Tiffany Grobelski, a KEXP volunteer and a UW geography graduate student, created the lessons partly because hip-hop is the main music of choice for kids this age – and they werent afraid of raising some eyebrows. “We wanted something edgy and fun,” said Myers, who came up with the lesson plans idea to complement two of her documentaries, Hip Hop: The New Seattle Sound and Masters of Turntablism. Download the lessons here. Myers needed help developing the lesson plans and thats when Grobelski, who hails from Chicago, got involved.
