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Mtolen13 - Ditch That Textbook - DTT Clue. Ainu. 20 Questions | Spelling | Dictation Japan has introduced a bill to recognize the country's ethnic Ainu group as an "indigenous" people for the first time.

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This follows decades of campaigning by Ainu people. The Ainu are an indigenous people originating on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido and islands between Japan and Russia. Their official number today is around 25,000, but many people say a more accurate figure is 200,000. Many Ainu have been completely absorbed into Japanese society. Japan Today wrote about the hardships the Ainu faced. Episode 18: Ainu & Japanese National Identity ft. Marianne Ubalde - The One Shot Podcast. Daniel was joined by Marianne Ubalde, a scholar based in Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan for a discussion about the representation and participation of the Ainu people in Japanese media and depictions of Japan in games.

Episode 18: Ainu & Japanese National Identity ft. Marianne Ubalde - The One Shot Podcast

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Short Story Conflict Chart. POW + TREE - Teacher ToolBox                                          SRSD Strategies. What: This writing strategy provides a mnemonic device to organize student think when creating argumentative essays.

POW + TREE - Teacher ToolBox                                          SRSD Strategies

Students use the POW strategy for any writing assignment. They add to TREE to the strategy when they are writing an argumentative essay. It is important that students be able to identify when a task is calling for their opinion. Why: Being able to write effective is a critical skill for academic success. Page 4: POW+TREE Writing Strategy. As Ms.

Page 4: POW+TREE Writing Strategy

Lin reflects on the trouble her students are having with writing, she realizes that many of her students need help incorporating the four elements of the writing process (i.e., planning, organizing, writing, and editing and revising) into their essays. She concludes that they need a guide or strategy to follow as they write. For struggling writers who may have difficulty integrating the elements of the writing process, the POW+TREE writing strategy simplifies the first three elements: planning, organizing, and writing.

Ms. Lin decides to introduce the POW+TREE writing strategy to her students. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats - in pictures. What Foods Kids Eat Around the World in Photos. What Kids Eat Around the World In the face of rising global obesity, photographer Gregg Segal traveled around the world to ask kids what they eat in one week and then photographed them alongside the food. Photographs and text by Gregg Segal In an 8×8 aluminum hut on a construction site outside Mumbai, Anchal Sahni sits down to dinner with her family: homemade aloo bhindo (okra and potatoes simmered in curry) and chapati (flatbread) with a side of lentils. Anchal has a healthier diet than many middle-class kids in India, who can afford to eat out.

In Mumbai, a medium Domino’s pizza runs 13 bucks—about three times what Anchal’s father earns in a day. Sensing a sea change in Western attitudes about diet and the effects of junk food, fast food companies have begun investing heavily in foreign markets where public awareness isn’t as keen—and where Big Macs aren’t junk, they’re a status symbol. READ NEXT: Marcus Samuelsson on the Future of Food Anchal Sahni, 10 years old, Chembur, Mumbai. Photo from yard - mynreader - Gmail. What do you think Hermoine Grangers Worldview is? Support Material: Exploring Worldview. This support material is incorporated into critical challenges at grade 8, however, it can be adapted for use at all grade levels.

Support Material: Exploring Worldview

The charts in Exploring Worldview help students collect information about their own worldview and that of others, including finding the implied worldview in artistic works and other historical artifacts. These charts are structured around the seven key elements of a worldview: View of human nature View of the good life Equality with others Responsibilities to others Relationship between the individual and the state (government and society) Relationship of humans with nature Sources of ethical wisdom. The following documents can be adapted and re-saved for your needs. Social Studies 8 - Unit 1: What is Worldview. How would you describe yourself?

Social Studies 8 - Unit 1: What is Worldview

What values do you hold on to as being important? What groups do you identify with? Do you belong to a group that you do not really feel a part of? Before we look at the definition of Worldview, complete Personal Worldview Questionnaire. Responses to the questionnaire. Critical Challenge: Exploring Personal Worldviews. Students explore their own worldview by completing a questionnaire on key assumptions about the world.

Critical Challenge: Exploring Personal Worldviews

By assessing the accuracy of this profile, students match their stated answers with their actual behaviour. It is important that students show sensitivity to others when sharing their personal views on issues such as human nature, equality of people and individual responsibilities to others. The objective is to encourage honest discussion without offending others. What do you think Hermoine Grangers Worldview is?