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The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...write down some points for each of the images. Here’s what you may have come up with: Image Description of image, esp. dress What is the image trying to convey? Corresponding title Louvre bust (Figure 18) Augustus wearing a sagum with a brooch at the shoulder (i.e. soldiers’ dress) and the oak wreath (corona civica) Augustus as soldier, but also as someone who saved...
Secondary learning
Education & Development

Secondary learning

...write that down? No I can’t write that down. I haven’t, what would be called, appropriated that idea. I haven’t made it my own yet.’ And so there is re-negotiation there, to do what Luria subsequently talked about is, is going from regulation by the other. In other words, at the far end of the zone of proximal development, working together with somebody was...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius
History & The Arts

Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius

...writings about the penis show amusement and disdain for sexual practices. 1494 In 1494 King Charles VIII of France invaded the Italian peninsula, throwing the city states into the turmoil of war. The 66 tons of bronze which had been set aside to cast the statue was sent instead to Ferrara to make cannons for the war against France. The clay cast for the statue was known...
Assessment in secondary geography
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary geography

...write notes about how you might recognise their specific needs related to AfL in geography lessons. Ash has cerebral palsy, which causes difficulty with coordination. He also tires easily. Winston has Asperger’s syndrome. He is fascinated by studying different places but has communication difficulties and finds it difficult to be creative. Nina came to Britain with her...
Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid
History & The Arts

Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid

...write epic poetry in Latin was a translation of the Odyssey into the Latin language by Livius Andronicus in the mid third century bce. Although only fragments of this survive, the fact that Livius chose to translate a Greek epic poem shows the strong association between the genre and Greek culture. However, it wasn’t long before Roman poets began to tell the stories of...
Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Training for speed and power in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for speed and power in sport and fitness

...write them in the box below. What is speed? What is power? What sports/activities require speed and power? Discussion Speed can be defined as a measure of the rate of motion and is therefore the distance travelled divided by the time taken to travel that distance (Murray and Kenny, 2016). Power is a measure of the rate at which energy is transferred – that is, power is...
Earthquakes
Science, Maths & Technology

Earthquakes

...write to The Times describing its effects (Figure 8). All UK earthquakes occur at shallow depths; the greatest recorded depth is 42 km. Figure 8 Charles Dickens' letter about the 1863 Hereford earthquake. You will have seen in Activity 2 that most earthquakes are associated with certain features of the Earth's solid surface – mid-ocean ridges, ocean trenches, and some...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...Write down the main topic you wish to explore, leaving plenty of space round it. Identify branches from the main topic you want to explore further. Note them down and draw lines linking them to the main topic. Keep going by considering each branch in turn and ideas (new branches) that link from it. Spray diagrams can be useful to leave and add to over time as situations...