by Gary GOODWIN | Oct 8, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary ToK
Grade 11 students took part this week in a discussion about truth and how we determine if something is true and why we value truth. We then looked at 4 truth tests: correspondence test, coherence test, pragmatic test, and the consensus test. In looking at these we...
by Gary GOODWIN | Sep 24, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary History
This week students in grade 11 DP History looked at the broad span of Chinese history from the 19th to the 20th centuries and tried to make connections between individuals and events. This led us into our first assignment of writing a paper 3 essay. We spent time...
by Gary GOODWIN | Sep 17, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary History
This week MYP 9 looked at sources for the Treaty of Versailles and the founding of the League of Nations. Our goal was to look at German reactions to the Treaty as well as public perception of the League of a Nations through textual and visual primary sources. Below...
by Gary GOODWIN | Sep 10, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary History
This week, grade 11 students took on the role of advisors to the Chinese Emperor. Their task was to devise a plan to strengthen China after its defeats in the Opium Wars and weakening as a result of the Taiping Rebellion. The students chose to focus on improvements to...
by Gary GOODWIN | Sep 3, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Humanities, Secondary History, Secondary ToK
It was great seeing everyone back in class this week. I have missed our conversations. Thank you to all students who participated and helped each other as we moved to the distance learning format. Here are some photos of student collaboration within Google Jamboard....
