by Gary GOODWIN | Aug 27, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Secondary History
As I continue to plan for all classes, I have spent this week planning for paper 2 in DP History. The topic is Causes and Effects of 20th Century Wars. We will be looking at the First World War as part of this paper and I have been planning lessons to this effect. In...
by Gary GOODWIN | Aug 20, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary History, Secondary ToK
This week has been a busy one as teachers, staff, and admin prepared for the beginning of a new school year. We are looking forward to getting started and taking on new challenges in the MYP and DP programmes. Theory of Knowledge has changed its syllabus this year and...
by Gary GOODWIN | Jun 11, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Humanities, Secondary History, The Grades
This week, grade 9 students reflected on the concepts from the past unit by looking at the factual, conceptual, and debatable questions for the unit. This kind of activity is helpful in preparing for eAssessments as students will be required to think conceptually...
by Gary GOODWIN | May 21, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Humanities, Secondary History
This week, grade 11 students began exploring Cuban history in preparation for the case study on Fidel Castro for the paper 2 topic of Authoritarian States. We started by looking at Cuba in the 19the century and US involvement in aiding Cuba achieve independence from...
by Gary GOODWIN | Apr 30, 2020 | Grade 11, Secondary ToK
This week Grade 11 students explored different maps in our ongoing discussion about how the world is represented. We looked at the problem with traditional maps, why certain representations are preferred, and we looked at alternate maps that challenged our way of...
