by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Dec 15, 2021 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, The Grades
The break is finally here! We have been working hard to get our TOK essay in good shape before we head off to holiday. We have spent the last three weeks dissecting, analyzing and discussing the prescribed essay titles. Now, each student has picked a title to explore...
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Nov 25, 2021 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12
In her graphic novel, Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi writes about a time in her childhood when her world was turned upside down by revolution. This presented her with many challenges not only in the physical and emotional turmoil of the time, but also in how she saw and...
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Nov 18, 2021 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP)
The DP higher level students are just finishing up reading the Graphic Novel Maus by Art Spiegelman. This text is a memoir of the artist trying to come to terms with and understand his father and what he suffered in Nazi occupied Poland during the second world war....
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Oct 21, 2021 | The Grades
Hello! In grade 10 over the past eight weeks, we have learned about film technique, analyzed film clips, read and written film reviews, and have practiced taking a critical look at some of our favorite (and least favorite) films… and now, it is time to put it...
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Oct 14, 2021 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12
This week has been a transition week in Theory of Knowledge as we shift from looking at History as an area of knowledge into looking at the Arts. This transition provides valuable comparisons, though. We started by looking at the similarities between cubist art and...
