by Gary GOODWIN | Nov 19, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Humanities, Secondary History
Students are currently working on an essay where they answer the question: “Why was there revolution in Iran in 1979?” We began this assignment by looking at our notes and getting all long term and short term causes of the revolution into a jamboard. We then...
by Gary GOODWIN | Nov 12, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Secondary ToK
TOK presentations have started this week in grade 12. This is one of the final assessments for the course and accounts for 1/3 of the final grade. Below are some screen shots from the presentations this week. There were some interesting real life situations which were...
by Gary GOODWIN | Nov 5, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary History
This week, grade 11 students have been planning a history essay for a paper 2 prompt on the causes and effects of 20th century wars. Our focus will be looking at the role of technology to the outcome of the a First World War. We have spent time dissecting the question...
by Gary GOODWIN | Oct 29, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Humanities, Secondary History
This week, students in year 10 presented draft resolutions on the issue of cyber crime as part of our Individuals and Societies unit. The thought, research, and writing that went into these is astounding. Diplomatic writing was done at a very high level. Collaboration...
by Gary GOODWIN | Oct 15, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary History
Grade 11 students have started looking at WWI as part of the paper 2 topic exploring causes and effects of 20th century wars. We have looked at short term and long term causes so far as well as some initial strengths and weaknesses of Allied and Central Powers. Our...
