Circumstances
- 1. Date____20.05.13____ Name:__Kira McComb______ Inquiryinto: ‘Circumstances that determine an individual’s access to opportunity’ What is circumstance? The definition is ‘an event or fact that causes or helps to cause something to happen. ‘ What does this mean? Let’s explore by thinking about our own and others circumstances and opportunities. Circumstances Opportunities Where do you live? Hong Kong What do your parents do for a living? Advertises and recruits people for a job What do you think your parents beliefs are about education? That every child should have a good education under any circumstances. Access Attending CDNIS a top international school in Hong Kong. IQBAL by Franceso D’ Adamo Read chapter 3 with a partner. In this Chapter Iqbal tells the other children about ‘his story’, which are the circumstances, which lead him to in the situation he is in. What were Iqbal’s circumstances?
- 2. Circumstances Opportunities His familyhad little, nutritious food. ‘A sack of broken grain and dried chickpeas’. Deny What opportunities do you think Iqbal is denied? Complete the table above. ‘Circumstances that determine an individual’s access to opportunity’ Children all round the world have different circumstances and different opportunities. Let’s explore some of these differences by using our inference skills. 1. You will look at 36 different photos in a photo essay. The photos are in pairs, one is of a child, the other is where they sleep. http://www.demilked.com/where-children-sleep-james-mollison/ 2. Choose three very different situations.
- 3. 3. Screenshot theboth photos, and record the name of the child, age and place. 4. For each chosen situation, use your inference skills to determine what you think their circumstances are and what possible opportunities they have. 5. Present your chosen format.