Y10: Poetry from different cultures: Hinduism research

For researching the background to Beggarly Heart, you will need to find out a little about Tagore's background.

Use the following links to find out about Hinduism:

http://www.revisionworld.co.uk/gcse/re/hinduism
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/god/hinduismrev1.shtml
http://www.religionfacts.com/hinduism/beliefs.htm

Use the links below to find out about Tagore and answer the following questions:

1) How were Tagore's poems discovered?
2) What was it about Indian culture that Tagore's poems supposedly opened up to a Western audience?
3) What were Tagore's connections with England?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore
http://www.schoolofwisdom.com/tagore-bio.html

FORM: Vote

Have a look at this website to find out who you would vote for...

http://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/free_stuff/vote_2010/frameset.htm

You can e-mail me your results, if you wish.

Y10: Denial: understandings of Christianity

For our Different Cultures coursework, you will need to discuss two poems whose writers have different backgrounds.

George Herbert was a Christian in the 17th Century.

Use the following links to find out about Christianity.

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/christianity/christian_beliefs.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/god/christianityrev1.shtml

http://100prophecies.org/christianity.htm

You will also need to answer the following questions on George Herbert:

1) What was his involvement with the King?
2) What did he do after the King's death?
3) What did he do in his later job that made people think he was good at it?
4) What reasons (more than one) can you come up with that might show that he had strong religious beliefs?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Herbert

http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/herbert/herbbio.htm

Y13: Death

Another touch on the links between Ravens and death.

A brilliant read on mourning and loss.

Enjoy!

The Raven




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Y13: Researching

http://www.delpiano.com/carnival/html/commedia.html
Take a look at this and write up a list of the different characters and their roles.

Yey!

Y13: Contacts

Howdy,

Drop your blog link into the comments section of this post.

This weekend, I want you all to blog and post on everyone else's most recent post.

This will help expose you to lots of new interpretations and understandings of the text and will help your AO3 marks.

Happy reading!

Y13: Strong woman stories

Take a look at this for a nice collection of Strongwoman stories:

http://www.story-lovers.com/listsstrongwomenstories.html