Scholarship History afternoon at University of CanterburyThis year the theme for the Scholarship History exam is 'Populism as a force for change'. Though populism is a very prevalent force through history and today, it is a very tricky concept to define. So it was with gratitude I took the four history students attempting Scholarship to a seminar at the University of Canterbury last Friday. The seminar was setup by the History department at UC and focused on defining populism and giving a few historical and contemporary contexts. If you were wondering, a populist leader or group can be thought of as any that claim to represent the will of the people. A great website shared with us that covers the modern rise of populism in Europe, which you might find fascinating, is linked below. Callum Wilson. https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2018/nov/20/how-populism-emerged-as-electoral-force-in-europe 'The day after tomorrow' - climate fact or fiction?'Students in Y10 Social Studies have been learning about the Environment throughout Term III, with a particular focus on climate change. Part of their learning included watching parts of the climate disaster film 'The Day After Tomorrow'. In the film melting ice in the polar regions shuts down the ocean conveyor, which in turn shuts down the ability for the planet to shift warm air and temperatures from the equator to the poles. In short, the global climate plummets abruptly and freezing temperatures usher in an ice age. Students have been asked to sought fact from fiction in this rather bleak film...and it might surprise you how possible some of the extreme situations depicted in the film are. I attach a link to a 2018 article below entitled "Some of the Science Behind the Ridiculous Movie 'The Day After Tomorrow' Is Now Coming True" for those interested. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2018/04/11/the-climate-change-atlantic-gulf-stream-science-behind-the-day-after-tomorrow-is-coming-true/#1f68fd2648f6
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