Hahaha. I didn't think it was that bad. I liked it, even having to go on about context and nature and all that.
Some of my all-time favourites:
High Fidelity
His Dark Materials! (definitely "real people" fantasy, the world is very close to real too, only slightly alternate universe)
The Catcher...
Continuities are the traditions, values, etc. that have stayed the same.
eg. In Vietnam "Tet" is a traditional festival still celebrated.
...obviously you don't need the theories of change for this.
I doubt it. It's just for your presentation. People in my class get their wood (for frames, to paint on, etc) cut by the woodwork teacher. Can't be much different than that.
I do have a couple planned. But after the half yearlies I realised they're harder to adapt than you think. Depends on the question, of course, but I think you should still expect that you may need to make one up on the spot.
edit: Should this belong in the English thread?
I wish I could help, but I'm in the same boat as you. My teacher has no idea what he's doing, he just lets us sit around all lesson. I've only just started my project. I have no idea how to set out the portfolio and all that. I'm also the only girl in my class.
Silverchair. <3
Yeah. If your skills are good in the medium, you'll stand out. I don't think it's much to do with what medium stands out.
I hope anyway, haha. I'm using photography/digital manipulation.
I don't know how much help I am, but I'll give it a shot. If you want your work to be about you, maybe first you could sit down and just brainstorm things about yourself. What you like, stuff like that. It might help to get the ideas flowing.
I'm doing something like "How much religion plays a part in tolerance of homosexuality."
I originally chose how homosexuality is taught differently in different religious groups, but it was going all over the place. It kind of lead to me thinking homophobia has to do with human instinct too...