Modern Marvels of Infrastrucure

Wrapping up a unit about engineering in Ancient Rome, Grade 7 students completed a research and presentation project. Having spent some time–and an essay–dissecting how the Romans improved society through massive building projects such as roads, aqueducts,...

The History Listings

One thing I’ve always loved about traveling and living overseas is the exposure to different newspapers. This is doubly true because I come from a country (America) where the printed newspaper is a dying breed, replaced by online content. But in most other...

German Unification: The Game!

With a unit exam coming up next week, the name of the game today was review–and the name of that review was a game. Grade 9 spent two periods playing “Unification Showdown”, a board game that challenged the students to race around the board,...