Street art

Introduction.

All of us got accustomed to understand painting, music, theatre, literature, etc by the term “art’. But nowadays a huge amount of art streams exists, some of them have a lot of representatives and fans, some of them don`t. With the help of Internet Resources you can take a closer look at the conception of the Street Art.

With the help of each Resource Link try to find information and answer the questions below. After finding all the answers, move to the Big Question to bring your ideas together in a broader understanding of the topic.

The Questions                                                                    

1.    How graffiti became art?

2.    Do you suppose graffiti to be a vandalism or an art?

3.    What forms of street art do exist?

4.    Russian street art: imitation or originality?

5.    Who is Banksy – a vandal upstart or a genius artist?

Internet Resources

Question 1:

http://www.timeout.com/london/art/how-graffiti-became-art

Question 2, 3:

http://artradarjournal.com/2010/01/21/what-is-street-art-vandalism-graffiti-or-public-art-part-i/

Question 4:

http://postsovietgraffiti.com/the-history-of-street-art-in-russia-part-one/

Question 5:

http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/index1.html

The Big question

After reading about Street Art try to express your opinion on the theme. To your mind, does the street art have a chance to become an integral part of Art or do you believe that it is a crime and all its representatives must stop their creativity?

Education

"They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel." - Carl W. Buechner

Can people live in Peace? Someone could say: Yes, we can! But it is so difficult because there are a lot of conflicts in our world. Conflict is a natural thing in our life, but is it natural for a school and should it be in a school? And what to do if you have such a situation? We’d like to discuss this topic.

1.       Conflicts between classmates.

http://www.lessonplanet.com/article/teacher-education/conflict-resolution-in-the-classroom

·         Do you agree with the author’s point of view that a conflict should be solved with the help of a teacher?

·         How do you think is it necessary to tell your opponent about your feelings?

2.       Conflicts between pupils and a teacher.

http://urbanallianceblog.blogspot.ru/2007/03/conflicts-between-teachers-and-students.html

·         What can be the reasons for a conflict?

·         How should a teacher and pupils behave in a conflict situation?

3.       Solution

http://www.hr.vt.edu/oea/conflictresolution/coworker-classmate.html

·         How does the author advice to behave in conflict situation?

·         What aspects described by the author did you use in your life?

4.       Conclusion

You have had the opportunity to explore some important aspects of conflicts in a school: conflicts between classmates, conflicts between pupils and a teacher, solution of conflicts.  We think conflicts may have place in a school as far as it’s a place where are a lot of people at the same time and their interests may clash. The main thing is try to behave in a correct way and try to solve it. People should be polite in any case to each other, to respect each other.

What do you think about this topic?

What do you usually do when you have a conflict situation?

What are the differences between the given advise and your usual behavior?

Just for fun!

Have you ever seen?

"Oscar"

One of the most popular ways of having a rest is to watch some film. There are a lot of different genres nowadays, so we can choose the one we like. But how to distinguish a good film from a bad one? For this purpose several years ago was created special Academy which aim was to select the best from the best. This Academy still works and helps us in choosing films. Learn some more information about it answering these questions.

1.      When and where was the first Academy Awards held?

2.      How many current categories does the Academy include?

3.      Which films won the most awards by a single film during the whole time the Academy exists?

4.      How many ceremonies have already been held?

5.      Who is the president of the Academy Awards during 2013-2014?

Use these references to answer the questions.

http://oscar.go.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award#Nomination

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

http://www.oscars.org/awards/index.html

The Big question

After reading some facts about Oscar try to answer if the judgment of academy awards impartial nowadays or not and why do you think so?

Is it possible for Russian students to educate abroad?

Your job is to sample and explore a minimum of five of the sites listed below. As you visit the sites, write down your thoughts on the questions asked below. 

http://www.universityfairs.com/fairs/23rd-international-education-fair-russia-4300

1.     How can Russian people learn about education abroad?

2.     Does it become more popular among students to educate abroad?

Some Universities which provide international programmes.

Join IBS!

http://join.ibs.oliverheat.fi/

1.     Why should you join this University?

2.     Where is it situated?

Hanze University

http://fairs.hanze.nl/?gclid=CLjH-5P-wrkCFc52cAodhFAAlg

1.     How many International Bachelor and Master Degree programmes do they have?

2.     Which of them aimed at education of foreign students?

3.     What do preparatory courses offer foreign students?

QIBT

http://www.qibt.qld.edu.au/

1.     What do you need to bring to enter this University?

2.     Look through the activity calendar for the 1st semester and say how many exams you would have if you entered the QIBT?

After answering the questions you realize that there are a lot of Universities which suggest you different educational programmes. There is no difficulty to choose the suitable degree. Nowadays there are a lot of possibilities for Russian students to study abroad.

And how do you think? Do you want to enter any University abroad? Why or why not?